Wayne King:
CLASS OF 1962
Burkburnett High SchoolClass of 1962
Burkburnett, TX
Wayne's Story
Cookie, class of 63, and I have been married for 51 years. We have a fabulous family consisting of two sons and granddaughters and 5 grandkids (3 boys, 2 girls). We all live in Peachtree City Georgia a golf course village community. We own and operate a family business with our two sons. A manufacturing company, ERTH Products, LLC. and a sales and marketing company, Exceptional Products Inc. The businesses have kept all of us together in Peachtree City and heavily involved in school, sports, church and community activities.
Following Burkburnett High I graduated from Midwestern University in 1967 with a BBA degree and a minor in economics. was commissioned an officer in the United States Army upon graduation. Graduated from flight school in 1968 and served in Vietnam in 68-69. Spent 20 years as a military intelligence officer and aviator in bo...Expand for more
th fixed wing aircraft and helicopters. Spent 5 years in Germany and conducted special operations as a task force commander in Central America before retiring from the military in 1989 as an inspector general at US Forces Command in Atlanta.
Upon retirement I took up a second career as a lumber broker in Peachtree City. During this timeframe I also piloted the company corporate aircraft and ended up as a pilot for Eastern Airlines. When Eastern Airlines shutdown I started my own company Exceptional Products and then purchased the manufacturing company. Currently serving on several committees and Boards. The University of Georgia Odum School of Ecology, The United States Composting Council and The Georgia Recycling Coalition. Both companies are still going strong as I begin to look for an exit strategy and semi-retirement.
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