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My Family's Journey to the Present

  • My Father's Birth

    On May 31, 1961, John Darryl White was born in Louisiana to Billy and Eloise White.
  • My Mother's Birth

    On July 3, 1961, Trudy Ann Loupe was born to Kermit and Leona Loupe in Louisiana.
  • My Parent's Union

    My Parent's Union
    My parents were married at St. John the Baptist Church in Edgard, Louisiana.
  • My Birth

    My Birth
    I was born at the South Louisiana Medical Center in Houma, Louisiana; I weighed 7.25 pounds.
  • My First Sister's Birth

    My First Sister's Birth
    My sister, Katie Marie Plym was born at the South Louisiana Medical Center in Houma, Louisiana, just like me. She weighed 7.125 pounds.
  • Family Moved to California

    In 1989, My family and I moved to California from Louisiana. I lived in Riverside, Rancho, and Anaheim while I was there.
  • Family Moved to Mississippi

    In 1989, My family and I moved from California to Escatawpa, Mississippi.
  • My Youngest Sister's Birth

    My Youngest Sister's Birth
    My youngest sister, Ellen Ashley White was born at the Memorial Hospital of Gulfport, Mississippi. She weighed 9.5 pounds.
  • Our Family's Main Home

    Our Family's Main Home
    In 1995, My family and I moved a few miles into a nicer home; this home is the place I've spent most of my life in; it's located in Hurley, Mississippi
  • The Family Business Begins

    My mother and father started a grocery store in Escatawpa, Mississippi named Cheap Charley's. I was only thirteen when the store opened, but I quickly learned to be a cashier and helped my dad on weekends, vacations, and summer when I was in school until I was 16.
  • My High School Graduation

    I graduated with Honors on this day (I missed special honors by less than a tenth of a percentage point).
  • My Job as a Car Salesman

    I worked as a salesman at SKCO Automotive until September of 2005; I left shortly after hurrican Katrina when my lease expired and I moved back to Hurley, Mississippi. While at SKCO Automotive I sold over a hundred cars and was the Salesman of the Month in August; at the time I was the youngest ever to be the Salesman of the Month.
  • Back to College

    I decided to go back to college over the summer in 2008, and I began in the fall. I was a student at Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College in Gautier, Mississippi.
  • Graduation from Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College

    Graduation from Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College
    I graduated MGCCC with a 3.68 GPA (3.78 transfer GPA); I also recieved my Associates Degree.
  • My New College - The University of South Alabama

    I have always wanted to go to the University of South Alabama, and now I am here.