Rick Shirley:
CLASS OF 1974
Lanier High SchoolClass of 1974
Austin, TX
Burkeville High SchoolClass of 1974
Burkeville, TX
Rick's Story
I am married and have one son. My wife, LaDonna Leath Shirley graduated in the Class of 76. We have been married since 1980 and start dating in 1973. Our son, Mark served iis an Army Veteran and graduated from Texas Tech University in Lubbock. He currently works in the petroleum industry. He and his wife Alli made us the proud grandparents of two beautiful granddaughters who make us laugh and brightened our lives.
I worked for the Texas State Comptroller for 10 years as one of Bullock's Raiders. Left there and went to work at the Austin Police Department where I worked for 31 years until retiring in 2016. Afterwards I volunteered for two years investigating cold case murders in Williamson County. I had a number of memorable experiences in law enforcement and am...Expand for more
working on writing some of my experiences down and hope to someday publish them.
I enjoy hearing what all of you have been up to so keep those stories coming in. Here are the answers to a few questions the story wizard said I should cover:
Hope old friends remember me as the nice guy I always tried to be.
The wildest thing I ever did in school was streaking with the guys past the girls cabins at the senior trip. (I was shy so that was wild for me)
I lived mostly around Austin and currently live in Cedar Park/Leander area.
The weirdest job I ever had was working as an undercover officer. You have to live a lie while at the same time be honest and with high integrity.
If I had one do-over I would have been more out-going and less shy when I was younger.
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