I am Iowa born and raised, a University of Iowa graduate, a U.S. Air Force veteran, married with two grown children and five granddaughters. I am retired from sales management and marketing positions and "re-retired" for an added ten years with the local Olive Branch, MS Family YMCA. The majority of the contributions I have made to Find A Grave are family members of my wife, Martha, (Arrington/Pate & Bobbitt/ Pittman) in and around Yalobusha County, Mississippi, and my family, (Patterson/Rice) in Johnson County Missouri and (Kidwell/Padgett) in Morgan County, Missouri. I have worked on our family genealogy for some 35 years and have found Find A Grave very helpful in connecting family members and filling in "missing links".

I am Iowa born and raised, a University of Iowa graduate, a U.S. Air Force veteran, married with two grown children and five granddaughters. I am retired from sales management and marketing positions and "re-retired" for an added ten years with the local Olive Branch, MS Family YMCA. The majority of the contributions I have made to Find A Grave are family members of my wife, Martha, (Arrington/Pate & Bobbitt/ Pittman) in and around Yalobusha County, Mississippi, and my family, (Patterson/Rice) in Johnson County Missouri and (Kidwell/Padgett) in Morgan County, Missouri. I have worked on our family genealogy for some 35 years and have found Find A Grave very helpful in connecting family members and filling in "missing links".