Christy Partain:  

I was accepted in the FBI May, 1970. I went to DC in June. I met a great guy from Oklahoma three days after I arrived. Russell was with the Bureau, as well. We were engaged in September. Unfortunately, the Army sent him on vacation to Viet Nam. I went back with him to OK in October, 1970. I wanted to stay with the FBI, but felt like I had to be with him until he left for Nam. My Father was transferred from Memphis to Jonesboro, Arkansas. I went back to Arkansas to live with my parents. Things were so crazy then and Russell and I became separated. The last time I saw him was Feb 14, 1971. Upon his return to Oklahoma, he married someone else and so did I. I married a rice farmer and had two kids. I learned how to grow rice and shoot snakes very well. Russell married and had four children. He took over his Father's carpentry business. On July 10, 2000, Russell and I reunited after almost 30 years. We were married November, 2001, and settled in Oklahoma City. We currently are selling our home in OKC and moving to Elk City, OK. His Mother is quite old and needs a caretaker. In between the FBI and now, I worked undercover with the Jonesboro Police Dept., 17 years with the Credit Bureau as a bill collector, and from 1987 to 2000, I was employed as Personal Assistant and National Sales Manager for Duke Ent, which consisted of three radio stations and a billboard company. In between all of that, I went back to school and got my degree in Business. Upon my arrival in OKC, I joined the staff at Hertz Corporation as a National Account Rep for the Equipment Division. I left in December, 2008, and decided to take an early retirement. I was always heavily involved in politics and became friends with President Bill Clinton and Governor Mike Huckabee during my years at the radio stations. I work...Expand for more