Early Life
Born James Jackson Bullock in Casper, Wyoming, Bullock was raised in Odessa, Texas in a Southern Baptist home. As a youth, Bullock planned to study to become an evangelical Christian minister. He received a music scholarship to attend Oklahoma Baptist University in Shawnee, Oklahoma, but he left school without graduating.
James Jackson Bullock was known by his friends as Jimmie. He was not openly gay as a high school student. His interests were acting - anywhere and anytime and singing. Jimmie was often the center of attention because of his entertaining and fun personality. Jimmie has the ability to hear a song only one time and play the song perfectly on the piano, but he could not read piano music. Jimmie never seriously considered going into the ministry. A regular attendee at Sherwood Baptist Church in Odessa, Texas, "professing" intentions to join the ministry was popular and encouraged by the clergy.
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