Terry West

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Biography

I was born in 1958 at Pikeville Methodist Hospital. I grew up on Raccoon Creek with 3 younger siblings.

In those days there were still a few 3 room schools. The closest to me was on Frozen Creek just over a mile away. Since I was over a mile from the school I was bused to Johns Creek School while my cousins a couple of houses away had to walk to school. By the time I was in the 3rd grade there was a new elementary school built next to the high school and everyone was bused there. That was the end of the country schools in my area.

I still remember riding the bus past Gene Step’s service station and seeing gasoline priced at 19¢ per gallon and diesel for 29¢ per gallon. In those days there was no kindergarten, headstart or preschool. I started in the 1st grade in 1964 and graduated in 1976.

After graduation I worked a couple of different jobs around a coal prep plant but wasn’t interested in going into the mines.

I was blessed to get hired by EQT in 1980 and worked in the Appalachian Basin Natural Gas field until I retired in 2016. I started out as what’s now called a roustabout position and was a meter technician when I retired.

In the early years the company did their own drilling and service rig work. There were some hard days but overall it was still a great job.

Also in 1980 I got my first amateur radio license. My callsign was KA4RQN and since it was a Novice Class license all I was allowed to use was Morse Code. I upgraded to Extra Class around 1982 and got K4VH as a vanity callsign. I haven’t been active in a few years but hope to eventually get back on the local repeaters.

I was married to Cathy Mullins and we amicably divorced. I’m disabled and unable to get around much, so genealogy, mobile games and Netflix are my way of life now.

Terry Is an Amateur Radio Operator, Callsign: K4VH

Terry was a Communications Technician

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Sources

• First-hand information. Entered by Terry West at registration.

• "Kentucky, Vital Record Indexes, 1911-1999," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QKHV-7HKH : 11 February 2018), Terry West, 1958; citing Birth, Pike, Kentucky, United States, Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives, Frankfort.

The bulk of the photographs I use are property of Jay Blake and are used with his permission.