Woody
Patton
Dewberry,
known
back-in-the-day
as "Pat" to
his
hometown
friends
and
former
schoolmates,
retired
from
AT&T's
Sales &
Marketing
Department in
1996 and
retired
once
again in
2012
from his
transportation
brokerage
firm,
Load
Ranger,
Inc.,
located
in
Knoxville, TN.
After
purchasing
a
trucking
company
in
February
2014
Woody
tried
retirement
for a
third
time on
June 30,
2016
when he
sold his
company.
Since
2011
Woody
and his
wife, Gail,
have
lived in
Tellico
Village
near
Tellico
Lake and
Ft.
Loudon
Lake on
the
Tennessee
River.
Woody is
now
enjoying
the
camaraderie
of his
veteran
friends
as a
member
of
the
Tellico
Lake
American
Legion
Post
256. Beside
the
enjoyment
of
writing,
Woody
enjoys
reading,
playing
cards
with
friends,
listening
to
contemporary
jazz,
and
occasional
day
trips to
the
nearby
Smoky
Mountains,
which he
enjoys
viewing
from his
home.
Woody
enjoys
travel,
cheering
for the
Tennessee Vols
sports
teams and
celebrating
"Tater
Town"
festivities
with his
treasured
friends
on
Labor
Day
weekend
in his
hometown,
hallowed
be the
name,
Gleason,
TN.
While
supplies last, should you want a single
copy of the book, the
book is free to anyone who is or was a Gleason School
student or teacher,
regardless of the school year ($4.22
shipping).
The
cost for
others is $15.00 per book
plus $4.22
shipping.
1996
2008
2013
Picture
taken on
the
occasion
of
Pat's
four
books
being
presented
to the
Gleason
Library
on
Tuesday
March
5th,
2018
Customer
Review
Teacher's
Pets
Oughta
Be on a
Leash
Too
by
Southern
in
Tennessee
(April
16,
2013)
Woody is
the
quintessential
storyteller
in the
best
Southern
tradition.
This
book is
a
collection
of short
stories
told
about
life in
rural
Gleason,
Weakley
County,
Tennessee
beginning
with his
first
grade in
school,
1951 -
1952,
his
exciting
teen
years in
school,
1959 -
1963,
and
culminating
with his
marriage
at age
twenty
in 1965.
If you
remember
your
first
"true
love"
as a
teenager
and the
loss of
that
love
you'll
want to
read
this
book.
Other
experiences
shared
in the
book
will
"ring a
bell"
with
reader's
about
some of
their
own
youthful
experience
during
their
"growing-up
years as
well.
Woody
Patton
Dewberry,
known
back-in-the-day
as "Pat" to
his
hometown
friends
and
former
schoolmates,
retired
from
AT&T's
Sales &
Marketing
Department in
1996 and
retired
once
again in
2012
from his
transportation
brokerage
firm,
Load
Ranger,
Inc.,
located
in
Knoxville, TN.
After
purchasing
a
trucking
company
in
February
2014
Woody
tried
retirement
for a
third
time on
June 30,
2016
when he
sold his
company.
Since
2011
Woody
and his
wife, Gail,
have
lived in
Tellico
Village
near
Tellico
Lake and
Ft.
Loudon
Lake on
the
Tennessee
River.
Woody is
now
enjoying
the
camaraderie
of his
veteran
friends
as a
member
of
the
Tellico
Lake
American
Legion
Post
256. Beside
the
enjoyment
of
writing,
Woody
enjoys
reading,
playing
cards
with
friends,
listening
to
contemporary
jazz,
and
occasional
day
trips to
the
nearby
Smoky
Mountains,
which he
enjoys
viewing
from his
home.
Woody
enjoys
travel,
cheering
for the
Tennessee Vols
sports
teams and
celebrating
"Tater
Town"
festivities
with his
treasured
friends
on
Labor
Day
weekend
in his
hometown,
hallowed
be the
name,
Gleason,
TN.
