Ivey James:  

CLASS OF 1976
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Beulaville, NC

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Hey, y'all, remember me? I played the piano. After we parted ways in June of 1976 I took off for UNC-Wilmington and studied music. Graduated in '84, went to Europe to make it, didn't, came back home and waited tables. Never planned to go into church music but that is where I am. Currently I am organist at Burgaw Presbyterian Church and work for the NC Department of Correction. (Never thought I would end up in prison.) That is right, I am a correctional officer/church organist. Life is what happens to you when you are busy making other plans. I am about to realize two things on my bucket list. I leave tomorrow for San Francisco and I am going out there for the RAMMSTEIN concert! (thought I would have to go to Europe for that) Ich studiere Deutsch fur zwei jahre im universitat. Ich will nach Deutschland gehen. That is next on the bucket list. Another one I began to pursue when I was 37 was to start boxing. I found the Wilmington Boxing Center in 1977 and started going there off and on over the years, but never got serious about it till 1995. I fought in two toughman contests (Raleigh in 2000 and Goldsboro in '02) and have just started training in Muay Thai. I am still single and looking. Maybe it will happen on the West Coast??? Who knows? Anyway, I will come back home, hopefully in one piece and continue to live my life. So, if you are on the way to Surf City, stop by and say hello, I live in the house I grew up ...Expand for more
in at Cypress Creek. Toby won't bite, he'd lick ya to death. Update: 40 Year Reunion is coming soon and I am planning once again to attend unless something else comes up. A lot has happened over the years and in the past few I quit my job as a Correctional Officer and Church Organist to pursue another career. In January I took a CDL course and I got Class A's in my wallet now....don't have a job yet but looking....so if I am OTR and miss it, well....see ya at 50. :) Update: The account is going dormant soon so thought I'd add some bio...I haven't said anything about Cancer, but I have had to deal with it 4 times now. In 2011, I was diagnosed with a lung tumor and in 2013, a tumor was found in my lower intestines (like finding an easter egg in a cottonfield) and then in 2018 and 2022 I had bladder tumors (catheters are so much fun)...after surgery and chemo, I am still here. It's treatable, not a death sentence (at least for me, it wasn't.) I'm still doing a church gig as organist/choir director in Wilmington at Messiah Lutheran Church. (Kudos to Martin Luther for bucking the Catholics.) I turned 65 this past year (thank the gods for Medicare) and started pretending to be semi-retired...hah! Also, finally CAME OUT and trying to live openly as a proud gay man (still looking) and for those who would condemn me for it, get over it...we're here, we're queer and we ain't going no place. PRIDE is about not being ashamed...later, ta-ta.
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