Steve and Vickie live in Tellico Plains, Tennessee. Steve is a math teacher at Tellico Plains High School. Vickie is a secretary at Coldwell-Banker Saunder's Realty in Madisonville.
They moved back to Tellico Plains (the town where Steve grew up) in early 1999 in order to be available for Steve's mom, Dorothy (who has one other son, Alan, who lives in Denver, Colorado). They built an addition to Dorothy's house a few years ago in order to have a place to live. (Vickie's parents both passed away in 1997. Her dad died two weeks after her mom had passed away. Steve's dad died in 1984.)
Tellico Plains is a beautiful little town in the southeastern corner of Tennessee. It sits on the border of the Cherokee National Forest in the peaceful Southern Appalachian Mountains. Here's is what you see as you drive into the town:
Steve and Vickie have seven boys. (Yes, seven!) No girls (unless you count Andromeda!). When Steve and Vickie married, Vickie had four sons (Jeremy, Joshua, Jacob, and Jared) and Steve had three (David, Timothy, and Daniel).
Only one of the boys (Jared, the youngest, who is now 15) lives with Steve and Vickie in Tennessee. The other six chose to stay in Texas. Jacob, Joshua, and Jeremy live in Garland (a town of 200,000--a suburb of Dallas). Daniel lives in Dallas. David and Timothy live in Denton. David has a degree in philosophy from Texas A&M University. Timothy is finishing up his own degree in philosophy from The University of North Texas. Jeremy and Joshua have graduated from Garland High School. Daniel has graduated from "Hall Academy Home School," and Jacob is still a student at Garland High. Jared is a student at Tellico Plains High School.
You may want to look at a few pictures of the boys.
Steve graduated from Tellico Plains High School in 1964, from the University of Tennessee in 1967 (physics major), and from Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary in 1973. From 1973 to 1975 he completed most of the requirements (except for the dissertation) for a doctorate in Education Admininstration at the University of Tennessee. He has taught high school math and physics for a total of about ten years in Tennessee and in Texas. He also served about 14 years in the Christian ministry (seven years as senior pastor), serving churches in Tennessee, Florida, and Texas. During their last few years in Texas, Steve served as the business administrator for Vickie's midwifery practice (Abounding Joy Birth Services).
Vickie graduated from South Garland High School in Garland, Texas in 1974. In addition to giving birth to four fine boys (the last two at home, with a midwife), she is a Certified Professional Midwife. She helped moms deliver several hundred babies from 1985 until 1999. Most of those were home births. Some were in birth centers in the Dallas and North Texas area. She has also worked as a medical assistant for several doctors and dentists in the Dallas area.
Steve and Vickie are members of Bethlehem Baptist Church (Southern Baptist), which is a country church in Monroe County Tennessee, about half way between Tellico Plains and Madisonville. It is fairly large for a country church (300-325 average Sunday School attendance). Steve and Vickie both sing in the choir and Steve teaches a Sunday School class. If you like Southern Gospel singing, you really ought to visit Bethlehem! Sunday morning services begin at 10:45. (If you would like to visit Steve's class come at 10:00!) Chad Watson, a member of Bethlehem, has started a Bethlehem Baptist Church web site, which you may want to check out! There is also a site for our church newsletter. The pastor at Bethlehem, Frank Hicks, preaches the simple Gospel in solid Biblical sermons. He is fond of reminding people that he is "country as cornbread." He loves the Lord and has been pastor at Bethlehem about 18 years.
You will not have to look far at these web pages to realize that the most important thing in Steve and Vickie's lives is their relationship to Jesus Christ. If you do not yet know Him in a personal way, we urge you to read our page on Becoming a Christian, and invite Him into your life. If you are a Christian, but are not as close to Him as you once were, you may find some help in these pages that will encourage you to make some decisions that may bring some joy back into your life. After all, the Christian life is not always easy, but it should be a life of
God Bless You!
Steve Hall
August, 2000