Background
He was born in Webster County, Missouri, and educated in the schools of Marshfield, where he was an active member of Future Farmers of America.
He was born in Webster County, Missouri, and educated in the schools of Marshfield, where he was an active member of Future Farmers of America.
Master of Agriculture, University Missouri, Columbia.
He currently resides in Marshfield, Missouri. He later went to the University of Missouri, where he was elected to the MU Senate, and obtained a master's degree in agriculture there. He is the owner and operator of a third-generation family farm where he raises row crops.
He attends the First Baptist Church, and has served on the Soil and Water District Commission, the Agriculture Advisory Commission, and a farmer representative on the James River Partnership. He was first elected to the Missouri State Senate in 2002. Due to Missouri term limit restrictions he was ineligible to run again in 2010.
Represented in Baptist churches are equally diverse worship styles, cultural mores and approaches to Scriptural interpretation. The resulting challenges and opportunities have made the believers stronger —through fellowship, respect, mutual support and dialog, all based on a belief that unity in Christ involves growth and understanding.
As human beings people find themselves as part of an unjust, sinful and violent world, which we may feel individually helpless to change. If we accept forgiveness, God can enable us to resist evil and to live life to the full.
He has also served as president of the Marshfield School Board and the Webster Electric Co-op Foundation Board, and as state corporate board member of the Missouri Farmer's Association.
1 child Kim.