Noble (Joel) Clary:  

Life I have been living in North Carolina since 1980, having lived in the Levittown area of Pennsylvania, for about 10 years. I have been in the field of Architecture since 1963, starting in New York City, migrating to Philadelphia, by 1970. I presently own my own practice here in Southern Pines, North Carolina. My practice consists of mostly high end residential and small commercial. I am now in the process of slowing down, and limiting my work, but finding it difficult. I am married for 38 years, with 4 children and 8 grandchildren. One grandson is in his third year of college, studying for the Ministry; and one grandson is in a Stryker force in Baghdad, Iraq. I have since brought my mother down here to live, along with two of my sisters. Mom is, at this time, 93 years old and still 'at it' I have tried to become more personal with folks from the past but finding it difficult to maintain any conversational pertinence, makes the task daunting. WELL!! let's update shall we??? it is now 2012 I have retired my business, Sally has retired from the school system and we have moved from Southern Pines North Carolina to Caswell beach [Oak I...Expand for more