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Don Cates

 

Royse City, TX    

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After high school, I continued to work for the theatres and stayed in Pampa for a while, then managed several towns in Texas, Oklahoma and New Mexico.  In 1960 I married Jackie Miller, and we lived in five different towns before our first-born, Troy Don, came into our lives in 1962.

In 1964 while living in Vinita, Oklahoma, Becky Kay arrived on the scene. Later I joined the Fort Worth Police Department and remained for several years. I went back into the theatre business for a few years. I owned and operated a drive-in theatre in Dallas along with a construction company for several years.

In 1975 on New Years Eve, I married Debbie who had a beautiful, two year old daughter, Missy. We lived in Dallas until 1985 when we moved to San Angelo, Texas. We owned the Santa Fe Junction Night Club.  After being drunk for 7 Years (correction I was drunk 7 years) Debbie sobered up in 1988 when Joshua Alan was born. We moved to Oklahoma City and lived there for 7 Years. We have lived in Royse City, Texas for 7 years now. Hell, I just figured out we must have had the 7-year itch.

We have four wonderful children: Troy, Becky, Missy and Joshua.  Joshua just graduated from high school and is working full time as an IT Technician and going to college at Collin County. Yes, at the 40th reunion, I was the only one there that had to have a baby sitter.  Recall that you gave me the Old Geezer Award.  But that was OK because the reunion before that I got the Fertile Turtle Award.

I have had a great life ... two wonderful wives who gave me four children of whom I am very proud and grandchildren that I don’t get to see enough.

Retirement is not in the cards for me. I still work every day. I work at the Rockwall County Sheriff's Office in Rockwall, Texas. I teach at the Police Academy. 
Some of the subjects are:

1. Female anatomy by the brail system.
2. How to get drunk and not get caught while on duty
3. How to convince your wife the lipstick on your collar came from arresting a prostitute.
4. How to search women, and make them like it.
5. How to not have fun in jail.
6. How to make you believe this Bull_____

We don’t do a lot of traveling like a lot of you have, but last year we did go to Dallas to Wal-Mart.

At this time it doesn’t look like that I will get to come to the 50th this year. Debbie has had surgery, and I think I had better stay close to home.