I’m a Cajun from New Iberia, LA, the small town where
they make Tabasco sauce. I absolutely love Cajun
food, but although my dad owned his own restaurant I didn’t learn
to cook until after I left Louisiana (to my wife’s dismay). I earned a
BS in civil engineering from University of Louisiana Lafayette in 1985
and moved to Jacksonville, FL to start my career. I spent most of
my career as an Application/Sales Engineer. I spent a couple of years with two IT startup companies, and then taught math at St. Pius X High School, later becoming IT Project Manager on a Gwinnett Co Schools project before re-
tiring on Memorial Day 2024!
I met my wonderful wife Anne in Jacksonville and moved to her
hometown Atlanta in the summer of '91. We have 2 beautiful daughters; one a
lawyer, the other an engineer, both happily married and our oldest is expecting our first grandchild (boy) in June!!! We absolutely can’t wait!
I played "poor man" sports growing up (baseball, basketball and football) with baseball as my best sport. My wife got me into tennis when we moved to Atlanta and I have thoroughly enjoyed playing all these years (as my wife describes my play "it's either a winner or hitting the fence"). But I reached my peak skill level and with banged up knees I have dialed down my playing time and moved on to golf.
I belong Holy Cross Catholic Church and have been involved in a variety of functions throughout the years and am praying for guidance on where He wants to use me in retirement. We shall see (maybe He'll want me to play more golf!).
I am absolutely loving retired life, traveling a lot and looking forward to playing plenty of golf. A friend introduced me to SGAA earlier this year. I have enjoyed meeting new golfers and playing a lot of different courses with the group.
Perry