User:Terrybcole

Early Years. Terry Bruce Cole was born July 18, 1970 in Tulsa, Oklahoma to Bruce Robert Cole and Catherine Ann Mack Cole. He was the thrid of four children. At the age of 5 he moved with his family to Mansfield, Pennsylvania and at age 7 to Brevard, North Carolina. During his years in Brevard Terry attended Dunn's Creek Church and Brevard Elementary School and was a member of Cub Scout Troup 615. Terry received Jesus Christ as his personal Savior on March 15, 1979, led by his father in his bedroom on a Wednesday night. In 1980, Terry moved with his family once again, to Ash, North Carolina at the age of 10. During his years in Ash, Terry attended Soldier Bay Baptist Church, Waccamaw Elementary School and Columbus Christian Academy. He also played 3rd base with the Waccamaw Little League team, the Gators, as well as flag football and basketball with Columbus Christian Academy. In 1982, Terry's oldest brother Brian graduated from high school and in 1983, Brian graduated from Marine Recruit Training Depot, Parris Island, South Carolina. In 1985 Terry found himself moving once again. This time the family moved to Garner, North Carolina where Terry attended Turner Memorial Baptist Church and Wake Christian Academy before transfering back to the public school system and attending Garner Senior High School. During this time in Garner, Terry played tackle football with the Wake Christian Academy Bulldogs, softball with Turner Memorial Baptist Church and worked three years with Farm Fresh Food Market. In 1986 Terry got his drivers license and his second brother Allan graduated from high school. Terry's brother Allan passed away on April 15, 1989 only two months before Terry and his sister Lori Graduated from Garner Sernior High School in 1989.

Adult Life. In November of 1989, Terry's sister Lori was married just before Terry headed to Parris Island, South Carolina for Recruit Training in February 1990. Terry served 6 years in the Marine Corps working as an Avionics Technician on OV-10 Broncos, UH-1N Huey helicoptors, and AH-1N Cobra helicoptors. During his time in the Marine Corps, Terry's parents moved to Virginia and took up residence in the greater Richmond area. Upon his discharge in early 1996, Terry worked as an aviation contractor with company's such as Dyncorp, Raytheon, Strom Aviation, Falcon Jet, and Petrolium Helicoptor before taking a position with Lockheed Martin Marietta. During his time as a contractor, Terry spend many hours reading in hotel rooms and ultimately decided he would like to try his hand at writing. During his time with Lockheed, Terry started six books (none of which were ever finished). In 2000 Terry moved back to North Carolina and took a job with TIMCO (Triad International Maintenance Corporation) where he worked on various cargo and passenger airliners. Terry spent much of the day on September 11th, 2001 assisting with the massive runway traffic after the order was given for all air traffic to land. Over the next two years Terry spend much of his time laid-off from work and suffered several pay-cuts along the way. During this time off Terry finished his first book, The Iron Pen, but was dissatisfied with the effort. That dissatisfaction combined with the drastic loss of pay led to the decision to return to school and get a proper education. Terry moved Richmond, Virginia in 2004 where he enrolled in junior college and joined Hopeful Baptist Church.

Education. Terry attended from J. Sargeant Reynolds Community College while working with Land'or International Resort Company in Glen Allen, Virginia. He graduated in 2006 with an Associate of Applied Science degree. In 2007, after his first mission trip to Mexico and a week in New York City, Terry began studies at Virginia Commonwealth University. During his time at VCU Terry continued mission work with a second trip to Mexico in 2008, four trips to Canaan Valley, West Virginia in 2008 and 2009 and Eleuthera Island in the Bahamas in 2008. In 2009 Terry took a job with Cenveo Publisher Services in Richmond, Virginia just before his 2010 graduation from VCU with a Bachelor of Business Management degree.

Writing. Terry's first completed work was a self-help book titled, Send Me:A Guide to Volunteer Missions, in 2013. Terry then formed 7-Books Publishing Company to self-publish his work. In 2014 Terry completed his first fiction novel titled, The Tax Collector. Terry also intends to re-right the Iron Pen and then has a laundry list of stories he hopes to tell.

Christ's work. Terry is a member of Hopeful Baptist Church in Montpelier, Virginia where he serves as Deacon and Sunday School Teacher. Terry is also a member of the Gideon's International.

Hobbies. Terry is a fan of many sports, most specifically Hockey and Football. Being from North Carolia he pulls for all of the professional sports team from the Hurricanes, to the Panthers, to the Bobcats. But now, living in Virginia, Terry has also been a season ticket holder for the Washington Capitals and enjoys watching Washington Nationals games. Terry loves gardening and spending time on the James River.