Ø      Lifelong resident of Stanley and Gaston County.

Ø      Widowed father of three children; Pamela Moose, Rodney Wyatt, Cynthia Forrester and one grandchild, Zachery Forrester.

Ø      Retired from The Timken Company, Iron Station, NC (28 years.)

Ø      Employed by the Gaston County School System as a substitute teacher.

Ø      Track and Cross Country Coach, East Gaston High (22 years.)

Ø      Retired military (July 2005) US Marine Corps, NC Army National Guard, NC Air National Guard (35 years.)

Ø      Master Sergeant after service in Vietnam, Desert Storm & Oper. Iraqi Freedom.

Ø      Past Master of Stanley Masonic Lodge #713 (1997 & 2006.)

Ø      Lifelong member of Christ’s Lutheran Church, Stanley, NC.

Ø      Member of Christ’s Lutheran Church Council.

Ø      Rank of Life Scout with the Boy Scouts of America, Troop #311 Stanley, NC

Ø      Former Scoutmaster and Cubmaster, Troop #311 Stanley, NC.