Joe Pigford

After graduating from ISS:

1958-1962	University of Virginia - graduated with a BS in Commerce from the McIntyre School of Commerce and received a ROTC commission in the US Army Corps of Engineers.
1962-1965	Attended Ft Belvior Engineering School, then Airborne School at Ft Benning and Signal School in Lenggries, Germany. Served as Communication Officer in the 24th Engineer Group in Kaiserslantern, Germany until honorable discharge in 1965.
1965-1967	Employed be Sea-Land Service containerized freight transportation in truck operations department. Trained at Long Beach, California terminal. Then transferred to truck operations headquarters in Elizabeth, NJ as assistant to General Manager of Truck Operations. Scheduled to go to Viet Nam as truck operations manager, but went to work for Vulcan Materials Co instead in 1967.
1967-1984	Worked for Vulcan Materials in quarrying operations as Superintendent at the LaGrange and Stockbridge, Georgia quarries.

I married in 1970 and had three sons: Scott in 1971, Michael in 1975, and Patrick in 1977. My wife and I divorced in 1978. I married Betty in 1980. She had one daughter, Sandy, born in 1969. Betty and I celebrated our 28th anniversary February 23rd of this year.

Joe and his wife, Betty

If you recall, I shared at our 35th reunion how I received Jesus Christ as my Lord and Savior in March, 1984.

I left Vulcan Materials in May, 1984 and have been serving the Lord in various capacities at North Henry Baptist Church since then. I presently teach the senior (70+) adult Bible Study class; serve as Church Treasurer (for past 10 years); lead a Tuesday night mens' prayer group; sing in the choir; assist in three children's outreach programs including "Awana", "Upward Basketball", and the "Good News Club"; and am the lay person in charge of the construction of our new 600 seat sanctuary.

Betty and I have eight grandchildrren. Sandy is married to Glenn Hill. They have three boys: Nathan (16), Jeremy (14), and Stephen (12); and one daughter, Jessica (10).

Scott is married to Terri and they have two sons. Travis, the oldest, is serving in the US Air Force in Italy and is married to Jessica. Sean, the youngest son, is 15.

Mike and Chrissie have a daughter, Lane (10) and a son, Cole (6).

All three families live around, Atlanta. Patrick, my youngest son, is still single and lives in Jacksonville, Florida.