Charles Overstreet:  

Life I was Born in Okla. City, Oklahoma on June 4th, 1935. After living with my mother in Oklahoma, California, Texas, and Nebraska my Grandmother said please let Skeeter, (That's the nickname My grandmother hung on me), come live with me. Thats where I stayed and grew up at 3309 S. Hudson in Capitol Hill. Attended Lee Elementary School from the 3rd grade on up, 1943 to 1947. Attended Capitol Hill Jr High from 1947 to 1950. Attended Capitol Hill High School from 1950 to 1953 and graduated from Capitol Hill High School in 1953. Went to live in Omaha Nebraska and worked for the J.P. Cooke Co. Worked there for about eighteen months and saved my money to go to college. I made dog tags, medals, signs and plaques of all sizes. Went to OU in 1955, 1956 and until May of 1957. Joined the Army in Sep. of 1957. Went to drafting school in Fort Belvore Virginia after basic training at Fort Carson Colorado. I was stationed in Fairbanks Alaska for eighteen months in the 18th Engineer Corp attached to Ladd Airforce Base. I will never forget New Years Eve 1958 because the temperature was a minus 66 degrees below zero and the snow was about three feet deep and still coming down. I was a Consruction Draftsman there and worked with the surveying crews. I made topographical maps of the "Dew Line" (Defensive Earily Warning System) that was to protect us from the Russian's if they ever came over the North Pole. I served until Sep. 1960. I achieved the rank of E-5 or Buck Sergeant. Went to work for Western Electric in Lee's Summit, Mo. in Oct. of 1960 in the Machine Design Department as a Draftsman, later promoted to a Engineering Associate. I designed various types of assmebly machines that made product for the Telephone Companies and retired from AT&T in Aug. of 1995 (which later became Lucent Technologies) I Have three children from my first marriage, Cindy D. Overstreet (6/07/62), Michael L. Overstreet (12/18...Expand for more