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Zenda Liess
ZendaLiess@aol.com

After high school and pro tennis, I bought a beach wagon on Daytona Beach.  I operated the beach wagon for about 10 years with my husband, Byron McPherson.  I divorced Byron, gave him the beach wagon, and went to college. I graduated with a Master's degree in Accounting from the University of Florida in 1990.  I moved to Greensboro, NC at the end of 1990 and have been here ever since.  I hated public accounting and became a pilot.  I flew for a regional airline, Atlantic Southeast Airlines (a Delta Connection), based in Atlanta, GA, for a couple years.  In 1998, I became a designated pilot examiner, which means I give flight tests to pilots who are trying to obtain their private pilot certificates, or other advanced ratings.  In 2001, I married the man who taught me to fly, Pat Owens.  We have a home in Greensboro, NC, and we also have a home in Biloxi, MS.  (My husband likes to play poker, and there are a lot of casinos in Biloxi.)  In 2005, our Biloxi home got flooded by hurricane Katrina, so we had to tear out all the sheet rock down to the studs and rebuild the entire inside of the house.  My husband, Pat, was also a designated pilot examiner, and he retired in 2006.

 

I run 3 miles a day, and have not missed one single day of running in over 18 years.  I also lift weights.  Guess that's it in a nutshell.

 (Posted 07-08-2007)


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