JANET RAE CUPP CAMP was born August 4, 1941 in Milton, PA to E. Collins and Edith Cupp. She passed away September 30, 2012 in Murfreesboro, TN. Janet graduated with honors from Milton High School in 1959. She received her Bachelors Degree in Elementary Education from Bucknell University in Pennsylvania and a Masters Degree from the University of Wisconsin, Madison, in Curriculum and Instruction, with a minor in Behavioral Disabilities. In June 1967 Janet married Gary F. Camp who predeased her in 1980. Janet worked five years in research and intervention programming with Dr. Susan Gray at Peabody College in the Demonstration and Research Center for Early Education (DARCEE). This was the second Gray research project that provided the foundation for the national Head Start program. She then moved to Middle Tennessee State University where she developed and directed the campus child care laboratory, a program for low income families, and seved as adjunct professor in early childhood education. From 1987 to 1997 she served as state Director of Child Care Services for the Department of Human Services. She then returned to MTSU and served until her retirement in 2009 as Educational Coordinator and Early Intervention Specialist at the Center for the Study and Treatment of Dyslexia. She as the primary author of a series of 11 curriculum manuals developed through her work at DARCEE. She was an active member of the International Dyslexia Association, the National Association for the Education of Young Children, the Southern Early Childhood Association, and the Tennessee Association for the Education of Young Children, for which she served as president and public policy chair. She served also as an active member of the State Board of the International Dyslexia Association for 10 years. Personally, Janet loved to travel. She was a faithful member of the First United Methiodist Church, Murfreesboro and was very involved in the Anne Huggins Sunday School Class. Janet is survived by her sister, Marjory Anne Cupp Ohl, a niece Julia Ohl, nephews Jonathan (Sherry) Ohl and Mark (Diane) Ohl, and great nephews Connor, Levi, and Max, all of Indiana, as well as several cousins. Her Tennessee family includes Jim and Karen Hodge and their children Ethan (Phyllis) and Kathryn (Eric). In lieu of flowers, if you wish, donations may be made to First United Methoodist Church Building Fund or to the Scholarship Fund for the Tennessee Branch of the International Dyslexia Association. A Celebration of Life Service will be held at First United Methodist Church, 265 W. Thompson Ln, Murfreesboro, Sunday October 21 at 2:00 PM. Visitation will be one hour prior to the service at the church. Burial will be at a later date in Pennsylvania. Condolences may be made at www.woodfinchapel.com. 615-893-5151.