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Buddy Wilkes was born Earl Douglas Wilkes, Jr. in 1959. He was raised in Fairfield County, South Carolina, where he attended school and helped in his father's welding shop and antique store. Following graduation from Richard Winn Academy in 1977, he attended The Citadel in Charleston, South Carolina, where he graduated in 1981 with a Bachelor's Degree in English. After training to serve as an Infantry Officer in the South Carolina National Guard, Buddy started work with the Fairfield County Sheriff's Department, where he served as a Deputy, Sergeant, and Captain over the next seven years. In 1987, Buddy became the Supervisor of Corporate Security at Mack Trucks, Inc., which had just built a new assembly plant in Fairfield County. In 1990, Buddy began work as a Special Agent with the South Carolina Law Enforcement Division, retiring as a Captain in 2014, In 1983, Tracey Delesandro moved into a house across the street from the Sheriff's Office. She and Buddy were engaged three weeks later and married three months later, over thirty years ago. Tracey is a career Mary Kay Director, and the couple has two grown children, both gainfully employed and repaying student loans. Buddy spends his time writing, kayaking, and hanging out with his granddaughter, Reagan.

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