Frank Thomas:  

Life Nickname - Phroggy (Froggy) Activities included ROTC Drill Team and Drama Graduated from Prairie View A&M with BA in Theatre and commission in US Army. Ended military career as a Major. Worked at Microsoft as a Premier Support Tech for Fortune 100 companies from 1995 - 2003. Currently working as an independent consultant, looking to start my own business. Family Married my college sweetheart Charlotte (Leviston) in 1983. The union lasted 14 years and produced 2 wonderful children, Jonathon Charles and LuVonia Katie. Remarried in 2003 to Joyce (Bowens). We became grandparents when Luvonia graced us with a little girl in 2007. School It was Great in '78. Some of my best memories in life are from the 4 years I spent at Bel Air. Most people remember me as 'Froggy' (though I spelled it Phroggy). My biggest interests were in Drama and ROTC Drill Team. I was warned that the two would conflict and didn't believe it until I had a Drill Meet and Speech Contest on the same weekend. From the Drama Department, I'll never forget Mrs. Jeanne Steele, Mr. Joe Barnes, Ms. Pat Cisneros and even Ms. Barbara Beeson. Mrs. Steele had the Drama classes and Mr. Barnes was the Speech teacher. Ms. Cisneros and Ms. Beeson both taught English, but were ususally very involved. Mr. Pat Eskew was the Music director for every musical we did. Plays I enjoyed: L'il Abner (Pappy Yokum), You're a Good Man Charlie Brown (Snoopy), Dino (Mr. Sheridan), She Stoops to Conquer (Tony Lumpkin), Of Winners, Losers and Games (Loser). I miss a lot of things about high school, but most importantly I miss one of the best friends I ever had. My confidant and Mime Partner, Kelly L. Townsend. ROTC was my other area of fond memories, especially the Senior Army Instructor, CW4 Royce G. Coffee and his cadre MSG Widener, SFC Cornelius Byrd, and CW3 Glover. Among them, I believe they turned out some of the best young men and women Bel Air had to offer, whether we persued military careers or not. Favorite Drill Meets: Odessa Invitational, New Mexico Military Institute Invitational, and the annual spring YISD Review and Drill competition which at that time consisted of Bel Air, Ysleta, Eastwood, Parkland and Riverside. Bel Air was usually favored and won each of these competitions, hands down! With these two major interests, it should come as no surprise that I graduated college with a Bachelors degree in Theatre and a commission in the US Army....but that's two other stories.... College Prairie View A&M from 1978 - 1982 Continued my love for ROTC and Theatre. Pledged the National Society of Pershing Rifles and worked extensively with the drill team. I will never forget instructors like MSG Charles Dunton, Sr and SFC Aubuchon, CPT Morris Price, COL Morgan, COL Pennywell, MAJ Williams and a host of others! In the theatre department, the hea...Expand for more