Melvin Ford:  

Machinist class. Grad Jun 67, Married Oct 67. Drafted Aug 68. (Infantry then re-uped for electronic repair.) Friends with Charles McDonner, Bernard Hayden, Linda Knight, Linda hill, Brenda Harden and Mary Hess. Life My Spouse Met her at a friends house on her 16th birthday. My Pets I have 2 step dogs. (found them both on my front step) Bandit is a dalamtion mixed with a setter. She talks words , like hello. Sugar is a toy Poodle. She is blind in one eye but she is a sweet dog. (cats)Friskie is our 1st pet. She is 10 years old. We have one of her 1st and only litter. Her name is Yoda and she weighs 16 lbs. Friskie weighs only 9 lbs. Sugar is our last pet. She is white and loves to have her belly rubbed. I rescued her from my front porch in a cold March rain. All my pets get along. They don't fight each other. All the above animals have passed away. I now have Princess and Sweetie( dogs) both rescued. Both are Chihuahuas I also have a Cat named Monk because he washes himself after you pet him. Monk passed away from stroke. We now have 7 cats. Momma Kitty ( Monk's mom) Kitty Girl, Snow White, Rebel, Golden Paw and her 2 sons Midnight and Turbo. My Kids Son is 32. self taught guitar player and writes music. He has my only grand daughter at the moment who is 7. He went back to school for computer networking and now works as an IT. Yes, we have spoiled her rotten.. Ha Ha. My daughter is now a Vet tech.She has remarried and lives in Atlanta Ga. Daddy's girl of course. My Job I maintain targetry on a number of ranges at Ft. Stewart, Ga. We do the maintenance , computer programing and run the computer while army units train in their gunnerys.(tanks, Infantry and Helicopters) Fix computers in my spare time. I had a heart attack in 1993. I quit bowling. I started bowling again in 2001. I finished that season with a 163 average. When I quit I was carrying a 188 average. In 2002 - 2003 season I finished with a 185 average. In the 2003 - 2004 season I finished with a 197 average. ( I also bowled in 2 Pro regional events). The 2004 - 2005 I finished with the following averages: Monday night 210, Weds sub 209, and Friday night 211. I also rolled 6 700 series highest being 781. I also had 3 279 games. I hope to bowl in 3 pro regionals this summer. I began a part time career as a Pro bowler in 2005. Maybe you'll see me on TV sometime. LOL. I bowled in 8 regional tournaments this past year. I cashed in 4 of them. May 15-17 2009. Best regional I have bowled yet. I beat 4 PBA hall of famers. In 3 of the hall of Famers I beat them in head to head matches. The other one I beat in the first set of 8 Games. I beat Guppy Troup 217 to 204, Tom Baker 245 to 207 and Brian Voss 258 to 208. I beat George Pappas In the first 8 games. He didn't make the cut. I'm on Facebook now. Here's the updates. My daughter now has a daughter. That makes 2 granddaughters I have. She was born 15 Jan 2010. Last March My 1st granddaughter Had a son. His name is Liam. So now I have a Great Grandson. :) 17 Oct 2012 I bowled my 1st 300 game. Now to try and get that elusive 800 series. This summer I finished with a 220 average. Right now in the winter league I'm rolling along at a 230 pace. 2013 I have a second Great Grandson now. His name is Brenden. Still no 800 series. I've had a 790 and 795. I fully retired in April 2013. I'm metal detecting along with bowling now. May 2013 I won the local Champions Championship. It was a handicap tournament. I didn't have much handicap. had to bowl 2 matches. Won the 1st match 256 - 251 and won the 2nd match 243 - 240. It was close but I won the Tournament. 1 Oct 2014 I bowled my second sanctioned 300 game. I've had 9 overall. 2 sanctioned and 7 in practice. My daughter is now 1 semester away from graduating as a RN. It's May 2015. May 7 2015 my daughter was pinned nurse. And 9 May she graduated with honors from Clayton State University as an RN. I'm on face book as Melvin Ford. Join me I'm on there most everyday. ky-rebel @ Yahoo .com I'm also on Face Book under I attended Ahrens trade High school and Ahrens trade High School Alumni 24 Oct 2015 . Bowled in the Georgia Senior State Tournament. I rolled my 1st 800 series. It was 801. I was using the AMF Decimate ball. It is awesome. Oh yes. People say they remember me but never say how... Is that good or bad??? Inquiring minds want to know LOL. I was a hero back in 2007 when I finally returned a ring to it'™s owner after he lost it 27 years ago. I found it in 1980 with my metal detector. (no internet in those days) Checking my finds one day noticed a name on the inside of the ring. Found him on the internet and mailed it to him. I became a hero again today. After looking at a set of houses going to be torn down for commercial usage for a month, I stopped at one of the houses with a big yard. The previous owner was driving by and we had a quick chat. I asked him if I could detect the yard before everything was covered in concrete. He said yea but the previous owner had lost a ring and he thinks it was at this house or another location. I told him if I found it I would call him. He said ok I could detect the front yard. 10 mins in to the search I found the ring. I called him and he came back. He said I can'™t believe you found that ring. He said he knows the guy who lost it will be a happy camper. I had not used my detector since March 2014 and just decided to use it at this location. Had to be fate because the owner hasn't been in the house for a couple months. Oh yea, the ring was a 1959 High school ring. The same school My daughter graduated from. You can follow me on facebook under Melvin Ford. (Melvin Dejae Ford is my son) This past Monday my bowling team won 1st place. this was our 2nd year together. Now I've been on 1st place teams on Monday, Tuesday, Weds, and Friday. Became a Hero once again. A friend of mine's brother in law lost his wedding band 17 years ago. He and his brother searched a couple times for it but never found it. They took me out there and within an hour I fo...Expand for more