1.Reportedly at age 13 he traded five rabbits for a homemade guitar and taught himself to play it.
2.Won a talent contest in the late 1930's on WSAZ in Huntington and a $15 per week job at the station.
3. At age 19 married Reva Barbour, a 16 year old beauty from Huntington. Both being so young, the marriage was stormy and ended in divorce in 1958.
4.Entered the army in 1943 and served as an engineer, stationed near Paris, Texas where he and friends would sneak out on Friday and Saturday nights to perform at local clubs.
5.As a Staff Sargeant, he was stationed in France and participated in the Battle of the Bulge, winning four battle stars during his fifteen months of combat duty.
2007-12-22
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