aubrey pridgen"They overcame by the blood of the lamb,
and by the word of their testimony" Revelation 12:11 |
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Aubrey and Debbie Pridgen
I grew up as a normal kid in South Jackson, MS. My mom would take me to church and I thought I was a Christian. During my teenage years, I started drinking and smoking weed. After dropping out of college, I opened a bar at our family restaurant and hotel. Debbie and I met and dated during this time. I was living a night club lifestyle that was out of control. Our family business closed around the same time Debbie and I went our separate ways. I didn't know if I would ever see her again.
I moved to Brandon and got married. I would have called myself a Christian but did not have a relationship with God. I had quite the drug habit and made the round of night clubs regularly. I was a functioning alcoholic. After a night of drinking, I had a wreck injuring two young girls traveling home for Christmas.
I wound up in Rankin County jail. Finding myself in a place where no man or money could help me, I cried out to Jesus. During my two year stay, my relationship with Jesus grew. While there I became friends with a young narcotics investigator named Bryan Bailey. I did not know he would one day be Sheriff.
I was released from jail in 1996 by which time I had lost everything, my home, wife, and children. While slowly rebuilding my life, I met Debbie again.
I moved to Brandon and got married. I would have called myself a Christian but did not have a relationship with God. I had quite the drug habit and made the round of night clubs regularly. I was a functioning alcoholic. After a night of drinking, I had a wreck injuring two young girls traveling home for Christmas.
I wound up in Rankin County jail. Finding myself in a place where no man or money could help me, I cried out to Jesus. During my two year stay, my relationship with Jesus grew. While there I became friends with a young narcotics investigator named Bryan Bailey. I did not know he would one day be Sheriff.
I was released from jail in 1996 by which time I had lost everything, my home, wife, and children. While slowly rebuilding my life, I met Debbie again.
