William (Bill) Swinford:
CLASS OF 1979
Jonesboro High SchoolClass of 1979
Jonesboro, GA
William (Bill)'s Story
If anyone remembers I didn't complete my senior year at Jonesboro. I left home & Jonesboro in the spring of 79 after my girlfriend Molly & I split, that wasn't the reason but that's another story.
I came to Rome Ga. and I completed my senior here. I met & later married iMichelle Canady of Augusta while she was attending Shorter College here in Rome. We were married in 1984 & had our only child a girl Brittani in September of 85. We moved to Augusta in 1988 after Michelle earned a teaching degree at Berry College. Unfortunately Michelle died in December of 1990 from a condition that effected the signals from her brain to her heart. This caused her heart to basically quiver instead of beating and pushing bleed through her body she was 29.
A couple of years later I met & married Torri Theis of Omaha she was living in Augusta. I gained a step son & daughter out of this marriage. And although we divorced in 2001 & I've never remarried. Her daughter Megan at 17 choose to stay with me & the son Camron had already moved out. The daughter Megan has 4 children who all call me grandpa. The son Camron looks a lot like me, I was his best man when he married while his father sat in the front row at the church. He has 3 children a son Sam (4) & twin daughters Olivia...Expand for more
& Adalyn (1), Sam calls me grand Bill his choice & nobody knows why.
The condition my first wife had got passed on to my daughter Brittani, she has been on beta blockers since she came home from hospital. She is married & living in Winston Salem NC. The only children she has is her husband & a small crazy dog. She has a difibulater implanted in her chest, but we reached a milestone September of last year when she turned 30. Because when she was born most people with her condition didn't live to be 25 much less 30. She runs rides bikes & training to run a triathlon in July.
I've held several different jobs over the years, fireman, EMT, Pest Control, Correctional Officer for Ga Dept. of Corrections at a maximum security prison. I also ran my own painting & remodeling business for a few years. I'm a union carpenter now working primarily at Southern Co generating plants.
I will say it hasn't always been easy & I don't have money but I feel as though I've had a successful life. I have 3 children that are each doing well for themselves. There is much more to my story since I left Jonesboro including the loss of several friends & family before I was 30 and my hair. I'll don't mind talking about other things just not much of a writer. And I am on Facebook
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