Family I grew up in Ohio, near Cleveland in a small town on Lake Erie, Vermilion.
Vermilion is known as a sailing town.
After leaving Ohio, I lived in Illinois for about 10 years before moving to Jacksonville. My wife, Carol Murphey works for Jacksonville University as a Nursing faculty member. Carol grew up in Harrisonburg, Virginia which is in the Shenandoah Valley. She lived in Virginia, North Carolina awhile, in New York City for a time, and in Illinois for three years immediately before moving to Jacksonville. We met in Illinois.