Sirmans Sr, Freddie L.

Freddie L. Sirmans was born in Stockton, Ga. on Dec. 22, 1942. In 1956 he moved with his family to Valdosta, GA. at the age of fourteen. He finished Pinevale High School in Valdosta in 1961. He turned down a basketball scholarship to attend Fort Valley State College in GA. upon graduation. In late 1962 Mr. Sirmans enlisted in the U.S. Air Force where he was trained as a fire and crash rescue man and fire fighter. After he spent four years in the Air Force Mr. Sirmans returned to Valdosta in 1966. In 1969 he married Carolyn Laverne Cunningham. That union ended in a divorce in 1980. He has opera...