I attended Bremen Elementary and Bremen High School, in Bremen, Georgia. Attended West Georgia College, (as it was known at that time, now, University of West Georgia), and also Carroll Technical School. The movie Forrest Gump, The Old Man and the Sea by E. Hemingway, Tom Sawyer the book, Stepen King, John Grisham, and having been married and divorced twice, have all played a significant role, for better or worse, in shaping my life.