Education
John spent his formative years in Tupelo, Mississippi, and graduated from Tupelo High School in 1961.
John spent his formative years in Tupelo, Mississippi, and graduated from Tupelo High School in 1961.
Satterwhite was captain of the 1976 United States Olympic and 1979 World Championship teams. Prior to his skeet shooting career, he served in the United States Air Force, where he taught survival shooting to aircrew and instructed in rifle and pistols. Until his death, Satterwhite was a consultant to law enforcement agencies, the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the United States Navy Crises Response teams.
Born John Charles Satterwhite in Hattiesburg, Mississippi, he was the only child of John Floyd Satterwhite and Beulah Mae (Boots) Satterwhite.
He was an Air Force Marksmanship Instructor and trained thousands of servicemen in rifle and pistol marksmanship including many B-52 and KC-135 crews during the Vietnam War. He served as a consultant to Law-Enforcement agencies, Special Weapons and Tactics Teams, and United States. Navy Crisis Response Teams.
He was also the Captain of two United States. Pan American Shooting teams (1975 and 1979), the 1976 Olympic Shooting Team, and the 1979 United States. World Shooting Championships team He is one of the Legends of Sport featured in The Olympic Room in the Mississippi Sports Hall of Fame and was inducted into the Legends of the Outdoors Hall of Fame in Nashville, Tennessee in 1975.
A few months before his death, John retired from the State of Mississippi"s Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks, where he had served for several years as the Shooting Sports Coordinator for the State of Mississippi.
In this role, John was Mississippi"s ambassador at large for shooting and the sporting life.
In 1979, he was a member of the World Championship and World Record holding United States. Skeet team in Montacatini, Italy.