Charles Eads:  

Life Written November 2007. After high school, I attended BYU for a semester before going on a mission to England. While there, my dad took a job in Provo and moved the family to Orem. Upon my return, I took a job in the drapery business. I met my wife-to-be, Winnifred, in the workroom on the day we both started and have made a career of it. We started an in-home business a year after getting married in 1981 and have been self-employed ever since with the exception of 1994-96 when I took a position with an international drapery/bedspread company and moved to Hawaii where I managed the drapery installation for many hotels. We then moved to Winnifred's home town, Provo, where we lived with her parents for two years to recover financially from our "long vacation" before buying a home in Pleasant Grove in 1998. Our most important customer, now, is The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. They contract us to provide the chandelier hoists and curtain machines, as well as some of the drapery for the temples, worldwide. The travel gets old sometimes, but someone has to do it! Along the way, we have raised a son and three daughters. The youngest, Janeal, just got married. The two oldest, Samuel and Charlotte decided to learn an easier way than their parents and have graduated from college. We have four grandchildren. I recall my high school years wit...Expand for more