Moved to Salem in 1961, attended Broad street elementary school,,lived on Craig Ave. Run around with my best friend Joe Harrison who lived above me on Waverly Ave, (have lost contact with him due to moving around so much), played at longwood park , and went swimming a lot at the old pump house at the Roanoke river and at the pool at Lakeside amusement park,,,had a lot of great friends like Kenny Snider, George and Murphy Woods,, Debbie Craiger and her brother Mark.
Moved to Roanoke City when i was 14, attended Woodrow Wilson Jr. High ,,lived on Buford Ave.in the Norwich community,, met some cool friends there too , like Donnie Watkins,, Clark Dent, Mike Smoots,, Teresa Hienz,,was only there for about a year or so till we moved to Tazewell Ave.
I attended Stonewall Jackson Jr. High School,,,i liked that school a lot , met a very nice girl there Named Wanda Perdue (would like to find her and let her know that i havent forgot her) She lived on Highland ave. in 1964-65 ,,
Ran around with a great friend Hubert (Hootie ) Burnette, wonder what ever happened to him?,,some of my other friends were Ralph LaPrad , his sisters Beverly, Carolyn, and Judy,, Mike Doss, Tommy Pate,, Jack Dent just to mention a few,, i moved to Ohio for a while in 1966 and lost contact with all them,,,Spent some time in the Navy and the rest is just history.....