Jim Culpepper:  

Jim's schools included WH Gaston Jr. High, Pleasant Grove High School and W.W. Samuell High School (with a lot of luck graduted in 1959). He later attended East Texas Bapt College, Calif Bapt College and Dallas Bapt Univ. He earned a B.A., B.S. and M.BA. Joined USMC in 1963, two (2) tours in Vietnam. Grunt with 2/3 and 1/9. Awarded two purple hearts and a few other medals. Came back a little messed up, physically and mentally, and received a medical retirement. Worked for ASCAP (music licensing - no mucic talent but knew a little about the business side). Gemini (plastics) and Anchor (carnival vendor) Also taught school at Riverside Poly (Calif) and Riverside Christian High School and coached a little.(imagine that). Prior to retireing he bought a small farm in Southern Middle Tennessee (about 40 cows, 8 horses, 5 dogs, lots of skunks and a wife (not necessarily in that order), Donna (California girl who was born in the south). We met at First Baptist Church of Pomona (a huge American Bapist Church) and have been married about 135 years. Not really, it only been 35 years. She believes the old adage that says "The best thing about having been married to a Marine is that when you die, you go straight to heaven - you've already been through hell." We will stay married though, nobody else is mean enough to put up with either of us. They raised three (3) sons. Oldest (age 49) is a RN in Springfield,MO. He joined the USMC exact'y 18 years after I did and put a little time on USS New Jersey and was in Lebanon when the Marine barracks was bombed. Middle son (age 45) graduated from Claremont (Calif) but had a bad accident when he was 19 and is totally disabled. We still take care of him. Youngest son (age 28) still lives in Calif. He was the Defensive Player of the Year at Norco High School - Mt. View League his Senior year but turned down opportunity to further edu...Expand for more