Gerry Wallum
Family Information: I
married Tonya Davis on April 30th 1977 in Odessa Texas, 5 years later Tonya gave
birth to Tara Jere' Wallum on Feb.24th 1984. Tara is our only child (spoiled);
by the time of the reunion she will be married, her wedding is May 21, 2005
Occupation: Production
Manager Lockheed Martin - F2 Fighter
Address: 3927 Dusk Dr.
Weatherford Texas 76088 Ph: 817-596-5034
What I have been doing:
Well this could be a novel, I went to work in the oil fields of West Texas,
what you hear about the oil field is correct it is a hard, dangerous job. I
worked in the oil business for 10 years. My wife worked for state Farm
Insurance, I was transferred to Weatherford in 1984 and shortly after the oil
industry failed and I was laid off in 1986. I went to work for General Dynamics
(now Lockheed Martin) as an aircraft mechanic in Ft Worth. I moved up to
supervisor and went to Korea for awhile to start up a program Lockheed had ,
then I went to Turkey for a year to start another program, these were working on
F-16 fighters. I was laid off in 1994 when the Government cut some of our
programs. My wife is a Senior Manager where she has been for 20 years ( not
Insurance) so when I was laid off I decided to shoe and train horses this
allowed me to attend all of my Daughters school functions while she was in high
school until I went back to work for Lockheed in 2002 for the retirement. My
wife and I both travel some with our jobs, she travels to Asia and Europe and I
go to Japan now and then. We do a lot of camping and boating almost every
weekend ,we have 4 lakes within a 45 min. drive of our house. I'm in the process
of rebuilding a 1977 Corvette my wife bought me for my 48th birthday (no crises
now). Well I better save something for the reunion I am really looking forward
to it.
Memories of MHS:
Well my first car was a 1961 Ford Falcon and Jim Burns, Ross Clayton,
Steve Hogan, Robert Hernandez and I drove it to death. Then I had a 1965 Ford
Galaxie 500XL and we drove it to death. I remember loading up in Eddie Lisk 1957
Chevy at lunch and driving all the way to the other side of Globe grabbing a
burrito from Redondos drive-in and then hauling butt back to school before the
bell. I think I better leave the crushes and kisses alone so I can stay married
another 28 years. I will say there were some.
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