Ricky Craig:  

October 25, 2008 Hi everybody! I moved to Roanoke a few weeks after I graduated from High School. I started driving and loading trucks for a few months. In 1980 I went to work for the N&W Railway, as a Conductor. A couple years later I got married to Beth, a girl I met in Roanoke, and we had 3 children. In 1988 I took a buy-out and quit the railroad. I had a small car dealership for a few years, a waterbed shop in Radford, I coached baseball and basketball, ran a cub scout program, and worked with the youth group at church. I sold Insurance, part time and had a few other small ventures. I have always stayed busy doing many different things at a time. It keeps me out of trouble. For about about 8 or 9 years I was a contractor, doing commercial and residential Renovations, and construction. I fell once and was injured pretty bad and shortly after that, I developed a bone disease in my Hips called Avascular Necrosis, which resulted in me having total hip replacement to both hips. My wife and I seperated, I lost my home, and I spent 4-5 years at home having 4 surguries and raising 4 kids on my own. Oh yeah, I had a 4th child by another woman and have had custody of her since birth. WOW that was a mouth full!!!!!!!! In 2004 I went to a truck driving school and bought a Truck. So for the last five years, I've been driving my truck. I am now living with 3 of my kids and my 83 year old aunt. My aunt helps out with my kids when I'm on the road. I used to Run to California 2-3 times a month and a lot of other places from coast to coast. Now, until about a month ago, I have been hauling overseas containers out of the ship ports in Norfolk, which gets me home a few times during the week and most weekends. Ive drove that truck close to 800,000 miles in about five years, and I spend a lot of my weekends working on it. I've ...Expand for more