This is a staff list for Happiness Hills in Union, MS
(a.k.a. Happiness Hill Christian Home and Academy, Happiness Hill Ministries, Solid Rock Boy's Home in Union, MS)
(we are working to acquire the complete records for ALL years)
We advise current and/or former staff to report any abuses you may have witnessed while working at Happiness Hills. For information on your rights and how to take action, visit www.heal-online.org/blowthewhistle.htm. If you were fired or forced to resign because you opposed any illegal and/or unethical practices at Happiness Hills, you have the right to take action.
If you were harmed (family or survivor) by Happiness Hills, please contact info@heal-online.org if you remember the long-term employees and from which years. This will help! Also, if you recognize any of these staff as having worked at another program, please send in any information about their past or present employment at other facilities and/or cults.
Please don’t place your loved one in Happiness Hills and rescue them if they are there now.
|
Name |
Unit/Position |
Additional Information |
| Raymond Palmer | Founder |
Statement submitted by
survivor
on October 8th, 2009: "As a former 'detainee' of Happiness Hill I have
found some errors in the staff list. Jack High is not the founder of
the HH Home. It was founded by Raymond and Kaye Palmer who used to work at
the Roloff homes in TX. They chose MS because of the lack if involvement in
homes and school like this by the state. There was also I Bro. & Mrs. Dye
and thier daughter Rebekah Joy, they were from TN. Miss Debbie was the
devil. She was an over weight mean woman on a power trip. She was the
strictest of the bunch. If you were punished she would take it to another
level. When girls were on confinement she made up the rule that rather than
just keeping your head down, that you had to touch your chin to your chest
for 55 minutes out of every hour. You got a break when she said you got
one. it was extremely painful! I will say that they are not a cult. The
problem is that the purpose of the program has been long forgotten. Just
because something has God or religion attached to it doesn't make the people
who believe or are affliated with it in a cult or brainwashed. I did my
time at HH and I have forgotten most of what went on. I remember things
that the other girls talk about but I don't remember too much. I did leave
there with a better understanding of the Bible and closer to God..... but I
also left with a permanent crick in my neck. |
| Kaye Palmer | Founder | |
| Karen High | Jack's Wife/Co-Founder/V.P. | (Their having been the founders is disputed by survivor reports.)1 |
| Jack High | President/Founder | |
| Bob Hamblen | Pastor to the "President"^ | |
| David Harrell | "Principal" | Harrell is Hamblen's son-in-law and has worked for the program since 2003. |
| Becky Harrell | Dorm Supervisor | Jack/Karen's daughter and David Harrell's wife. |
| Suzanne Barton | Dorm Worker | |
| Faith & Anna Worley | Staff | The Worley sisters are also "graduates" of the Happiness Hills program. They "graduated" in 2006. |
| Chris Sledge | Maintenance | |
| Chelsea Sledge | Staff | Chris and Chelsea are married. And, they've been with the cult since 2007.1 |
| Steve Wukmer | Director of sister program | Director of Solid Rock Boy's Home. |
| Robin Wukmer | Steve's wife | |
| Michelle Solomon | Staff | Solomon is also a "graduate" of Happiness Hills. She "graduated" in 2009 was "led to stay" by the cult according to their website as of July 23rd, 2009 at 10:00pm Pacific. |
| Brother Dye | Staff | |
| Mrs. Dye | Staff | |
| Rebekah Joy Dye | Staff | Daughter of "Brother" and Mrs. Dye. |
| John and Anna Rush | Staff | Anna is a graduate of the program. Only qualification. |
| Lynn Rimes | Staff | |
| Mrs. Debbie | Staff | Reported by survivor on December 6th, 2010 via e-mail. (dates in program 1995-1996) |
| Brother Prather | Asst. Pastor | Reported by survivor on December 6th, 2010 via e-mail. (dates in program 1995-1996) |
| Mrs. Prather | Cook | Reported by survivor on December 6th, 2010 via e-mail. (dates in program 1995-1996) |
| Mrs. Paula | Dorm Parent | Reported by survivor on December 6th, 2010 via e-mail. (dates in program 1995-1996) |
| OTHER | OTHER |
FORMER (& LIKELY CURRENT) PROGRAM AFFILIATIONS: ROLOFF HOMES: Affiliated with the People's Baptist Church The Rebekah Home for Girls (a.k.a. Rebecca Home for Girls, New Beginnings/Lighthouse Ministries in Jay, FL--Started in Texas) City of Refuge in Oklahoma Anchor Home for Boys (FL?) (Anchor Academy, Anchor Character Training Center) Lighthouse (FL) Jubilee Home for Women ABM Family of Services Agape Boarding School Bethel Girls Academy (MS) Bethel Boys Academy (MS) (a.k.a. most recently renamed--Gulf Coast Academy--a WWASP Facility) Calvary Academy (FL) Reclamation Ranch (AL) New Bethany Home Mountain Park Academy (MO) Hephzibah House (IN) Maranatha Baptist Church (IN) Solid Rock Boy's Home OTHER CURRENT PROGRAM AFFILIATIONS: Academy at Ivy Ridge (Academy at Ivy Ridge) in New York Spring Creek Lodge in Montana Camas Ranch (for 18 year olds+ young men) in Montana Carolina Springs Academy in South Carolina Cross Creek Programs in Utah Also see: www.provotruthexposed.com for video testimony from a family defrauded by Cross Creek/WWASPS. Horizon Academy in Nevada Darrington Academy (reportedly closed) in Georgia Midwest Academy in Iowa Tranquility Bay in Jamaica (reportedly closed) High Impact in Mexico (reportedly closed) Casa by the Sea (reportedly closed) Pillars of Hope in Costa Rica (still operating) |
| *(Happiness Hills, like many other programs in this industry, keeps a "tight lid" on any specific information regarding their staff, qualifications, and practices. Please contact us with the names of any staff of which you have firsthand knowledge or experience. Thank you for your help.) | ||
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