I worked for Chrysler Corp. in St. Louis Mo.and Huntsville AL. For 33 Years and retired June of 2001. I now live in Madison AL. with my wife Carolyn.  We have been happily married for 35 years and have two sons Barry and Phillip.

I didn't start writing poetery until 1997. There was talk of restoring the old log house that I grew up in and I felt the urge to write a poem about it.  After that my sister Elsie Phipps ( She also has a PA book coming out this year) started giving each other titles and we would write a poem about it.  Now I have two books full and decided to try and do something with them.  Thanks to Publish America others will get a chance to read them. The first one of these book is titled Poems Of Everyday Memories Southern-style and should be out in the next few months.

Some of my poems have appeared in different papers, Anthologies and Newsletters.  I was also invited to read my poems in Washington D.C. for the International Society Of Poets 

I plan to keep putting new poems on my web site as soon as I figure out how to do it.