Prissy Wattam:  

Life After graduating from Ozark I attended Arkansas Tech, where I met my future husband, Roger. We married in 1971 and I continued my education at Tech and then at Michigan State University for my Masters in Music Performance. Roger and I moved to Tennessee upon my graduation where he taught at Tennessee Tech and I taught private music lessons, performed in a chamber trio, and taught part time at Carson Newman College in eastern Tennessee. Roger and I both performed at Opryland in Nashville, playing in a pit orchestra. This prompted a move to Nashville where I continued private instruction and Roger elected to learn music instrument repair. He was offered a position with the Louisiana State University Band Department in 1979 and we moved to Baton Rouge. I continued to perform in Nashville at Opryland for the next 4 years (talk about a commute!!!). When home in Baton Rouge I had a quartet that played for parties and weddings and I rode horses everyday - a life long passion that had been fueled by my time in Tennessee. I finally decided to settle down and since Baton Rouge wasn't the music hub Nashville was, I decided to change careers. I went into real estate in 1983 and haven't regretted it once! I still continued performing for years but as success in real estate came, there has been little time for any outside interests. I have had the #1 RE/MAX Real Estate Team for Baton Rouge and for the state of Louisiana many times. Roger and I are avid tennis players and love to travel. Roger retired from LSU in 2008 and after obtaining his real estate license, joined ...Expand for more