Jim Fonner:  

After graduating from NCSU in 1975, I worked in the furniture and wood products industry for 23 years. Notable companies were Masonite, Boise Cascade, Weyerhaeuser, American Woodmark, and Marsh Furniture in High Point, NC. I had one 6 year stint of entrepreneurship starting in 1981. I had a shop where I was making custon furniture frames for the designer and decorator market in High Point, NC. I've been married three times (which is not a good thing but), I have 3 daughters and 2 sons. The two boys are the youngest at 19 and 20. My wife and I moved to Orlando, Florida on a whim in 1998 and started a marketing business with my old college room mate. With alot of hard work it flourished and has become very successful. This success is not of my achievement but a blessing from God. Certainly I could not not of made all those correct decisions, in hind sight. We loved Florida. The people were very international and progressive, not necessarily liberal. The churches there are all one could desire in an active and ...Expand for more