R. Michael Haigwood is a Marine Veteran, life member and past Commandant of the Black Mountain Detachment, Marine Corps League, and a member of the Black Mountain Harley Davidson Owners Group (HOG). He has been a big-hole driller, underground diamond driller, heavy equipment operator, hotel bartender, bell hop, black jack dealer, union negotiator, and Senior Olympics athlete. He has been happily married for forty-three years to his high school sweetheart Ronni Sullivan, a retired musician, singer, comedian, and mother, who entertained the troops in the Far East, including Vietnam.