He had a girlfriend that was living with him and they been together for 10 years. He was a family man and he had a bunch of friends and family also 2 children his daughter Jhavanna Shaw and his son Erik shaw and his girlfriend Karen Kay Holmes Caruso Harmon . He loved making wooden toys in his shop and he loved travelling places together with his girlfriend and he was also a military man for 36 years he was a sergarentmajor and then he retired some time in 2000 or 2001 and he has a bunch of grand kids and he was also a father and son and brother