Showin' Ya The Ropes - About The Author, John Eyres

John Wesley Eyres was born in St. Louis, Missouri, in 1954. He spent the first years of his life in North St. Louis (learning city skills), attending Bel-Nor Grade School and Normandy Jr. High. Then in the eighth grade John's parents moved to De Soto, Missouri, buying 20 acres of woodland property with a lake. John enjoyed a country lifestyle, graduating from Hillsboro High School in 1973.

He attended Jefferson Junior College, in Hillsboro, Missouri on a two-year music scholarship program and then transferred to Central Missouri State College, in Warrensburg, Missouri, graduating with a B.M.E. in 1977. John taught music as a band director to grades 5 through 12, for two years at Adrian R-3 Schools, 45 miles South of Kansas City, Missouri.

Desiring to move back home to St. Louis and establish his roots, John changed careers and took a photography copy-stand job at Commercial 35, Inc. in the summer of 1979. After learning the 35mm slide production business from the inside out for five years, he was promoted to an account sales position. Here, he found a niche area of work that he enjoyed and stayed in sales. His sales background included Audio Visual Rentals, Advertising, Business Disaster Recovery Services, Computer Rentals, the Mortgage industry, Video Production and he is currently working in the IT and Facilities Management field.

John is married to Kristine L. Eyres, who has been a dental hygienist for over 28 years. They celebrated their 25th wedding anniversary in November of 2004. They have four children; Whitney, Blake, McKenzie, and Gabrielle. They currently reside in Creve Coeur, Missouri and attend Faith Christian Ministries Church, where they have been members for over 20 years.