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I received my Emergency Medical Technician license shortly after graduating MHS and attended college for two terms. Worked briefly as a deputy sheriff in Blount County, and in 1983 joined the TN Air National Guard in Security Forces and retired in March 2009 with 25 years service. I started working for Rural Metro EMS in 1985. In 1988 I married Sandy Kristy from Detroit. We divorced in 2019. In 1990 I graduated Paramedic school and our first son Derrick was born. Our twins, Drew and Forrest were born in 1992 followed by Skyler in 1994, Ashton in 1999 and Kieran in 2003. I was activated by the Air Guard in 1991 for Desert Storm for a short time and on Sept. 11 for 22 months. I did one tour overseas. I became a Captain at Rural Metro in 1995 working primarily in the Blount County operation. I left there and went to Priority Ambulance as a Field Supervisor in 2014. My father Dean and I operated Stonecraft postcards, a local view postcard business he started in 1953. The boys helped out with it from time to time in between their school and sports time. Derrick graduated Auburn University with a Masters in Mechanical Engineering, is married and lives in Georgia working in the aerospace industry. He and his wife, Robyn had a girl in August 2022, the first in our family in 87 years! Drew and his wife Liz had a son in August 2021, my first grandchild. They live in Colorado and he works in the advertising industry. Forrest and his wife Eve, live in Lower Beechmont, Australia where he works in property management. They had a son in November 2022. Skyler lives in Knoxville and works has an installation manager for a heat and air company. Ashton lives in Maryville, attends Pellissippi and works at Pizza Hut has a Shift Manager and driver. Kieran is a sophomore at MTSU studying to become a professional pilot.
