Building a House Day-By-Day

Although born in Texas, Tad Phipps spent his childhood in Pulaski, Virginia until the age of 12. Afterwards he and his family moved to Wytheville, Virginia where he graduated from George Wythe High School. He attended Virginia Tech majoring in everything from outdoor recreation to forestry until finally deciding to go into agricultural education. He taught in Pinehurst, North Carolina for a year then stayed in that area to work as a procurement representative for the timber industry. A short time later he was offered a job back home teaching Natural Resource Management and Shop to agriculture students at Fort Chiswell High School in Max Meadows, Virginia. During this time Tad served 12 years in the Army Reserves?9 of them as a Drill Sergeant. He continues to live and work in Wythe County with his wife and two girls.