Richard "Skip" Pulliam to celebrate 95th birthday Sept. 3
Richard "Skip" Pulliam will celebrate his 95th birthday on Sept. 3.
He was born to Obera and Russell Pulliam at the Hillsboro Hospital in 1930.
He graduated from Lynchburg High School and Wilmington College. He majored in education. He spent more than 30 years as a teacher, principal and county superintendent. He was instrumental in the development of Southern State Community College and is a member of the Pricetown Church of Christ.
He was married to Chrystobel Pratt in 1950 and is the father of three children, Vicky Pulliam Smith of Hillsboro, Marty J. Pulliam of Bainbridge and Cathy Pulliam Potter of Lake St. Cloud, Fla. He has eight grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren.
Upon his retirement from education, he continued to be involved in real estate sales as an auctioneer while collecting antiques, dish wares, and anything someone wanted to sell. He spends his time in Pricetown farming his homestead. He spends winters in Florida.
Upon the passing of his wife, he married Kristen Paris of Venice, Fla.
A card shower would be greatly appreciated. If you ever had Skip as a teacher, you might send him a birthday card at 1531 N. Hollowtown Road, Hillsboro, Ohio 45133.
Congratulations!
When I graduated from the 8th grade at Marshall in 1964, you seemed more than twenty years older than me! I still remember a joke you told about Yale and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology that night in the Marshall Gym. It went like this. There was a speaker at Yale giving a graduation speech that was a real stemwinder...Y is for blah, blah, A is for blah, blah, etc. One person in the audience leans over to another and says, "I am sure glad we are not graduating from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Happy Birthday!