Proudly born and raised in Charlotte, NC the sixth of seven siblings of which I and my oldest brother and younger sister are the remaining survivors. My late mother as a teenager worked as a candy striper (nursing aide) at Good  Samaritan Hospital which was the first African American Hospital in the United States where Bank of America Stadium now resides. She would later go on to continue her education and received her nursing degree after having all seven of us and worked as a nurse at Charlotte Memorial Hospital and she would later be employed for Charlotte-Mecklenburg School System. As for me I was a truck driver for over 30 years before venturing into insurance. I met my loving wife Taryn in High School in homeroom class as sophomores and we both are members of the same graduating class, she is also a proud Alumni of Winston-Salem State University. I also have one very talented son named Christopher who attended SCAD(Savannah College of Arts and Design) who currently works in sales and is also an amazing voice actor.