Magnolia State Driving AcademyInstructor
Gerald Cooper
Mississippi Highway Patrol, Retired
- Service
- 40 years
- Rank
- District Captain, six years
The people in the passenger seat
Three retired Mississippi Highway Patrol officers, two driver license examiners and a career driver education teacher. Between them they have spent more than 170 years enforcing, testing and teaching the rules you are about to learn.
All six are DPS-certified, and every in-car hour is taught by one of them.
Meet your instructors
You will know who is teaching you before your first session. Here is who that could be.
Magnolia State Driving AcademyInstructor
Tony Davis
Mississippi Highway Patrol, Retired
- Service
- 25 years
- Role
- District Supervisor, Driver Services Bureau, five years
Magnolia State Driving AcademyInstructor
Tommie Sue Taylor
Driver License Examiner, Retired
- Service
- 40 years
- Role
- Senior Lead Examiner, Northern District
Magnolia State Driving AcademyInstructor
Charlotte Tuggle
Driver License Examiner
- Agency
- Mississippi Department of Public Safety
- Certified
- Regular & Commercial License
Magnolia State Driving AcademyInstructor
Vann Rayford
Educator, Retired
- Service
- 40 years
- Taught
- Driver Education, Marshall County Schools
Magnolia State Driving AcademyInstructor
Juan Jones
Mississippi Highway Patrol, Retired
- Service
- 28 years
- Role
- Driver License District Supervisor, eight years
What that means in the car
A brake on their side
Every behind-the-wheel hour is taught in a dual-brake car, so your instructor can step in the moment it matters.
One student, one instructor
Every lesson is one-to-one. The whole session is about your driving, at your pace.
Quiet streets first
Lessons start on quiet streets, then move to traffic, highways and parking as your confidence grows.
Ready for your first lesson?
Choose a course to get started, or call us and we will help you pick the right one.