Douglas Madden:
CLASS OF 1962
Escambia Farms High SchoolClass of 1962
Baker, FL
Douglas's Story
When I graduated from EFHS I spent the summer driving to and from Portland, OR to visit my older brother Troy and his family. Leroy and his girlfriend and mom was also on the trip. It took us a total of 3 weeks and included a side trip to the World's Fair in Seattle, WA. We also flew to Pendleton, OR and attended World's Rodeo. Troy had his commercial pilots license and flew us down there and on the way back he turned the controls over to me when the others were sleeping.A few years later Troy gave me flying lessons until I "soloed". When we returned home from OR I spent the rest of the summer fishi,g with Mr. Will Smith and my best friend, Barney Smith. On Oct 3rd, 1962 I enlisted in the Army and was a paratrooper, pathfinder, jumpmaster with 65 jumps from a perfectly good flying airplane or helicopter, mostly at Ft. Rucker, AL. I rose to the rank of Staff Sgt. and got out on Oct. 2nd 1965. After a short temporary...Expand for more
job with Vitro Corp. I was accepted by the Pensacola Police Department as a Patrolman. While working at the PPD I enrolled at PJC and received my Associates Degree and in August1969 I enrolled at FSU and earned my BS in Criminal Justice and Social Sciences and was hired by the FDLE as a Special Agent in March of 1971. Three years later I gave up on Law Enforcement as a career and moved to Atlanta, GA to become a Mortgage Loan Officer. I met the love of my life, Joan Carter, in 1977 and 6 months later we were married. She became My loan processor and side by side, we became the top producing team in the metro Atlanta area for 16 years. After twenty years and six months in the Industry, we retired when I became 50 years old and moved to Zepryrhills, FL. We were blessed with good health except for joint replacements I needed from paratrooper injuries in the Army. Hope I didn't bore you too badly. Douglas Madden
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