Alfred L (Al) Nelson:  

Life After graduation in "57" from CHS I attended MSU until the spring of "58". Playing the sax in both high school and college was fun and studying music education was fun also. Went to lunch with a buddy, Tony Highland, and for some strange reason we decided to enlist in the Army. A few days later we were on our way to Ft Chaffee, Arkansas just a few weeks or so behind Elvis. The next four years were spent in the Transportation corps at Ft Eustis, Virginia. I auditioned for the Army Band on post, made it, and spent the next 16 years playing sax for "Uncle Sam" all over the world, enjoying every minute and meeting some of the greatest guys and gals in the world, some famous. After a couple of years in the Army, I came home(Memphis) on leave in Jan of "60", met a beautiful young lady that graduated from Oakhaven High School, and married her in September of 1960. In December of 1961 we had our first son. Two more children followed in 1965 and 1967. I retired from the U S Army in 1978. In the Spring of ...Expand for more