Ed Willingham:  

Life Living in Suffolk Va (since early 1998) with wife (Shirley, married in early 1968) and our part-Siamese cat (Pixy, adopted in 2011), on a salt-water tidal creek/marsh (Hoffler Creek) off the James River (Southside) on the upstream side of Craney Island. Have a 4-place paddle boat, several inflatable canoes, an 11'8" Mokai jet drive kayak, and a 17' trimaran sport sailboat that can use our shallow water creek branch. Added a pier with deep water dock and boatlift on the main creek for the 17' sailboat. He retired from a nearby shipyard in 2015 and she retired from a nearby computer server facility in 2013. On 12/21/2011, he had open-heart surgery to replace his original aortic valve with a biologic valve at Norfolk Sentera Heart Hospital and was back to work, etc. on 2/1/2012. It's good for at least 15 more years. Yeah! We are planning to buy a replacement home just South of Fredericksburg, Va., and West of I-95 in Spotsylvania County by 2017. Want to begin rural style retired living, as simple as possible. Grass is always greener over the septic tank / drain field. Also, want to experiment with solar cells, wind generators, wood fireplaces / furnaces, etc. Daughter (Dawn, born 1970) and her husband (Jay, 2 years older) live in Chesterfield County Va (near Richmond) 1.5 hours away via Route 10. She did PR for the VDOT Richmond area until early 2014. When it snowed, summer heat buckled a highway, etc. you could hear her on WRVA, etc. in Richmond. In early 2014 she was named the Virginia Department of Emergency Management (VDEM) public affairs director. You could still hear her on WRVA, etc. in Richmond, but if you did then trouble was approaching Va or it was already here and you needed to listen. In 2016 she moved to the Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services (VDACS) to enjoy life. He is a real estate agent. They have two adopted sons,...Expand for more