Ken Gregory

                Then                                              Now   

Home:    1505 Gale Lane
              Nashville, TN 37212

Phone:    615-383-3446

E-Mail:   capcityconct@bellsouth.net

Bio:

In order to help reach the goal of 50, I am submitting the Cliffs Notes version of the last 42 years.

In the fall of 1963, I entered the School of Engineering at Vanderbilt University.  Over the next nine months, I discovered that studying, partying and living at home did not mix.  Something had to be resolved.  The solution to my problem was a transfer to OLE MISS where I was able to concentrate on my partying, unfettered by parental restraint.  I did, however, manage to achieve the g.p.a. required to be initiated into S.A.E. Fraternity and eventually graduate in August of 1967 with a B.B.A. degree.

After graduation there followed several months of general goofing off as I recovered from the strain of a couple of years of serious study.  In 1968, I started to work for my father's construction company with the mindset that I would be the CEO in a matter of months and move up to Chairman of the Board by years end.  Though my lofty expectations did not materialize, life was good until the unthinkable happened in 1971.  Old Dad's company failed.  He lost all of his corporate and most of his personal assets.  This turned out to be a good news, bad news scenario.  The bad news: construction scion had no inheritance.  The good news: he had to mature and get serious about the future.

Two years of various sales and other jobs followed.  In 1973, I co-founded Capitol City Contractors, Inc.  After buying out my partners in the late 70's, I became the sole owner of a company that has completed hundreds of Metro Nashville, State of Tennessee and privately funded construction projects in its thirty-two years of continuous operation.  In 2001 my wife and I established Gregory Properties, LLC for the purpose of buying and selling agricultural properties in the Mississippi Delta.  The Company also farms and develops land for duck hunting.  We now spend about half our time in Mississippi.  By the way, Mississippi is my birth state and the place in which I spent the first five years of my life.

I have semi-retired from the construction business after reducing my workforce from forty-five employees to three.  Being able to step back and enjoy life would not be possible if not for the total support and encouragement of my wife, the former Patti Reeves.  She took a huge leap of faith and married me in 1974.  In 1978 our daughter Kate was born.  A son, Kendall, Jr., followed in 1980.  Neither of our children are married so I am happy to report that we have no grandchildren.

In 1977, Patti and I purchased, from their estate, my grandparent's home on Gale Lane in Nashville.  We reside there when we are not at our home in Charleston, MS or at our fishing camp on Dauphin Island, AL.

I realize that there are a number of holes in this bio, but there is no way I could completely reflect upon all of the road trips with the children's' athletic teams, the hunting and fishing trips that have allowed me to take in the beauty of God's creation, the wonderful friends I have made and the family with which I have been blessed.  I look forward to filling in the blanks for those interested.  However, I learned many years ago that God gave us two ears and one mouth so we might listen twice as much as we talk (especially about ourselves).    

Last updated:    April 2008