SK Beverly "Tex" Tietjens

Birthplace:
    Arnold, Nebraska

Family:
    Wife - Maria Rosaria
    Three Sons and Three Daughters-In-Law
    Five Grandchildren

Education:
    Grade school in a one room coal heated building - grades K-8th: Logan County Nebraska
    Arnold Public High School
    Columbia College, Columbia, Missouri

Career Highlights:

• United States Army - 26 years - Serving three years as a First Sergeant

• Three tours in special assignments with NATO Headquarters

• Counter Intelligence and Nuclear Weapons positions

• Supervised military troops from seven different countries including all branches of their Military Forces

• Worked for British Flag Officers

• Completed 13 weeks of Special Forces Training

• Newport News Sheriffs Department - 14 years - Retired as Sergeant

• Worked for one son and with the other during Hurricane Isabelle

• Completed several FBI courses

• Worked with sexually and physically abused children throughout the Commonwealth

• Taught new police officers at the Department and Academy

• Bailiff for four years

Hobbies/Interests:
    Bull Riding
    Saddle Bronc Riding
    Reading
    Spoiling Grandchildren

Memberships:
    Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Church
    Virginia Sheriffs Association