I met Terry in Pensacola and married in May 17, 1964. At that time I was working for a company in Pensacola as Supv., Stock Transfer, working with the big boards on a daily basis. While there I went through an underwriting process and stock split � good experience.
We moved to Mobile, and I worked for GAF/Ruberoid for a few years before Terry was called to preach. There I worked as Asst Personnel Manager, and gained invaluable HR experience. Of course, I just love people, and over the years have discovered this to be my greatest working joy.
We relocated to Hot Springs AR when the company Terry was working for went on strike. There I worked for UMC Industries as Executive Assistant to the President and each year for six months, I also worked for the Chairman of the Board who came over from Germany. We lived in Memphis while Terry was in the Seminary (Mid America Baptist Theological Seminary in Memphis).
While he worked and held a position in various churches there, I worked as a legal secretary for the managing partner and two other senior partners in a very large law firm. This was in the 70s when word processing was hitting the market, and I was the only one in the office brave enough to get in on the cutting edge.
During Terry�s last year of seminary he was called to a church in Forrest City AR. There I worked at Sanyo, a large manufacturing facility, for senior management (Japanese) and learned a great deal from them.
From Charleston, Terry moved to a church in Malvern, AR. (early 1980s). Here I worked on a government pilot program. I was director of an agency to find jobs for personnel who had lost their jobs due to plant closings. The program was very successful, and is still there today. Then we came back to Florida where Terry pastored in Holt and Niceville (from which he retired in Sept., 2000). Since retirement from the pastorate, Terry has been involved in a couple of things part time. First substitute teaching - one school year was all he could take of that!!!!!!! He is now a biological technician at Eglin AFB, and enjoys it very much.
I went to work with the HQ Command Air Armament Center at Eglin AFB, FL. in Jan., 1989. Currently, after being hand-picked to set up a base-wide IDB (integrated database) in 1999, I have seen this come to fruition (baselined it on 6/1/01). I have received many awards, most recently, Civilian of the Year for the Air Armament Center.
We have two sons, Chris and Danny.
Chris and Michele have two girls Brilee Paige (1) and Jenna Cathryn (5) Chris and Michele live in Charleston AR. Chris is in the printing business in Fort Smith, and Michele is an elementary education major, teaching school in Fort Smith AR.
Danny and Angelina reside in Pensacola, and have two children, Jake (6) and Danielle (3). Dan is an industrial engineer and Angelina is a home manager.
In the ministry there was no time for personal business, so travels were limited, mostly to catch a vacation or visit relatives. We have travel plans for our retirement, God-willing!
Terry and I love golf. My goal is to become a �good� golfer. I also like to write, landscape, and flower gardening. Terry enjoys fishing, flower gardening. He and I both love the beach and go as often as we can.
