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Note: THEN WAS
FARMING SO HIS MOTHER GAVE HIM THE LAND TO MINE.HE EXPANDED AND DIDMANY
CONSTRUCTION JOBS IN THE SURROUNDING COUNTIES. HIS BROTHERS'SON,
JOHN TERRANCE CAME TO LIVE WITH HE AND DOROTHY WHEN HE WAS 3YEARSOLD.HE WAS
FORMALLY ADOPTED BY JOHN AND DOROTHY WHEN HE WAS 21YEARS OLD.
JOHN DIED OF A CEREBRAL HEMORRHAGE AND THE BUSINESS WENT BANKRUPTSHORTLY
THEREAFTER.
HE WAS A WELL KNOWN PERSONALITY,VERY GRUFF AT TIMES,BUT QUIETLY HELPEDMANY
FAMILIES IN MANY WAYS. HE EMPLOYED MOST OF THE CONSTRUCTION WORKERS INTHE AREA
AT ONE TIME OR ANOTHER.MOST OF THE MEN WERE LOYAL,LONG TERM EMPLOYEES.
IN HIS EARLY DAYS,HE WAS QUITE WELL KNOWN TO THE LOCAL POLICE ANDSTATE
TROOPERS BECAUSE OF HIS DRINKING ESCAPADES.
HE BELONGED TO MANY ORGANIZATIONS,BUT HIS FAVORITE WAS THE LOCAL FIRE
DEPARTMENT.
Note: STARTED SAND AND GRAVEL BUSINESS WHEN HE WAS ABOUT 26YEARS OLD.NO ONE
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