Paul Bone:  

I hope my old friends remember that I'll be there for them, as long as I'm on this earth. From the time I was a little boy, I loved baseball. We grew up across the street from the Little League Field in Walterboro,Mayfield Terrace , corner of Thompson and May St. When balls were hit across the street,I'd hustle them down, since they came in my yard and I'd throw them back across the street. Mom would cut my butt if I crossed the street with out her. This started a love for a game, and then when I saw that I couldn't become a Major Leaguer, I thought, well...If I can help one child get the dream..So..I started coaching children with my French Teacher at WHS. Ernest R Gilliam, and we took the Jaycees team and did pretty well with them.. I think I must have coached for around 25 years in Walterboro, and then 4 years in Vidalia Ga, after we moved here. Of those years ,only 8 were coaching my own children. I coached cause I loved it. After high school, I hung around W'boro in and out of dead end jobs, and after my last GF and I split up, I decided to get out and see something else. I learned to weld and became a pipe welder with Daniel Construction out of Greenville SC.. People I met thru them started inviting me to come visit them in other states, and hiking around with them really helped me learn about Street smarts as well as Nature.. Man, I could tell some some stories of things that I have done, and places I have been, like Camping out in a 19' tall TeePee on top of Grandfather Mtn, NC New Years Eve, Yep, Dec 31 , 1973.. It was 20 degrees outside, and wind blowing 65 mph, minusing on the chill factor..If you want to know more, you have to ask... Lived in Berea Ky, Charlotte,NC, Barnwell SC, Elko SC, and back to Wboro, where I was a confirmed bachelor..Met a girl and three months later married her and we are still together, 30 years now..3 children, Luann, Ricky, Katie(born on my 40th birthday).. Spent right at 20 years with Liberty Life Ins Co of Greenville, and that is how I arrived in Vidalia. I was asked to take the Sales Mgrs job here for an office that was really sucking..( BAD !! ) For two years, we retained 4th place in the company, and I was forced out due to some backstabbing, and degenerative arthritis..It happens everywhere...Forgive and forget...yep...I can forgive, but it's hard to forget.. I started studying guitar, and have studied under many excellent...Expand for more