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I am proud to say that I was born a Negro American Citizen, April 19, 1951 to Lee L. Mercer, Sr and Tommie Mercer. My father and mother are both American Citizens. I am the third son of four sons from that matrimonial union. My mother had an additional son and daughter. My birthplace was Henderson, Texas, but I was raised in Overton, Texas.
I went to school from the first grade to the nineth grade at ARP Industrial High School, a negro public school and later, to the intergraded High School System at ARP High School, Arp,Texas. In my elementary school years, we competed against international schools academics and we won.
During my high school years I competed in football during my sophomore and junior years. I was awarded all-district second team and all-state second team football honors. Due to a football injury, I was unable to compete in football during my senior year.
I was a member of the Science Club and Class Officer in my Agriculture Future Farmers of America development, where we took our school queen to the finals at Texas Tech University. I was a class officer for four years in Agriculture and two years in regular class development. Since my high school graduation in 1969, I developed myself to my own academic interest to be a Collegiate Professional.
I moved to Houston Texas and went to a Dental Trade school. I graduated, married my first wife in November of 1970 and volunteered for the US Navy in December of that same year. I worked as a striker dental technician in the Navy while serving my last 18 months in the Navy aboard the Aircraft Carrier USS Independence CVA-62. I took a discharge in December of 1972.
I joined my family in Lousiana and moved to Houston Texas in December 1972. I have lived in Houston for the last 34 years.
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