Chuck Gibson:  

Life Hey! A bio! (With apology to Miss Abbe) I was married in high school to a girl from Walters, Gerri Meyer. I went to Army basic right after graduation for the National Guard. Not finding much to do around Temple and feeling I was answering a call, I joined the United States Marine Corps. We did some traveling for schools before being assigned to the 1st Force Service Support Group, 1st Maintenance Bn. Electronics Maintenance Company aboard Camp Pendleton. During our time there Gerri grew restless for home. We divorced after three children. My return to civilian life was well timed. GTE was hiring. I hired on to work the Grandfield, Chattanooga, Faxon, Loveland area. It was long hours and many trips from one end of the counties to the other but I had a dispatcher who kept me on the straight and narrow. I'd call in in the morning for work assignments and she'd tell me what to do. I was working the Grandfield area one day when I noticed I was being followed by a blue Camaro. Great I thought, I have work to do and someone wants me to fix their phone right now. I continued on for a few miles then decided to stop. It was the dispatcher, Jana Mills. She's been telling me what to do now for 33 years. GTE was leaving Oklahoma for Texas. I decided not to go so I started looking for other employment. Mahorney Communications was a father & sons operation working on mostly Oil Field radio and electronics. I hired on with the father in Velma then moved to Lindsay to work for his son. Jana liked it because she was home. I enjoyed the job. Working on my own and traveling around the state to oil rigs and oil HQ's. We all know...Expand for more