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Who are the Mudds?

and Rose Soares Marirea, her early education was at Mount St. Agnes Academy.Later, at Mount St. Vincent in Canada, she gained a Bachelor of Science degree in secretarial science, and subsequently a a Bachelor of Education degree.

and Rose Soares Marirea, her early education was at Mount St. Agnes Academy.

Later, at Mount St. Vincent in Canada, she gained a Bachelor of Science degree in secretarial science, and subsequently a a Bachelor of Education degree. She then returned to teach at Mount St. Agnes before opening her own primary school, St. Mary's.

She met her husband, Joseph Ellert Mudd, in Bermuda, and the couple married in Louisville, Kentucky, where they continue to reside.

Mr. Mudd has written seven books, including two on churches in his native Kentucky. Another was an electronic and high tech equipment training manual for engineers at Philip Morris Tobacco Company, where he worked for 25 years.

Together, the couple are active workers for charity. In their "barn'' 14 senior citizens turn up each Wednesday to make tote bags which are filled with baby layettes, which are also hand made on site and include clothing, soft toys, quilts and diapers, which are distributed to poor mothers through hospital maternity units and other sources.

The scheme is called CNN -- Clothe the Naked Now -- and Mr. Mudd's contribution includes running the serger -- one of eight sewing machines on site.

Through word of mouth, donations of money and handmade items regularly arrive from outside sources to swell the CNN operation.

Thanks to a request from a nun, the couple also provide beautifully lined caskets for infants, with Mr. Mudd handling the carpentry side.