LANCE FOLSON
LANCE GRADUATED FROM NEW HAVEN HIGH SCHOOL IN 1978. HE IS THE SEVENTH OF LOVIE AND THE LATE WILIAM FOLSON FR. EIGHT CHILDREN. ALL EIGHT OF THE FOLSON CHILDREN GRADUATED FROM NEW HAVEN COMMUNITY SCHOOLS. LANCE WAS BAPTIZED AND IS A MEMBER OF GREATER NEW HOPE MISSIONARY BAPTIST CHURCH OF NEW HAVEN.
WHILE AT NEW HAVEN HIGH SCHOOL LANCE PARTICIPATED IN FOUR SPORTS: FOOTBALL THREE YEARS, BASKETBALL THREE YEARS, BASEBALL THREE YEARS AND TRACK THREE YEARS. HE DID NOT HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO PLAY SPORTS HIS SENIOR YEAR BECAUSE OF A MILLAGE FAILURE.
AFTER GRADUATION LANCE ENLISTED INTO THE U.S. MARINE CORPS AS A MILITARY POLICEMAN. A DECISION HE INITIALLY REGRETTED, BUT BELIEVES IT IT’S THE THIRD BEST DECISION HE’S EVER MADE. GOD BEING THE #1. CAROLYN HIS WIFE #2.
LANCE RETURNED TO NEW HAVEN IN 1980 WHERE HE COMPLETED HIS MARINE CORPS AFFILIATION AT SELFRIDGE AIR NATIONAL GUARD BASE FROM 1981-2001. HE BEGAN VOLUNTEERING THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY AS AN UMPIRE FROM 1981-2001. HE FOLLOWED HIS DAD’S FOOTSTEPS BY ENTERING LAW ENFORCEMENT AND COACHING AS A CAREER DECISION.
LANCE HAS HELD THE FOLLOWING POSITIONS WITHIN THE NEW HAVEN COMMUNITY: HEAD UMPIRE, COACH, PLAYER, AGENT, TREASURER, VICE PRESIDENT AND PRESIDENT FOR THE NEW HAVEN LITTLE LEAGUE. THE POSITIONS HELD FOR NEW HAVEN CAGER PROGRAM WERE; REFEREE, COACH, VICE PRESIDENT AND PRESIDENT. LANCE ALSO HELD SEVERAL POSITIONS FOR THE NEW HAVEN COMMUNITY SCHOOLS IN JUNIOR HIGH GIRL’S BASKETBALL, JUNIOR HIGH BOY’S BASKETBALL, JUNIOR HIGH TRACK AND OFFICIATED JUNIOR HIGH AND HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL AND BASEBALL.
IT SHOULD BE KNOW THAT DURING THIS PERIOD OF TIME LANCE MET AND MARRIED A BEAUTIFUL WOMAN, CAROLYN. HE HELPED TO RAISE FIVE CHILDREN JENNIFER, CHRISTOPHER, ADAM, ANDREW, AND JORDAN, ALL NEW HAVEN GRADUATES. LANCE IS PROUD TO HAVE THREE BEAUTIFUL GRANDCHILDREN, GABRIELLAH, QUINTON AND TRAVON ALL OF WHOM ATTEND NEW HAVEN SCHOOLS.
LANCE WAS HIRED BY THE VILLAGE OF NEW HAVEN POLICE DEPARTMENT IN 1984, CITY OF MT. CLEMENS POLICE DEPARTMENT IN 1987. DURING HIS LAW ENFORCEMENT CAREER HE’S SERVED AS A PATROL OFFICER, NARCOTIC DETECTIVE, DETECTIVE SERGEANT, SHIFT COMMANDER AND POLICE LIEUTENANT. DURING 2005 THE MT.CLEMENS POLICE DEPARTMENT WAS DISBANDED AND HE NOW WORKS FOR MACOMB COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT AS A ROAD SERGEANT.