John has been involved with helping people his whole career. For the past 23 years his primary focus has been educating folks on being financially prepared for their pre- and post-retirement years. From educating veterans about their benefits and how to use the benefits they are intitled to, helping teachers understand the various options their retirement system offers, to meeting with church groups for early morning breakfast to answer questions of financial concerns in their everyday life.  The list is full of people who John has been willing to help.

John grew up in the piney hills of Southeast Arkansas in the home of a father and mother who taught and lived by the example of servitude. His father pastored a church, and his mother was a county Health Nurse. So, from a young age, seeing the importance of caring, helping, and serving others, that was lived by the example of parents, it became the direction John’s life would take.

Whether it was working directly with the Youth Court helping troubled youth, working with the Boy Scouts of America, teaching classes for people with alcohol or chemical dependency, speaking to youth groups across North America and Canada, entertaining at back-to-school retreats or senior citizen events, speaking at school assemblies, or speaking at high school graduations…it has been a lifetime of caring, helping, serving, and educating people to find fun and fulfilment in life.

John and his wife Patricia (his high school sweetheart) reside in the Little Rock Metro. area They enjoy gardening, working with Patricia’s many flowers and plants, and visiting their four grandchildren in Spring, Texas.