Enid News & Eagle
23 October 2020
Bill was born in Cherokee, Okla., to William
E. and Mary (Anderson) Kerr on Jan. 9, 1942.
He attended 1st grade in Cherokee before his
family moved to Enid, Okla. Bill graduated
from Enid High School in 1960. He lettered
two years in football.
After a year at Cameron University, he continued his education at the University of Oklahoma, achieving a B.A. in marketing with a management minor. He served as house manager at Sigma Nu fraternity.
Bill married Georgia Compton prior to his senior year at OU. He served six years in the Texas and Oklahoma National Guard. Bill served six years as a territory manager for John Deere Industrial Equipment Company in West Texas. Bill sold for a John Deere dealer in Tulsa, managed several equipment companies in Oklahoma City and in 1986, created Frontier Equipment Sales.
