Way Corp group(s) I was in
8th Way Corps
Where I live
Near Raleigh NC
Married or Single
Married
About Me
I am living in North Carolina after having lived in California for about 20 years. I am fortunate to still have Lyn Neal Morrison (11th) as my wife. She is sexy, beautiful, and a great believer. I have two great sons, Nick 20 and Mike 15.
My Interests
Besides trying to diligently seek God on a daily basis (I'm not trying to sound "religiously correct" here, it's just that I have found that I'm either seeking or drifting away. Since drifting away doesn't offer me much, I am trying to seek). I also am into mountain biking, a sport I just picked up in the last year (because my knees are funky). Mountain biking is an adrenaline rush. We went to the Blue Ridge Mountains three times this summer to let me race down. I only planted my face on the trail once!!!
Employment or Career
UPDATE: I presently work for the FDIC - the people who insure the banks - in an elite section called the Professional Liability Group and Financial Crimes. When a bank is closed, we go in with investigators and determine if the bank's failure was due to the negligence or fraud of the directors,officers, accountants or attorneys and if so, sue to recover the losses from the individual or their insurance. When you read about a bank failure on Saturday morning, we went in Friday night to take over the bank and get it ready to reopen by Monday morning so that depositors can get their money. We are the reason that there are not runs on the banks. We are the financial "EMTs" rushing to the scene of a badly injured bank in order to stop the injury from spreading to every other bank. It is exciting and intellectually challenging and I believe what I am doing helps keep the American economic system afloat. It is a federal agency, but it is the only one that is totally supported by no tax money.
BACKGROUND: I had a law firm in California. Early on, Bryce Shirley and I were partners, then he moved on to work for Pepsi. Later I partnered with a great believer from Puerto Rico named Manfredo Lespier (he also plays a judge on the Spanish language TV show Divorcio Court or something). I then became Chief Legal Officer for Peter Coad's company TogetherSoft located in NC. That professionally was the best time in my career. Pete is absolutely brilliant and I got to work with many great people including Judy Coad (my officemate), Randall Michek, Frank Baker, Art Poling, Gary King , Don MacMillan and others. The company was bought out in 2003 and then I became president for a time of Dale Cain's software company. I then sued NC for the right to practice law here, and the case went to the US Supreme Court. I now practice law in Raleigh doing injury cases, class action construction defect cases, and more. I also have a realtors license.
Music I Like
UPDATED: I really like country music best now: Zac Brown, Taylor Swift, Toby Keith, Brad Paisley, etc. I can see where Dr. Wierwille was trying to go with High Country Caravan.
Classic Rock (Zeplin, Lynard Skynard), Blues, and now Country Rock (Toby Keith, Brad Paisley, Willie, etc)
Books I Like
Freakonomics, detective novels, etc., but I don't like John Grisham novels about attorneys because they are SO implausible.
Television I like
Earl (reminds me of people I knew in Indiana), 2 & 1/2 Men (reminds me of people I knew in California)
Movies I like
Comedies, and some action stuff, but the last Die Hard was overboard. Come on, Bruce Willlis wrestles a jet after jumping off his moving semi-trailer
Sports Teams I like
College Sports. This place is college crazy with Duke, Carolina, Wake Forest, ECU, NC State. The pros are too polished. The kids can win any game on any particular week.
Comments
I went to law school January 1992 and graduated Dec. 1994. Took Fla. Bar Feb 1995 and sworn in May 1995.
So good to see your face in the photo. You look great as usual. I havent had much time to get to saying Hi to all the Corps I've missed over the years, but I am glad you wrote because I have been wanting to say hi to you.
Do you ever see Elllie Ray or Vickie Allen? They are in Raleigh too I think. I saw Vickie this summer at the Family Reunion at CFF. She looks exactly the same as she used to. Anyway, it sounds as though you have had an exciting life since I last saw you. I am blessed for you.
Shari
Enjoyed your "drifting or seeking" comment. How true it is.
Gary
Many regrets to Lyn about her sister. I wanted to find you somehow at the time. Give a call sometime, ok?
Bill
I just want to thank you for starting up this site on finding people. I just found a wonderful friend after searching for 10 years via a Corps bro I didn't even know!!! That is so huge.
I loved reading your Interest section...that's not religious, that's just gut level reality! love you bro, beth
It was so wonderful to see you on this site! I truly enjoyed my time in the Corps with you. Jack and I need to get a scanner so we can get some pictures on the web. I've told Jack, but we rarely shop in the electronics department. Our oldest son, Johnny Ray, only recently convinced Jack to get a cell phone!
Speaking of Johnny Ray; he is married almost 6 years and in the Navy 6 1/2. He married his high school sweetheart. They have blessed us with our first grandson, Johnathon Riley who is now 16 months and our second, Joseph Ray, is on the way. Our youngest son, Jake is in California with his Uncle Jim learning to work on Jaguars in Jim's shop and attending auto mechanics school. Jake is 22 and Johnny Ray is 25 as is Lisa, his wife.
Jack talked me into taking up golf by buying me a set of clubs for Father's Day a few years back, so that has become our recreational activity together. We are abundantly blessed and would love to have you come visit and stay with us here in Pace anytime. Lonnie Nelson (8th Corps) and his wife, Vicki (9th Corp?) were just through.
Well, that's a little about us. We love God and continue to coordinate a fellowship in Crestview with some wonderful believers, including the parents of Jane Stokes,10th Corp: Howard and Arlene Stokes. What an inspiration they are.
By the way, what kind of law are you practicing now? I am an attorney practicing criminal law and specializing in juvenile prosecution, though I've also done defense work with juveniles and adults, but not for a number of years.
Well, Steve, keep holding It high,
So wonderful to hear from you and would love to hear more,
Tina (Abrell) Wilson
8th Way Corps
If you go to www.myspace.com/hisong, the whole CD is on there. Catawba College has accepted our musical as thteir spring project. Hopefully it will be done by Resurrection Sunday. I will keep you posted on the performance dates.
We've come a long way since Salisbury but have a long way to go.
Love you,
Mark
Mark
Are you still in Indiana?
Thanks so much for the gracious words of encouragement. I especially appreciate the comparison of my words to fine wine. May my life continue to overflow with the goodness of God. As the poet, I think of his life as "New wine/springing from an inner fountain blue/from the soul of a man/who swapped his lowdown blues/ for pure turquoise joys. . .
Be blessed, my brother,
Lonnell