Connie Baxley:
CLASS OF 1963
East Bay High SchoolClass of 1963
Gibsonton, FL
Isham Memorial Elementary SchoolClass of 1959
Wadsworth, OH
Connie's Story
I MARRIED MY HIGH SCHOOL SWEETHEART WHILE I WAS STILL IN HIGH SCHOOL. WE GOT MARRIED ON SATURDAY AND SPENT SUNDAY MOVING TO WEST PALM BEACH. WE LIVED THERE FOR ALMOST 4 YEARS AND MOVED BACK TO RUSKIN IN 1965. OUR DAUGHTER WAS BORN SHORTLY AFTER WE MOVED BACK TO RUSKIN. WE OPENED A CHEVRON STATION IN TAMPA AND OUR SON WAS BORN IN 1967. SHORTLY AFTER OUR SON WAS BORN MY HUSBAND GOT A JOB IN CONSTRUSTION AND STARTED TRAVELING ALL OVER THE UNITED STATES. WE KEPT OUR HOUSE HERE BUT WHEN WE COULD THE KIDS AND I TRAVELED WITH HIM. IT WORKED OUT PRETTY GOOD UNTIL THE KIDS STARTED TO SCHOOL. WHEN OUR SON STARTED KINDERGARTEN WE FINALLY REALIZED THAT WE WERE SPENDING MORE ON PHONE CALLS AND PLANE TICKETS THAN MY HUSBAND WAS EARNING. HE QUIT HIS CONSTRUCTION JOB AND OPENED BAXLEY'S TEXACO . WE OWNED THAT FOR 28 YEARS. DURING THAT TIME WE ALSO OWNED BAXLEY'S AMACO HERE IN RUSKIN. WE ALSO OWN...Expand for more
ED BAXLEY'S TEXACO IN PALMETTO FOR A VERY SHORT TIME. I WAS RUNNING THAT. WE MUST HAVE HIT THE WORLD RECORD FOR LOSING THE MOST MONEY IN THE SHORTEST AMOUNT OF TIME. IN 1995 MY HUSBAND AND HIS BEST FRIEND WENT TOGETHER AND BOUGHT A BOAT BUILDING COMPANY AND BUILT FLORIDA FISHER BOATS. THEY DID THIS FOR A FEW YEARS BUT IT GOT TO BE TOO MUCH BECAUSE THEY WERE BOTH STILL WORKING FULL TIME AT THEIR REGULAR JOBS AND BUILDING BOATS TOO. GOD HAS BLESSED US WITH 2 GREAT CHILDREN . IF I HAD HAND PICKED THEIR SPOUSES I COULDN'T HAVE GOTTEN ANY BETTER. MY DAUGHTER AND HER HUSBAND HAVE A SON 14 (HE'S A FOOTBALL PLAYER) .THEIR DAUGHTER IS 11 AND SHE'S A CHEERLEADER. MY SON AND HIS WIFE HAVE A DAUGHTER THAT IS 19 AND SHE'S IN COLLEGE. THEY ALSO HAVE TWIN BOYS THAT ARE 15. THEY ARE BOTH COWBOYS SO THEY ROPE AND RIDE. THEY MADE THE FRONT PAGE OF OUR LOCAL NEWSPAPER A FEW WEEKS AGO. LIFE IS GOOD.
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