Tom Baldwin:  

Life Shortly after graduation, 1970, I met my first wife (Erma Moore) from Grants Pass. Her father & mine worked for the same logging company (Don Beard). Erma & I got married late in 1970 and I was promptly drafted, but joined the Navy in March of 1971. Before seperating and eventually divorcing, we had 2 boys. After the Navy transferred me to Norfolk, Virginia I soon met my second wife (Desiree') who was born and raised in Boston, Lincolnshire, England and had travelled the world. Desiree' had 2 sons (Kevin and Dale) and we soon had one son (Russell) together. I left the Navy after 8 1/2 years in July of 1979 and went straight to work for Newport News Shipbuilding. Desiree' and I had almost 31 years together before Ovarian Cancer overwhelmed her and GOD took her home with him on September 8th, 2004. The shipyard has gone through several owners, including ourselves, but is presently owned by Northrop Grumman Corporation (NGSB). I obtained a very good Nuclear Engineering education while in the Navy and have used that throughout my different endeavours in the Shipyard. It was extremely challanging work that brought different issues everyday, which made the time fly and time is flying, way too fast. My 3rd wife, Melody has a son (Chris) and daughter (Courtney) who are both grown and out of the house. Courtney has added to our wealth of Grandchildren with Cheyenne who is 7 and Wyatt who is 4 years old. So between all of us, we have 6 boys, 1 girl, 20 Grandchildren and 10 ...Expand for more