Tony Tony:  

CLASS OF 1977
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Pontiac, MI

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I AM THE YOUNGEST OF THREE CHILDREN, I HAVE TWO SIBLING SISTERS,MARCIA ELAINE WILLIAMS AND PATRICIA WILLIAMS BOTH GRADUATES OF NORTHERN PRECEEDING ME IN GRADUATING IN 1977. MY MOTHER WAS A SCHOOL TEACHER IN PONTIAC FOR HEAD START UNTIL SHE RETIRED (MRS. PORTIA WILLIAMS) AND MY DAD CHESTER (NICK NAME HAPPY)WORKED AT GM AND COACH WITH PONTIAC CENTRAL (TRADER TO THE HUSKIES, LOL). AFTER HIGH SCHOOL I WENT TO WORK FOR GM FISHER BODY UNTIL LAY-OFF AT WHICH TIME I JOIN THE MARINE CORPS FOR FOUR YEAR TOUR OF WHICH TWO YERAS WERE SPENT ON AIR CRAFT CARRIER USS RANGER. ABORAD THAT WEST PACIFIC TOUR WE PARTISCIPATED IN TWO ACTIONS 1) THE RESCUE OF THE VEITNAMESE BOAT PEOPLE, AND 2) THE RESCUE OF THE IRAN HOSTAGE CRISIS. AFTER MILITARY I WENT BACK TO SCHOOL SINCE I WAS TERRIBLE AT MATH AND ACHIEVED THE SKILLS SOUGHT I WORKED AT JL HUDSONS AS SECURITY FOR SOME TIME AS WELL. I MOVED TO FERDALE IN THE 80'S, AND OWN A HOME FOR 20 YEARS WITH A PARTNER AND RAN A BUSINESS "DECCA INVESTMENTS PROPERTIES". AFTER SELLING THE BUSINESS I MOVE BACK TO PONTIAC AND TO MY PRESENT RESIDENCY OF WATERFORD. MY DAD WHO SOON AFTER DIED OF CANCER INFLUENCED ME TO START WRITING AND I HAVE TWO PUBLICATIONS AS WELL AND PRODUCED AND WROTE ONE SONG FOR PERSONS AFFECTED BY AIDS. I STILL WRITE AND AM WORKING ON SEVERAL CHILDRENS BOOKS, WRITING MUSIC, AND VOLUNTEERING WITH THE STATE OF MICHIGAN DEPT. OF HEALTH AND OLHSA REGULARLY. I OFTEN TRAVEL YEARLY TO FLORIDA AND HAVE LIVED THERE IN THE CITY OF HOLLY HILLS FOR A YEAR OR SO. I ALSO LOVE TO PAR...Expand for more
TISCIPATE IN ART, AND STILL PAINT AS WELL AS DRAW. THIS TALENT LEAD ME TO WIN A CHRISTIAN CONFERENCE STATE COMPETITION OF MR. NATIONAL YOUTH CONFERENCE AND THE NATIONAL YOUTH CONFERENCE AS RUNNER UP IN SEATTLE WASHINTON ( I PERFORMED MIME AND PANTOMIME AND DISPLAYED MY ART WORK AS WELL AS MUSICAL PERFORMANCE). TODAY I SEPEND MOST OF MY TIME ON THE LAKE FISHING AND AM ACTIVE IN CHURCH AS WELL. I WAS NEVER FORTUNATE ENOUGH TO GET MARRIED BUT DID FATHER A CHILD WHOM I WISH I HAD GOTTEN TO KNOW EXCEPT THE MOTHER MOVED WITHOUT NOTICE OR INDICATION OF HER PLANS. IT WAS'NT UNTIL SOME FIVE YEARS LATER WHEN I GOT A LETTER FROM ARIZONA INDICATING SHE WAS HAPPILY MARRIED TO A SALOR ( I WAS YOUNG AND STILL IN THE MARINE WHEN SHE BECAME PREGNANT) THAT I HEARD FROM ANNA MASONTO (PHILIPPIN). I LIVE ONE DAY AT A TIME AND GOD HAS BLESSED ME WITH MUCH FAVOR AND GRACE AND HAS TAUGHT ME TO APPRECIATE THE LESSER THINGS IN LIFE THAT ARE OFTEN OVER LOOK AS OBSURED VAGUENESS, I SEE THEM AS OPPORTUNITY TO TO VACATE MISCONCEPTIONS OF WHAT OTHERS SEE AS FOOL-HEARTY AND AS A RESULT I HAVE LEARNED TO LIVE LIFE MORE FULLY THAN THOSE PREOCCUPIED WITH MATERIALISTIC FOCUS. I HAVE LEARNED THE SPIRITUAL IMPORTANCE OF "BEING" , SATISFIED, ACCEPTING AND TOLERENT OF ALL SITUATIONS EVENTS THAT COME MY WAY. I AM LIVING LIFE FULLY WITH THE KNOWLEDGE THAT DEATH IS AS FATERNAL A TWIN TO LIFE AS DARK IS TO DAY, THEY BOTH ARE EJOINED TO COMPLETE A NEVER ENDING CIRCLE. I HOPE TO SEE MANY OF YOU AT THE REUNION AND LOOK FORWARD TO SWAPPING STORIES.
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