Carl 'Pete' Petersen:  

Went to Junior High at Lindley Junior High through the 8th grade in Mableton, GA and went to church at Mableton First Baptist Church. I went by Pete Petersen. In Summer '69 moved to Jonesboro, LA and attended Jonesboro-Hodge High School graduated in '73. Attended Jonesboro First Baptist Church. Went to La Tech in Electrical Engineering. Started attending North Hodge Assembly of God where I met my wife, Sonya Phillips, and we married in '78. (we are now married 34 years) In '98 we moved to Crossett, AR following my career and ended up in a fantastic church - Freedom Ministries. We have one son who is married and we now have 3 beautiful grandchildren. Career wise I have been pursuing an electrical technical career working with controls, engineering, PLCs, etc. Worked in the oilfield in the mid 80's as electrician and later as electrical supt for Penrod Drilling. Left there and managed electrical engineering group out of Monroe, LA. Followed by working 10 years in Paper Mill adding instrumentation and DCS experience. Now I have been working for Transocean Offshore (formerly Global Marine) now as Electrical and controls specialist out of their corporate office in Hous...Expand for more