Jim is a native of Lakeland, FL and lived there half his life. He has been married to his wife Judy for 32 years. They moved to Rock Hill in 1996 after a six year stay in Pennsylvania where his wife is from. They have three grown children and numerous grandchildren. He has been playing and/or directing in churches for 40 years and served in a wide variety of denominations. He works for a computer networking company in Belmont. Along with music, his big interest is model trains. He has a side business manufacturing wooden building kits for model railroads.