Sheila Miller:
CLASS OF 1978
Mary G. Montgomery High SchoolClass of 1978
Semmes, AL
Sheila's Story
Life
I MARRIED ADRIAN D. MILLER, A COUSIN OF ELIZABETH DAVIS(CLASSMATE), IN 1981. HE WORKED AT SCOTT'S AND HAVERTY'S FURNITURE. WE LIVED IN A MOBILE HOME UNDER A PECAN ORCHARD ON MY FATHER'S LAND IN SEMMES.
OUR FIRST SON SAMMY WAS BORN THERE ON DEC. 17, 1984. THREE MONTHS LATER I WENT TO WORK AT THE U.S. POSTAL SERVICE. WE BUILT A NEW HOME ON CHING LYNCH DR. IN 1987. ADRIAN WENT TO WORK IN THE LAB AT BARBER'S DAIRY, THEN OUR 2ND SON, ANDREW WAS BORN 3 WEEKS EARLY ON OCT.4, 1992, RIGHT AFTER HURRICANE ANDREW HIT THE GULFCOAST. FOUR YEARS LATER ADRIAN WAS INJURED IN THE FREEZER AT BARBER'S WHEN HE SLIPPED ON ICE. WE WERE THANKFUL THAT SOCIAL SECURITY DISABILITY CAME THRU WITHIN A YEAR. ADRIAN WAS ABLE TO BE AT HOME WITH ANDREW AND SAVE DAYCARE COST. I WAS ABLE TO INCREASE MY HOURS ENOUGH TO NEARLY COVER HIS INCOME.
THEN IN 1999, GOD BLESSED US WITH A NEW LARGER HOME OFF SNOW RD. IN SEMMES. IT WAS TRIPLE THE SIZE OF THE ONE WE HAD BUILT.
SPEAKING OF TRIPLING, OUR CHURCH, THE PENTECOSTALS OF SARALAND, HAS MORE THAN TRIPLED IN SIZE SINCE 2001 WHEN WE GOT OUR NEW PASTOR CHARLES SHEARER. THE CHURCH WILL HOLD NO MORE. THE CHURCH PURCHASED 22 ACRES DOWN FROM WHERE THEY ARE BUILDING THE NEW RACE TRACK JUST BEFORE THEY SIGNED THE CONTRACT FOR THE TRACKS. RIGHT AFTER THAT THE PROPERTY TRIPLED IN VALUE. THE LORD IS REALLY BLESSING OUR CHURCH, AND I'M SO GLAD TO BE A PART OF THE MUSIC TEAM THERE.
THE KIDS ARE GETTING GROWN NOW, THEY THINK. SAM TRIED TO MOVE OUT ON HIS OWN, IN OUR FORMER MOBILE HOME, BUT WAS ONLY GONE 5 MONTHS AND HE WAS BACK. HE WORKS AT RGIS, AN AUDITING FIRM, AND IS 23 YEARS OLD NOW. ANDREW IS 15, ATTENDING GRACE BAPTIST ACADEMY, AND STARTING TO DRIVE AND DATE AT THE SAME TIME!!! HELP!!
ADRIAN AND I ARE STILL LIVING AND LOVING STRONG. WE CELEBRATED OUR 26TH WEDDING ANNIVERSARY ON SEPT. 25, 2007.
School
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BEST FRIEND, SHELBY LINDSEY, AND I SHARED LOTS OF LAUGHS WITH DINAH BUCKLEY, RUSSELL WILSON, DONNA GORDON, RENEE LANGLEY, MICHELLE ENGLETT, GERALD WOODS, AND SO MANY OTHERS. WE HAD GREAT TIMES ON OUR R.O.T.C. TRIPS.
TWO OF MY GREATEST TEACHERS WERE MRS. DUNHAM IN 9TH AND 10TH GRADE ALGEBRA, WHO HAD THE SWEETEST SPIRIT, AND MRS.CARLISLE IN 11TH GRADE ENGLISH, WHO HELPED ME THINK MORE SERIOUSLY ABOUT MY FUTURE.
College
I SPENT A YEAR AND A HALF AT THE UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH ALABAMA, BUT RARELY SAW AN MGM CLASSMATE. I STUDIED ACCOUNTING AND COMPUTERS. WHEN I GOT MY FIRST JOB I LEFT COLLEGE TO PURSUE MY CAREER.
Workplace
MY FIRST JOB WAS A KEYPUNCH OPERATOR AT DURR-FILLAUER MEDICAL (A WHOLESALE DRUG WAREHOUSE). I WORKED MY WAY UP TO COMPUTER OPERATOR AND THEN MOVED TO THE ACCOUNTING DEPARTMENT.
WHILE IN THIS DEPT. I WAS MARRIED AND SEVERAL YEARS LATER HAD MY FIRST SON. AS SOON AS I CAME OFF MATERNITY LEAVE, THE U.S. POSTAL SERVICE OFFERED ME A JOB.
MY FIRST DAY AS A POSTAL CARRIER, I GOT BIT ON THE SHIN BY A LITTLE CHIHUAHUA. HE HAD TO JUMP UP JUST TO BITE ME. SECOND DAY I SPRAINED MY ANKLE ON A WALKING ROUTE AND HAD TO WALK BACK TO THE OFFICE ON MY BAD FOOT IN THE RAIN. NEEDLESS TO SAY I WAS OUT FOR A WEEK. THE BOSS CALLED AND OFFERED ME A PART-TIME POSITION INSIDE AT THE BEL-AIR MALL AND I TOOK IT. I WAS MAKING MORE MONEY THERE WORKING 24 HOURS A WEEK THAN 40 HRS. AT THE DRUG WAREHOUSE.
I STAYED IN THAT POSITION FOR 4 YRS. THEN TRANSFERED TO TOWNEWEST STATION 36618. I WORKED PART-TIME THERE FOR 17.5 YRS. DURING WHICH TIME I HAD MY 2ND SON.I EVENTUALLY WORKED UP TO 36 HRS. A WEEK.
AFTER 21.5 YRS I WENT FULL TIME AT THE SPRINGHILL STATION 36608 AS SENIOR CLERK. I HAVE DOUBLED MY SALARY IN ONE YEAR AND PAID OFF ALL DEBTS, NOT INCLUDING THE HOUSE. THIS YEAR WE PLAN ON SLOWING DOWN A BIT AND TAKING SOME MUCH NEEDED VACATIONS.
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