We just returned from Branson. We first went to Pittsburg, Ks. Bill had three days of training at Pitsco for his new tech lab at his school. While he had three days of intensive training, I enjoyed reading and scrapbooking. Well, after the classes were over, we went on to Branson, Mo for the week-end. Bill's son met us there from Tinker Air Force Base and we had a delightful week-end. I have known for years that Ron Crooks lived in Branson and played the piano for the Mickey Gilley show in Branson and sang backup. I mentioned to my husband Bill how great it would be to reconnect with Ron after all these years. Well, I started off by looking in the phone book for a Ron Crooks. Bingo, there he was. We called up until 11:00 PM (no answer or machine) and started again the next morning early with no answer. We went to Hobe Sound Bible College together and he was one of my favorite people. I really would love to see him. Well, Bill lived in Kansas City for years and knew a lot of Ron's kin people. He ended up talking to Ron's sister Gloria and she gave us all of Ron's contact info. He manages a gym in Branson and is a personal trainer there. We finally reached him and asked him to squeeze us into his busy schedule. We were to meet at 1:00 (between clients). Well, we got there about 1:05 and he was at the front desk. I peeked in the window and was so tickled to see Ron sitting there acting busy. We had a wonderful visit with him. It was wonderful to see him again after 33 years. I will post more pictures later of our trip. We had some pretty awesome things happen, so stay tuned.
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I have often wondered what happend to Ron.....thanks for the update! I recognized him in the picture before I ever read what you wrote....not something I can do for some people I have not seen in that many years!
The next question....what about his roomate Jimmy Barefoot????
He is on my facebook. They are still in Alaska.
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