Ed Vernon

Profile Updated: July 14, 2025

Class of	1964

Currently residing In	Central Point, OR USA

My Website & Facebook/Media	facebook.com/ed.vernon.7

Spouse/Partner	Janet

Children, Grandchildren	Elizabeth, born 1976, elementary school principal.

Occupation Title	CPA - Retired.

Military Service	Army

SPHSAA Membership Status:

Paid through 2025. Renew early!

Occupation(s), Career Details

CPA - retired. Sold accounting practice in Roseville, California on January 1, 2014 and worked part time during tax season until 2020.

Further education, training, certification(s) since High School

B.S. at Cal. State L.A. 1973.

Different places I have lived

Pasadena, South Pasadena, Germany (Army), Virginia (Army), California again, and retired in Oregon.

Family history living in South Pasadena

I was born and raised in Pasadena, and my parents moved to South Pasadena just before I started high school.

Other SPHS graduates I keep in touch with are:

Tom Rogers, Peter Norman.

School Memories

Cutting class to go to the beach. Getting booze in Highland Park at the little market. Playing pool at Duane Steele's house. Cutting class to go to the beach.

Organizations, clubs, sports, other groups I've been in at school &/or since

Current memberships:
United States Practical Shooting Association.
International Defensive Pistol Association.
Steel Challenge Shooting Associaton.
Folsom Shooting Club (Past President).
Sacramento Defensive Pistol Shooters (Founder).
Southern Oregon Practical Shooters Association.

Milestones & Epiphanies

I raised my daughter by myself from just before her fourth birthday.

Meeting my current wife in 2006. She is too special for words.

Retired and moved to Twin Creeks Development in Central Point Oregon July 15, 2016 - and absolutely love it here.

Pastimes & Hobbies

Competitive shooting.
Walking and a little hiking.
Reading.
Travel.
Surgery on body parts that have worn out (pastime???).

Favorite Music, Songs, Bands

Songs of the 60's. Smooth jazz.

Favorite Books, Magazines, Movies, TV, Websites, YouTubes, etc,

Favorite books: Anything by W.E.B. Griffith, Lonsome Dove, and Lucifer's Hammer.

(Tried to read a book that was a real book using real paper. Drove me nuts, switched back to Kindle).

Movies: Too many to list.

TV: Antiques Road Show and House Hunters International.

[Date] What's happening in my life now

Competitive shooting: More for fun now than for competition - the older I get the better I used to be!!!

Hiking, reading, and travel.

One last comment...

Life is good. Retirement is good. Wife is good. Puppies are good. Joints have gotten worn out.

MILITARY dates of service

1966-1969

MILITARY Rank

Specialist 5 (E5).

MILITARY special schools or training I attended:

Militay Police.

MILITARY medals, commendations, or service awards I received:

None of any particular merit.

MILITARY duties were:

Military Police.
Personnel Specialist.

MILITARY locations I was stationed:

Fort Ord, California (basis training)
For Gordon, Georgia (military police school)
Wurzberg, Germany
Fort Eustis, Virginia

MILITARY memories or Veteran Stories I’d like to share:

Served three years, one month, and twenty-nine days. Not that I kept count or anything. I really did not like being told what to do, which explains why I was self-employed for forty plus years.

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