gary sowell:  

CLASS OF 1972
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Rustburg, VA

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life did move on after high school.went in army for 3 years and that was a good thing.really learned a lot.went to korea and all over the u.s.a..i did get married,it last really only 2 days. we got married before i went to korea.young dumb and already stupid,so it was another bone head move.i some how got over my foolish dream.i went to work at chapstick co. a real dump ,moved up fast and met a woman ,married her in 1977.we are still together,lots of ups and downs.i did join the nat.guard and tried a year and i didn't like my weekends being a mess after 3 years at chapstick i took a job at at a steel mill,the same place that made the world trade center.14 years there, they shut down. then i went to work at glad u know trash bags,high tech.great job for 20 years.then i retired.mean while the woman i married had three kids and we had 2 more.i worked my ass off.every job i ever had i had to work lots of overtime.in 1995 i lost my dad and then took care of my mother,just like a job,i would do it agin.that was for 15 years.the last 3 years i moved in with her she was in bad shape and my heart could not put her away.i coached baseball,football,basketbal...Expand for more
l when my kids were small.we had 4 girls and 1 boy.she had a boy and girl for me.i had a stepchild killed in 1993.still hurts.i have done a lot of going and still thinking about going agin.in 2006 we started selling items on e bay.we have had good luck and i now make my living on e bay, its good i have a good pension. we play with that money.i now spend a lot of time getting to know my friends in concord.it seem that work was the main focus.plus i,m trying to help people that really need help.trying to keep cool and enjoy the last part of this fast life.as far as i can tell it seems everone who lives to be this age has a story.some are funny,some are heartbreak, and on.i found this to be true,we all wished we had done other than we did,but we all done what we thought was the best .i do have a lot of regrets as we all do.i don't look back to much,i,m in the moment and looking foward ,fully aware of death.i am in the best part of life,i have had my share of trouble and mostly foolish events.i have to go with this,even though life has been hard at time ,i treated people very good and always had a ton of fun.so much more fun to have.enjoy your life.
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