Shirley Watkins:  

Life After high school I married Billy Davis, Sad to say, but he died 3 weeks ago. We were married 16 years, had 3 wonderful children and a great future planned but his true love was money and we divorced. I had been a stay at home mom up until that time. It's hard to raise 3 kids on $3.05 an hour and punching a time clock that doesn't care if your child is sick or if it's eat lunch with your child at school day. So, I dove into entrepreneurship. I owned and operated my own fire extinguisher sales and service company as my day job and cleaned 40 local restaurants' grease exhaust systems from the kitchen hood through to the fan on the roof at night. Awful work, but, pays great. It fed my kids and gave us quality time together. I raised my 3 kids in a little pink house with 500 sq. feet, I still live in it and now own it. Needless to say we're a close family.ha I think I was married for about 4 years to a non drinking till I say "I do" guy. Turned out I was in the "Twilight Zone" with one crazy alcoholic from Tulsa. He was gone more than he was ...Expand for more