Michael Ballard:
CLASS OF 1970
South Mecklenburg High SchoolClass of 1970
Charlotte, NC
Michael's Story
Graduated from NC State in 1974. Great time to be there. State won the national championship in basketball my senior year. Moved back to Charlotte and married a local girl who went to South Meck a few years after I did. Had 4 great kids and then the wife bailed on me. I was a single parent for a while and then God blessed me with my perfect soulmate, Kathleen. She had been married before but had no children. She fell in love with me, and my kids and we got married in 1992. Started my business life in the insurance industry working for Prudential and then opene...Expand for more
d my own insurance agency in 1992 in Charlotte. I played a lot of golf over the years and Kathleen is a NC Certified Master Gardener, but we needed to find something we could do together, so we bought a couple of Harleys in 2003. After Kathleen survived lung cancer in 2005, we let our daughter run the business and we toured the country on our bikes in 2006 and 2007. We rode the bikes to 46 states and 9 Canadian provinces totaling 18,600 miles. I have recently retired, and we have more time to spend with our 4 kids and our 8 incredible grandkids. Life is good.
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