Jerry is one of ten children, born and raised in Alabama. He enlisted in the Air Force at 18 and served in New Mexico, Thailand and England.  After his discharge he attended Mobile College and there met and married Vickie Walters.  Jerry holds two degrees from Southwestern Theological Seminary in Fort Worth, TX.  He has served as the pastor of the Jonesboro Baptist Church in Jonesboro, Texas and as the pastor of the Bodenburg Butte Baptist Church in Palmer, Alaska.  He retired from full time ministry in 2001 but continues to serve as a USAF chaplain in the Civil A ir Patrol where he hold's the rank of Lieutenant Colonel.  He and Vickie make their home in Soddy Daisy, Tennessee where Jerry has worked in Nuclear Security since 9/11.

Jerry and Vickie have two children, Ginger, who is a student at Northeastern University in Boston, MA where she is working on a degree in Linguistics, with a minor in American Sign Language.  Dean is in the Coast Guard serving in Virginia Beach, Va.  They also have one granddaughter, Apryl, who was born in 2001.

Jerry has had a passion for reading and writing since he was a child.  His first novel, KNIGHTHAWKE, was published in 2005.  He welcomes you to visit him at either of his two websites: here and here.

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