Kennith Goines:  

Life I was born, January 14, in Checotah, OK. Lived around that area for a little while, until my parents moved to the Midwest City area. Lived in Midwest City/Del City area as a child and attended the Mid-Del school system as a child. Graduated Del City High School, in May 1968. I attended, Draughon's School of Business, after high school, until November 1969. I enlisted in the United States Air Force (USAF) at that time. I got married in April 1970, to a girl, I met in the sixth grade. We had three children while I was in the military and traveled some together, and spent some time apart, due to some of the assignments I had. When, I separated from the USAF, we moved back to OK, and live, in the house, I lived and grew up in as a child. I've been married to the same woman now for almost thirty-four years, and, we have six grandkids, at the present. Hopefully, we'll have at least two more grandkids by our youngest daughter and her husband, when they decide to start their family. Until, then, we'll enjoy the ones we have now. I joined the Masons, in 1988, and enjoy it very much. It's the oldest organization in the world as far as I know. I belong to the Scottish Rite of Mason, also, and have a perpetual membership in both the blue lodge and Scottish Rite. August, 2001, I had a heart attack and had to have a stint put in an artery that was blocked, and have had no other problems since then. I'm very thankful to still be here today. Thanks to my mother and wife, who rushed me to the hospital. I enjoy being around family and friends, and like working on my family tree. I, guess, overall, I've had a very good life, and look forward to the day I can retire, and maybe see more of this great land of ours, while travelling in a RV. School As a child, I attended, the Mid-Del School system, throughout my school years. My first school was Glenwood Elementary, where I attended, kindergarden and the first grade. (This school is no longer in use, as it is in an area that was in the flight path of aircraft which were landing at Tinker AFB, from the north. Several aircraft crashed in that housing addition, before it was purchased by the base in the early 1970's). The second, third, fourth and fifth grades, I attended Sooner-Rose Elementary, and the sixth grade, I had a choice, as to where I could attend. I could have stayed at Sooner-Rose or I could attend Epperly Heights Elementary. I chose to attend Epperly Heights. That's where I met the girl, I would later marry, in 1970. After the sixth grade, I attended, Del Crest Junior High, where, the grades were, fifth, sixth and seventh grades, the first year, sixth, seventh and eighth the following yearn and then starting the third year, it was, the seventh, eighth and ninth grades, from then on. I was in the first class to graduate from Del Crest Junior High. My tenth through twelfth grades, were at Del City High School, and is where I graduated from in 1968. After, high school, I attended, Draughon's School of Business, until, November, 1969. After that, my schooling consisted of schools I had while in the Air Force, until, I separated from there in 1985, and attended Rose State College, until, I graduated, in May 1987, with an Associates Degree in Criminal Justice. In the fall of 1987, I started college at Central State University, (which later changed its name, to the University of Central Oklahoma), while working on my Bachelor's degree. I attended, UCO, until December 1989, when the deadline for my college, utilizing the G.I. bill, set by Congress, a few years earlier, came to an end. I lost about twelve months, give or take a few months either way, due to that deadline. I have been unable to finish that degree yet. I hope, I can finish that degree, sometime in the future, since, I only need twenty-four semester hours, to complete the Bachelor's Degree. College My college education consist of credits, I earned while I was in the Air Force and after I separated from the Air Force. I started my college while I was in the Air Force and continued after I left the military, by attending Rose State College and then attending Central State of Oklahoma, (which later changed its name to the Uni...Expand for more