I had the pleasure of spending time with him fishing many years ago and can say without hesitation that he is a great guy. My family lived in Ga in the 80's and early 90's and he would travel from Winter Haven Fl to Athens Ga and spend the weekend fishing our private lakes and going out to dinner.
My father told me when I asked about this post and he told me that it was due to marital is itsues, Thats all I will say about it.
I remeber when I was in my early teens he would send us boxes upon boxes of fishing tackle, better than christmas if ya ask me!