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Back home in Albemarle, N.C., the couple bought a farm and George built their house, "I was al ways interested in architectural en gineering," he explained, "and 1 had had an athletic scholarship to Lenoir Rhyne College." Without benefit of a college de gree or eyesight, he hired workers and began a construction business, Marie at his side. "We figured jobs together," he explained. "She'd tell me the size of rooms and I ordered the materials." He also took an ac tive role in the building, climbing onto roofs with never a mishap. "Well, once he did get a concus sion when he fell through a house, from the second story to the base ment," Marie said, "because some one left a door open. " This was dismissed as a minor setback in a successful career. "We built homes, businesses, churches, all kinds of buildings, and never had to go out and hustle business," Marie said. "People came to us, be cause George had the reputation for being the best." Then the same cruel fate operat ing on that Okinawan battlefield stepped in again with another blow to George's health. He contracted meningitis in 1977 and had to retire from the active life he loved so much. "His doctor recommended that we move to the coast," Marie said. "He suggested that a visit to the beach would make George feel bet ter." After a visit, they looked up and down the coast, examining Myrtle Beach, Garden City, Holdcn Beach and Southport. Finally, the Liules found the right house in Ocean Isle Estates subdivision, between Ocean Isle Beach and Sunset Beach. They made the move in 1979. In his attitude toward retirement, George comes closest to a j complaint. "Sometimes I'm bored to death," he admitted. He does some gardening and, still practicing his favorite skill, built a tool house and greenhouse behind their home. Recovered from the meningitis, he is still subject to problems of dust inhalation, due to his bullet ridden sinuses. 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