Sterling Stokes:  

Life I was born in Detroit to a young girl. I was adopted by a loving elderly couple at the age of five. I attended Grant Elementary School, and subsequently Osborn High. I always wanted to be a serviceman when I grew up. My family and friends thought that was a decent idea. As it turns out, they were right. My goal was to join the (Army). A friend talked me into the Marines. I joined the U. S. Marine Corps in 1979. I intially married in 1979 to my high school sweetheart. This union produced a daughter. I was divorced a few years later. I married my current wife in late '82. I have been married to ...Expand for more