George Green:  

Life Although I was not a lifelong resident of West Memphis, I spent my last two years of High School at the NEW West Memphis High which opened in 1948 (my Junior year). My sister was in the first graduating class, Jean. We lived at 320 Barton St. and our driveway was opposite the walkway to the front door. Not very far to go. In my graduating class were some stellar West Memphis young ladies and young gentlemen. Although our class was very small, by todays standards, we were a very broad spectrum of what was right in school at the time. Some of these have continued to make their home in West Memphis, and notable among these were Martha Miller White Hemphill, who became a part of West Memphis High. I went to the Univ. of Ark. as a freshman, and then decided to forego further college and enlisted in the Air Force in July of 1951. I was discharged in 1955 and attended Memphis State College until the Fall semester and had an opportunity to join Delta Air Lines as a ground agent. I spent almost thirty years with Delta the last 25 as a Training Instructor for ground personnel and aspiring Supervisors and Managers. It was a lot of fun, but at age 52 I decided it was time to let the younger folks have their turn and I retired. Two months after retiring I was contacted by the Airport Authority in Memphis to write an Employees Handbook for their op...Expand for more