Gary Worrell:
CLASS OF 1968
Radford High SchoolClass of 1968
Radford, VA
New River Community CollegeClass of 1975
Dublin, VA
Moorpark CollegeClass of 1973
Moorpark, CA
Belle Heth Elementary SchoolClass of 1963
Radford, VA
Bethel Elementary SchoolClass of 1961
Christiansburg, VA
Gary's Story
(Life)
I was born in Christiansburg, Virginia on December 1, 1947. I went to 1st & 2nd grades in a one room schoolhouse in Walton, VA. Did the 3rd-5th grades at Bethal Elementry in Montgomery Co. VA., and half way through the 6th grade, my family moved to Radford, VA. where I finished the 6th & 7th at Belle Heath Elementry and went to Radford High until the start of 1967 when I was drafted out of my senior year. After some wrist surgery and 11 mounths of recovery, I finally enlisted in the Navy in October 1968. It took me nearly two years to finish High School. After 23 years in the Navy, I retired in June 1991 and moved to Galax, VA. After working some of the factories around the area, I moved to Florida (Fort Lauderdale) to help my father-in-law in the pest control business. After he sold the business, my wife Deb & I moved to Naples FL where I worked at The Inn on Fifth (a four star hotel), as the maintenance supervisor. Later I got my CDL and started driving tractor trailers OTR around the country. I took a breake from driving in 2001 and went to work for Wal-Mart for about a year & a half and then went back to driving. Reacently I've stopped driving for a while again. Now I am working on a home business on the Internet. I currently li...Expand for more
ve in Woodlawn,VA. where I own 30 acres of wooded land on the side of the mountain, which we bought in 1995. My wife Deb passed away in April of 2012.
(Military)
I joined the Navy in Oct. 1968. Went to BootCamp in Gt. Lakes, IL. from Oct. 27th to Dec. 13th. After going home for a 10 day Xmas leave, I returned back to Gt. Lakes to await orders for my first duty station, the USS Forestal CV-59.
I had to travel to Rota, Spain to catch up with her, but after two weeks I had to fly to Naples, Italy where I went aboard Jan. 9th,1969. After two Med Cruises and a North Atlantic (with NATO), I attended Construction Mechanic Class "A" School for 14 wks in Davisville, RI. My next duty station was USNMCB-5 in
Port Hueneme, CA. After a tour in Nam and a short tour in Thailand, I got out to go to college. I attended Morepark College in CA. and New River Community
College in VA. I then reenlisted in the Navy where I served on USS Vulcan, USS
Caloosahatchee, US Naval Base Little Creek, VA, Naval Station,GITMO, Cuba,
USS Sellers in Charleston, SC, Naval Shipyard SIMA Portsmouth, VA,VA-36 at
Naval Air Station Oceana, VA, USS Theodore Roosevelt, & USS Yellowstone. I served as a Hull Tech, Navy Counselor, & back as a Hull Tech before I Retired in June 1991.
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