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Seven Questions with a Servant: Don King
Seven Questions with a Servant: Don King

1. What's your name?

Don King

2. Will you please share a little about yourself?

I was born in Columbus Ohio and adopted at birth by my mother and father Donald and Juanita King. I was raised in Nitro, WV but left in 1985 to find work. I was a civilian employee for the Department of Defense and was stationed at the NATO Land Forces South East Headquarters in Izmir, Turkey ended up in the Pacific North West and retired from the Federal Way Police Department in 2006. Married to Angie and we have one dog, Maggie.

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Seven Questions with a Servant: J.K. Lilly
Seven Questions with a Servant: J.K. Lilly

1. What's your name?

J. K. Lilly

2. Will you please share a little about yourself?

West Virginia has always been home except for my Navy years. I'm dad to three daughters, but one died from complications of diabetes. Patricia Sherman found me wandering Charleston's mean streets barefoot and shivering; she couldn't resist adopt me as a bedraggled stray. Imagine, a Presbyterian sharing wedding cake with a Catholic. Thank God for providing a welcoming Lutheran church in which to worship Him. Her Doctorate is in Education and mine is in Medicine... both from WVU. Our Masters degrees are from Marshall so are united in Christ but divided by diplomas.

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Seven Questions with a Servant: Phil Gaarenstroom
Seven Questions with a Servant: Phil Gaarenstroom

1. What's your name?

Phil Gaarenstroom

2. Will you please share a little about yourself?

Grew up in Fairmont, Minnesota; graduated from Carleton College in Minnesota and went to graduate school at Purdue University (Ph. D. in Chemistry). Moved to Charleston in 1977 to work for Union Carbide. Nancy and I met at Purdue and we married in 1978. I retired from Dow Chemical in 2013. Nancy works part time from home doing bookkeeping. Our daughter, Amanda, is a paramedic in Morgantown. Our son, Eric, is a construction inspector in Columbia, Maryland. Onyx, our black cat, keeps us entertained at home.

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Seven Questions with a Servant: Steve Winans
Seven Questions with a Servant: Steve Winans

1. What's your name?

Steve Winans

2. Will you please share a little about yourself?

Originally from upstate New York. Came to South Charleston in 1963 after graduating from Clarkson as a Chemical Engineer. Retired and spend time gardening and traveling. Wife is Janet (41 years and counting) with 3 boys and 10 grandchildren.

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Seven Questions with a Servant: Rod Hackman
Seven Questions with a Servant: Rod Hackman

1. What's your name?

Rod Hackman

2. Will you please share a little about yourself?

I was born and grew up in southern Indiana in Seymour; a Rural, Farming German Lutheran community. My wife Elaine is from Chicago area and we met thru match making by my sister Jill. Elaine and I have two children Danielle and Noah and I have two boys Andy and Mike from a previous marriage. All are married or close to marriage accept our youngest, Noah. We have 5 grandchildren ranging from 17 to 1 year old. I retired from DuPont in 2011 after 37 years; but I continue to consult at times overseas.

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Seven Questions with a Servant: Fred Joseph
Seven Questions with a Servant: Fred Joseph

1. What's your name?

Fred Joseph

2. Will you please share a little about yourself?

Born in Whitesville, West Virginia in 1938 lived in Charleston West Virginia for all of my life .
After high school I attended one short year at West Virginia University. After that one year I enlisted in the United States Marine Corps and served two years on active duty .

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