Graduated from Northampton County High School in 1967 entered into Norfolk Naval Shipyard Apprentice Program in 1967. I worked for the Department of the Navy for 37 years and retired in 2005. I lived in Suffolk Va. from 1967 untill 2004 and built a house on the family farm and returned hope to enjoy my retirement. I am a certified lay speaker for the United Methodist Church, a member of the Seaboard Lions Club where I served as president in 2010, I am a member of the Masonic Lodge since 1984, Served as master of Harmony Masonic Lodge located in Suffulk Va. in 1989 and Master of Seaboard Lodge No. 378 located in Seaboard NC in 2008 and 2009. I have been married to Viola Hill for 40 years