Kevin Ellis:
CLASS OF 1974
Thomas Jefferson High SchoolClass of 1974
Louisville, KY
Jefferson Community CollegeClass of 1984
Louisville, KY
Kevin's Story
Life
Where do I start? I was born one dark and cold rainy evening on Halloween and.... never mind!! Just being me!! I started my career in Highway and Bridge Construction Inspection three months after my 18th birthday working for KYTC and after 11 years decided I wanted to do something else. I packed up my bags and we moved to Beverley.. well, actually it was Macon, Georgia and have lived there ever since. I worked briefly for a contractor and then a consulting company before taking a job with Georgia DOT and retired this year with 30 years of service. 41 years dodging cars and playing in traffic!!!I always said the day after I retired I would get run over by by a little old lady in the Walmart parking lot... so far, so good. I am a widower- my wonderful wife passed away July 17, 2008. All that said and done I am still available sooooooo....far I am still available.
I share my home with two useless dogs and a cat rescued out of a swamp along with the occasional fly and scorpion. I got my first dog to keep me company after Connie passed away and inherited the second one from my daughter and the cat joined the menagerie last November. Oh, the things you do for your younguns!! I hoped they would take care of the fly and scorpion situation, but all they want to do is play with them then either pee on them or hide from them so that didn't work out. Actually they are pretty good little mutts and a crazy wild cat. I am really attached to them, but that's mainly cause they rolled around on a broken bottle of super glue and I tried to wipe it off of them. Definetly the wrong thing to do!!! There is an up side to it though- I sure do save on toilet paper. My Pomeranion is starting to smell kind of rank though-
In case you haven't noticed by now, I try not to take life too seriously. I believe you can find humor in just about any situation and make the best of it. I am at peace with Connie's death- I miss her but I know where she is and it is a far better place than on this Earth. We shared the same philosophy- Live, Love, and Laugh, and we did for almost 27 years.
College
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remember about college is the times I had to go to JCC straight from working on the roads in Kentucky. Not only did I usually look bad, I know I had to smell even worse!!! It took me seven years (with a 3 year break), but I finally did get an Associate Degree in Real Estate and Business in 1984.
Workplace
I worked for the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet from January 16, 1975 until December 31, 1985. I moved to Macon, Georgia in March of 1986, where I worked for a construction company for a few months and then worked for a consulting engineering firm at Warner Robins Air Force Base inspecting repairs to the sanitary sewer system- kind of a crappy job but it paid the bills. I started working for the Georgia Department of Transportation on November 16, 1987. My first two years I worked all over the state counting cars and collecting data, then transferred to the Macon Area Office as a construction inspector in November of 1989. I worked my way up through the ranks and became the Assistant Area Engineer for Construction in June of 2003. On May 13, 2013 I was promoted to District 3 Asphalt Maintenance Manager (everyone called me the DAMM Manager - think about it). I supervised 4 crews, worked 4 ten hour days every week with every Friday off (LOVE THAT!!!) and covered 31 counties in west central Georgia. Did a lot of driving and saw a lot of pretty country and more than a few ugly people (not really, but some of them would scare buzzards away from a freshly killed armadillo). As I used to say before I retired , everyday with the GDOT is just another day in paradise!!! Well, at least it was sometimes....
I plan on moving back to Louisville soon but in the meantime my door is always open if anybody wants to stop by for a spell and visit. All I ask is a few hours notice so I can change my underwear, put on some deodarant, and clean up the dog poop. Did I mention I don't take life too seriously? With that in mind remember everything I have said on here is completely 100% true except for the parts that are not. I'll let you figure which parts are which. Bedee, bedeeba, that's all folks!!!
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