<p>Randy is a retired law enforcement officer with over forty-two years of service with the Cobb County Sheriff's Office. He and his wife, Carole, have been married since July 3, 1971.<br>They have a daughter, Valorie Hogue McGovern, and a son, Zack Hogue. They have five grandchildren and three great grandchildren. He started painting many years ago as a hobby and paint mostly landscapes. He's slowed down on his painting now and taken up on a new adventure of writing books. The Spirit of the Wolf: 'The Beginning' is his first published book, with volumes two and three to follow. This is a book of fiction. The story line begins in the mid 1800s and contains mystery, tragedies, good<br>deeds done, secrets, and surviving in the Appalachian Mountains.<br> </p>
