James D. Coombs

Mesa High School

Class of 1964

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First Name	James D.
Last Name	Coombs
Graduation Year	Class of 1964
Gender	Male
City	N/A
State/Province	AZ
Country	United States
Occupation	Retired Ca Dept Of Corrections
Married	Yes
Favorite School Memory	Hanging out with friends, and playing music with my friends.
About Me	After Boot I worked in Auto Parts Stores in Mesa, AZ., and in the SF,CA.Bay Area. Was Parts Mgr. for FABCO CO. a division of Kelsey-Hayes, in Emeryville, CA. also was Mgr. of our parts depot in Salinas, CA..I was also the Warehouse Mgr. for Davis Matl's Co out of San Leandro, CA. and Sacramento, CA.,for 10 1/2 yrs. before going to the Calif. Dept. of Corrections for 11 1/2 yrs. at which I worked in the support warehouse as a Materials & Stores Supervisor at the Vacaville Prison. This is where I worked when I injured my back, at vertebrae levels T-7,8, and L-3,4. I injured them on April 14,1974, I finally got approval for surgery in 2000 but by that time the damage had been done and I have irreversible, permanent nerve damage at T-7,8. I kept having problems to my spine and they chose to do minimal non-invasive repairs to the blown-out discs. And well it finally caught up with me in 2015, my spine finally collapsed. No patching here, I required a full blown spine surgery from T-4 through to and tied into my pelvis, with titanium rods and vertebrae brackets. So I guess you could say I'm the Bionic man. Not fu...(read more)