Born 1938 in White Sulphur Springs, W. Va., Dick Church spent his first twenty four years in the Greenbrier County area. Growing up with a single mother and three siblings he experienced a life of limited means. His Christian mother, Mary Anna, raised the family in the Church instilling high moral values and the will to survive through hard work. Graduating from West Virginia University in 1962 as a Civil Engineer, he and wife Mary moved north for work with NYS Dept. of Transportation and to raise three sons. He retired after thirty six years and started a forensic engineering business and ret...