Grandpa - Good News from the Good Feel Cornfield

Raised in a small rural setting with a family full of love, humor and challenges, Charles C. Finney, Jr. began work at an early age (7). Mowing neighbor's yards and selling Christmas Cards. He later help his family by helping Grandpa and Uncle on their farm. Then at age 12-13, he along with his two first cousins helped his uncle with the first garbage pickup service in his small town. He played sports and was an avid learner in science. At age 13-14, he obtained his Amateur Radio License and built his own radio. He helped family and friends in TV repair. He went on to place 3rd in a science fair at what is now Univ of Chattanooga. He completed high school and a 2-year technical school in the same year. He worked his way beyond high school at a funeral home, an ice cream dairy plant, a plastic injection molding plant, and at a factory making equine supplies. Charles began work at Tennessee Valley Authority where he progressed from an clerical position to a manager in less than five years. He was the manager of a technical writing section responsible for the description of all TVA's 500,000 items of inventory. He help created training manuals to aid in product description writings. He facilitated in Procurement writing sessions. He left there due to a corporate management downsizing and began work as a salesperson in retail, auto, insurance and financial planning. He was offered a position as a Fleet Data Analyst with the City of Chattanooga Police Dept. He later was responsible for the same work but for the entire City Fleet. During this time he was responsible for creating and writing reports on both financial and technical nature. He retired in 2016 After his retirement, he began to reflect on his collection of memories and experiences. Charles' writings are a remembrance of his love for family, farm life and his up bringing in church. His love of Jesus intertwined with country humor to be a blessing to all.