Kevin Williams:  

CLASS OF 1964
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Ackerman, MS
Tupelo, MS

Kevin's Story

HI. MY NAME IS KEVIN WILLIAMS. I LIVE WAY DOWN UNDER IN CROCODILE DUNDEE TERRITORY. AUSTRALIA, THAT IS. AUSTRALIA REALLY IS AS BEAUTIFUL AS YOU SEE IN THAT MOVIE, BUT LIKE MOST OTHER PEOPLE, MANY AUSSIES THINK THAT YOIU HAVE TO TRAVEL FAR AWAY TO SEE SOMETHING REALLY BEAUTIFUL. NOT SO IN THIS CASE. I LIVE IN A CITY THAT HAS A POPULATION OF ABOUT NINETY THOUSAND PEOPLE, BUT THE CITY SERVICES A DISTRICT POPULATION OF ANOTHER SIXTY THOUSAND. I WAS HATCHED HERE. I WAS MATCHED HERE, AND I WILL BE DISPATCHED FROM HERE. I LEFT SWCHOOL WHEN I WAS 14YEARS OLD TO WORK IN THE LOCAL RADIO STATION. APPROXIMATELY 18 MONTHS LATER, BALLARAT OPEN THE FIRST REGIONAL TV STATION IN THE STATE OF VICTORIA. I STARTED WORK WITH THEM ON THE SECOND NIGHT OF TRANSMISSION. I CANT BELIEVE IT WAS WAY BACK IN THE DAYS OF BLACK & WHITE TV. AFTER BEING THERE FOR APPROX 18 MONTH, I SNARED THE JOB OF NEWS FILM CAMERAMAN. THIS TIME WAS THE BEST TIME OF MY LIFE. I REALLY LOVED IT. DURING ALL THIS TIME, MY HOBBY OF PHOTOGRAPHY WAS BUBBLING AWAY IN THE BACKGROUND. OVER THE NEXT FEW YEARS, I DEVELOPED QUITE A FOLLOWING FOR WEDDINGS, KIDS AND FAMILY PORTRAITS. DURING THIS TIME I MET THE MOST WONDERFUL WOMAN, THAT I WAS LUCKY ENOUGH TO MAKE MY WIFE. AS A COUPLE, WE REALLY FIRED WITH OUR PHOTOGRAPHY SO WELL THAT WE DECIDED WE WOULD BOTH QUIT OUR 9 TO 5 JOBS AND GO IT FULL TIME. IT WAS HARD WORK, BUT WE ...Expand for more
DID AND STILL DO REALLY LOVE IT. WE AT ONE STAGE HAD A PHOTOGRAPHIC STUDIO. AT OUR PEAK 3 RETAIL OUTLETS FOR OUR PHOTOFINISHING LAB AND ALL THE CHEMIST OUTLETS FOR PHOTOFINISHING IN BALLARAT. STUPIDLY WE ALSO TOOK IT INTO OUR HEADS THAT WE SHOULD ALSO HAVE A BOUTIQUE PROFESSIONAL FINISHING LAB AS WELL. IT NEARLY BLOODY KILLED US. BUT IT WAQS GOOD FUN. NOW THAT WE ARE RETIRING UNDER A STRUCTURED PLAN, WE PICK AND CHOOSE WHAT WE WANT TO DO. THIS GIVES A LITTLE TIME TO DO THE THINGS WE WANT PLAY WITH. ONE OF MY DESIRES IS TO TRY TO RECONNECT, JUST TO SAY HELLO TO, WITH A COUPLE OF GIRLS I USED TO WRITE TO AS A PENFRIENS WHILE I WAS STILL AT SCHOOL. THIS IS WHY I AM HERE ON THIS SITE. MY PENFRIENDS WERE SHARON STEVENS, AND HER COUSIN, PATSY ANNE COYSON. SHARON LIVED IN SALTILLO, MS AND ISHARON I KNOW WENT MILAM JNR HIGH SCHOOL. THIS WAS ON ONE OF THE PHOTOS SHE SENT ME. I CANNOT REMEMBER WAHT YEAR THIS WAS, BUT IT WOULD HAVE BEEN IN THE EARLY 1960. IF ANY OF YOU FOLK FROM MILAM HIGH CAN HELP ME TRACK THEM DOWN I WOULD REALLY BE GREATEFUL. IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN ANY OF MY PHOTO WORK, JUST GOOGLE MY NAME AND IT SHOULD GIVE YOU A LOOK AT WHAT WE HAVE DONE. YOU THEN MIGHT LIKE TO GOOGLE BALLARAT AND SEE WHAT A GREAT PLACE I HAVE TO LIVE IN. I HOPE YOU TAKE THE TIME, EVEN IF YOU CANT HELP, BUT HAVE A LOOK AT MY CITY, STATE AND COUNTRY. REGARDS TO ALL, KEVIN WILLIAMS
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