By: Lydia Crawley
The Parsons Advocate
Our own 2025 Miss Pre-Teen will be the Court Jester for the 2026 Mountain State Forest Festival. Reagan Catherine Kerns will join a Tucker County homegrown Maid Silvia, Hambleton resident Miss Emma Grace Snyder, in the 88th Festival with the theme “Autumn in Color.”
Kerns is a resident of Beverly and is the daughter of Danny “Cruz” and Jessica Kerns – Galloway. Her grandparents are Karen Kerns and Ray George of Beverly and Donald Kerns of Elkins. She also has a sister, Rorie Kerns.
Kerns will be seventh grader at Elkins Middle School in the fall, where she is an honor roll student, EMS Hornet Cheerleader and plays the clarinet in the band. She is also a member of the Center Stage Performing Arts Competition team and tumbling program. Other interests include: pageantry, spending time with her friends, swimming, horseback riding and making memories outdoors with her family. She is a member of Home of the Soul family worship.
