David Stickley:  

Life HIGH SCHOOL AT JW WAS OK. DIDN'T KNOW IT THEN BUT I WAS THE DESIGNATED DRIVER FOR SOME OF MY BEST FRIENDS. I DID DRINK A BEER OR TWO WITH THEM TO BE SOCIABLE. TWO WAS MY FINIALY ANSWER.PLUS WHEN I DIDN'T DRIVE FOR THEM THERE WAS AN ACCIDENT OF SOME KIND. I WORKED AT MY DAD'S GARAGE WE HAD SEVERAL LARGE WRECKERS.I GOT TO SEE FIRST HAND WHAT DAMAGE DRUNK DRIVERS CAN DO TO THEM SELVES AND OTHER PEOPLES FAMILIES. BY THEN I HAD ALREADY LOST 6 FAMILY MEMBERS TO DRUNK DRIVERS SENCE THEN I HAVE 3 MORE. NEVER DRANK WITH THE LOVE OF MY LIFE. I HAD ENOUGH OF THE MISERY OF WHAT I HAD ALREADY SEEN AND LIVED THROUGH IN MY OWN FAMILY. AND ON THE JOB TRAINING. PLUS MOST OF THE ACCIDENTS WE WENT TO WERE FOR THE STATE POLICE. DARK, MOVING CABLES, TWISTED METAL, SOMETIMES PEOPLE STILL TRAPPED INSIDE CARS OR TRUCKS, STATE POLICE, CLEAR HEADS IS AND WAS AND SHALL BE A MUST DO. ADD DRUGS OR BOOZE ITS ANOTHER ACCIDENT OR DEATH WAITING TO HAPPEN. DRAFTED APRIL 1968 [NO WAY OUT] HAD WHAT I NEEDED FROM DIESEL SCHOOL SO I LEFT TENN. BACK TO VA. TO SPEND WHAT TIME I HAD LEFT WITH FAMILY AND THE LOVE OF MY LIFE. BEST SUMMER OF MY LIFE. LEFT FOR THE ARMY DEC. 2 1968 SERVED IN GERMANY 1 YEAR THREE MONTHS 9 DAYS. VOLUNTEERED VIETMAN TWICE DIDN'T GET TO GO. I WAS THE GENERATOR OPERATOR/MECHANIC FOR BASE POWER. NOVEMBER 1977 MOVED FROM VIRGINIA TO L.A. CALIF. HER FAMILY WAS THERE [BIG MISTAKE] WISH I WOULD HAVE SENT EX-WIFE AND STAYED IN WINCHESTER. MAY OF 1978 MOVED TO CHARLOTTE N.C.MORE OF HER FAMILY [SHOULD OF STAYED IN VA] ...Expand for more