Angie Palmer graduated from Albany High School in 1980. A few years later, she was a single parent and needed a change that would help her family. So, she went into the U.S. Army when she was around 22-years-old. She served nine years.
Rance Pettibone, Sr. more than 20 years in the U.S. Army. He's spent another 20 years serving as pastor at Second Bethesda Missionary Baptist Church in Albany.