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After having received his [[Bachelor of Arts]] degree in Bible and English in 1953, Sheets immediately joined the John Brown University staff as manager of the campus radio station. While attending JBU, he had met his future wife, the former Martha Hamlin, a native of Disney in Mayes County in northeastern Oklahoma. The couple married in 1954 and adopted four children.<ref>The Sheets children are Kimberly Norton (born 1958) of Laurinburg, the seat of Scotland County in southern [[North Carolina]]; Mark R. Sheets (born 1961) of Rogers in Benton County, Arkansas; Kevin James Sheets (born 1981) of Bella Vista, and Aaron Sheets (born 1983) of Fayetteville, Arkansas.</ref>
After having received his [[Bachelor of Arts]] degree in Bible and English in 1953, Sheets immediately joined the John Brown University staff as manager of the campus radio station. While attending JBU, he had met his future wife, the former Martha Hamlin, a native of Disney in Mayes County in northeastern Oklahoma. The couple married in 1954 and adopted four children.<ref>The Sheets children are Kimberly Norton (born 1958) of Laurinburg, the seat of Scotland County in southern [[North Carolina]]; Mark R. Sheets (born 1961) of Rogers in Benton County, Arkansas; Kevin James Sheets (born 1981) of Bella Vista, and Aaron Sheets (born 1983) of Fayetteville, Arkansas.</ref>
From 1955 to 1958, Sheets served in the [[United States Army]], partly under a secret [[Atomic Energy Commission]] clearance at the Oakland Naval Supply Station in [[Oakland]], [[California]]. After his military duties, Sheets hence returned to JBU in 1958 as director of public relations and student recruitment, a position that he maintained until 1969.<ref name=statement/>
From 1955 to 1958, Sheets served in the [[United States Army]], partly under a secret [[Atomic Energy Commission]] clearance at the Oakland Naval Supply Station in [[Oakland]], [[California]]. After his military duties, Sheets hence returned to JBU in 1958 as director of public relations and student recruitment, a position that he maintained until 1969.<ref name=statement/>