AL AND LOUIE ADKINS

2001

 

AL AND I WERE MARRIED IN 1970 IN ALABAMA.  WE MET THERE WHILE WE WERE BOTH IN THE ARMY.  HE IS FROM WEST VIRGINIA AND I AM FROM MICHIGAN.  WE MOVED HERE AFTER OUR DISCHARGES.  WE HAVE TWO KIDS; MELISSA LIVES IN GREENVILLE WITH HER HUSBAND GREG AND 3 KIDS.  MATTHEW AND HIS WIFE, LINDA, LIVE IN MONTANA.

 

AL WORKS FOR FEDERAL MOGUL IN GREENVILLE AND I WORK FOR J.C. PENNEY IN THE RECEIVING DEPARTMENT.  WE ATTEND MUD LAKE COMMUNITY CHURCH.

 

WE STARTED RIDING TOGETHER AFTER THE KIDS WERE OLDER.  WE RODE A 1981 HONDA 650 FOR A SHORT TIME, BUT DECIDED WE NEEDED SOMETHING BIGGER – A 1977 1000CC GOLD WING.  WE PUT QUITE A FEW MILES ON THAT BIKE.  THEN WE BOUGHT OUR 1989 1500CC WINEBERRY GOLD WING.  A FEW YEARS LATER AND MANY, MANY MILES MORE WE OWN A 1998 1500CC CANDY APPLE GOLD WING.

 

WE JOINED CHAPTER G-2 IN 1992.  WE’VE MET SO MANY GREAT PEOPLE AND MADE MANY WONDERFUL FRIENDS SINCE THEN.  WE ENJOY WORKING AND SUPPORTING THE RIDER EDUCATION PROGRAM FOR OUR CHAPTER.  WE WERE HONORED AS COUPLE OF THE YEAR IN 2001 AND ORGANIZE THE COUPLE OF THE YEAR REUNION EACH YEAR.  WE ARE BOTH PROUD OF CHAPTER G-2 AND PLAN TO BE AN ACTIVE AND DEDICATED PART OF THE CHAPTER FOR A LONG TIME.

 

UPDATE:  AL AND LOUIE WERE HONORED WITH THE CHAPTER EDUCATOR OF THE YEAR IN 2003 AND BECAME SENIOR CHAPTER EDUCATORS FOR CHAPTER G-2 THE SAME YEAR.