Edgar Birdsong:  

My story has always been about how I was raised in Vicksburg by loving family members,classmates,coaches,educators,sunday school teachers and kind friends I had the honor of meeting along the way. Hunting and fishing was my passion during the teen years. It was my personal relationship with Jesus Christ that made me the person I grew to be each day of my life. It's because of God I have always succeeded-I am rich in his blessings. We don't often realize what a huge role the people we surround ourselves with will play in influencing our lives. Our friends determine the quality and direction or our lives. My wife just retired (2015)for the second time after 44 years as an educator. After years of marriage,I told her my struggles in college to study, she diagnosed me as Attention Deficit(my mind was on other things) It was this period in my life where I was not focused. I had to focus three times harder to study. Now there are pills to help students learn and focus but exercise is the best remedy.This problem was not common in high school because I was very active in sports and made A' and B's. Those classmates I graduated with that had amazing minds,you were truly blessed for what you have accomplished My wife was that person. After attending Hinds Junior College and Mississippi State University and night schools at Mississippi College and Miss State I decided...Expand for more