I would like to start off by letting each and every one of you know that I, Richard Steven Earley, your Honorable Class President (probably the last bachelor) is now a happily married man. Yes... you read that right. Sandy and I got married February 12, 1999. Sandy was borne and raised in Lake Wales, Florida; and up until 1986, she had spent most of her working career in the automobile business, but an automobile accident changed that world.
We live at 1415 S. Hibiscus Drive in Bartow (for those that might remember, it is the old Frank Murphy home). We enjoy traveling, our horses and donkey and our only son, Boomer Maurice Lee Earley, (a four-pound miniature Yorkie)..
As for me, I am still employed with IMC Phosphate Company for the past 38 years in the purchasing department. I am a retired volunteer firefighter for the City of Bartow, I have been on the Board of Directors for the Child Development Center of Polk County for 17 years, and I am Chairman of the Beautification Board for the City of Bartow. I truly hope that with the help of this new world of the internet; that we, the Class of "63"always being a very close-knit class, can become more communicative in the coming years. I look forward to the future for the neat things to happen on the web site. God bless and let's all keep in touch!