Elijah Shaw:  

Hello everyone My 1st name is Elijah but I went by Neal in school. I started school in 1972 at Highland Elementary in the 1st grade, missed my K grade. I then attended Plaza Road Ele. for 2nd thru 5th & Windsor Park Ele. for 6th. I went on to Eastway Junior High & Then Garinger where my favorite subject in school was Social Studies or History, my best friends were Edward McCorey, Antonio Allison, and Otis Howie in elementary school. Norman Garns, Ken Beard, William Horton, and Brian Delaney in junior high and high school, and I enjoyed riding my bike, football, baseball, martial arts and drawing. I studied Early Childhood Development at Central Piedmont Community College & now have a Bachelor Degree in Criminal Justice & Masters Degree of Science in Management, Organizational Leadership from ECPI University. My first job was with my Grandfather working in the Heating & Air Field and I also worked at 3 fast food restaurants, 4 motels, 5 cleaning companies, 3 nursing homes, 2 security companies, 1 hospital, a newspaper carrier, and I owned a Convenience Store in 1997 and then started a Home Daycare in 1999 and ran it for 10 years with my wife called Tiny Tyke Learning Center. I am now employed by the State of North Carolina Department of Corrections at Anson Correctional Intuition as a Correctional Sergeant 3 and an Armed Security Officer at G4S Secure Soloutions. We live in a 2-story home 3500 sq. ft. that has a total of 5 bedrooms, 4 full bathrooms, kitchen, office, dining room, breakfast nook, living room and exercise complete with equipment. We enjoy going to movies, dining out and family functions such as cook outs and birthday parties. Our family and friends are very supportive. My wife, family, friends, and god are strong influences in my life. My greatest achievements in life were having 3 beautiful healthy children, getting mar...Expand for more