Short Bio for Bill Somers

Basic Information

William H. (Bill) Somers Jr., 6195 St. Rt. 95., Mt. Gilead, OH 43338
Phone 1-419-768-2043 Email: wsomers@etpv.org --

Origin:

DOB 8-20-1945 Wyandotte Michigan. Hometown is Southgate MI. Ancestry is Irish, Hungarian, English and/or German.

Education

            8 years of Catholic elementary education

            4 years High School, graduated in college prep program, then

            3 and 1/4 years at Michigan State. Philosophy major, then

            4 years in United States Navy, during Vietnam. Back to Civilian life at the end of 1970

            Also several courses at University of Michigan and University of Phoenix

Family

            One of 6 siblings. Married at ripe old age of 33. My dear wife, Marylee, had 7 children from her first marriage of 19 years. It was instant family! She is 6 1/2 years older than I. [One problem with marrying any woman older than you is they think they don't have to listen to you.] All the children are grown and living on their own. Some are even producing grandchildren.

Likes: Good food, drink, music, and video's. Getting things for free!

Dislikes: television, especially the news and the commercials. I only watch it if there is a war, national emergency or I'm at someone else's home. Other dislikes: having to fix my car and shopping.

Work History

            Electronic Technician in the two way radio area. 14 years in Michigan and 14 years in New Orleans LA.

            Computer Technician for 2 1/2 years in Mansfield Ohio.

Current Status

Currently unemployed, broke, in debt and doing odd or temporary clerical jobs. I developed a back problem in the early 80's and had a hernia repair which didn't heal correctly in the mid 90's so I'm not too great at manual labor.

Computer experience

            My first computer was an Atari 800 with a whopping 48k of memory. I've done a lot of hardware repair and software support, full and part time for about a decade.

Philosophy

            I was raised a catholic, and became an atheist in high school. In college I flirted with eastern mysticism. [It was the 60's after all.] In the 70's till the mid 80's I maintained an interest in New Age topics but not much of a commitment there. My big involvement was in the War Games hobby. I was VP of Metro Detroit Gamers for about 10 years and helped put on some big conventions. We relocated to Louisiana in 84 and almost a year later my wife and I became 'born again' Christians. This is where we are at today, though we are now part of the new phenomenon of 'out of church' Christians. That is we're committed Christians but fed up with churches.

Interests

            Military topics, Jazz, Bluegrass and other instrumental music, cooking.

Hobbies

            Playing music on guitar or flute, computers.

Activities

I'm a writer, editor and publisher on the internet. The Web Site is called End Time Prophetic Vision. www.etpv.org.

Each week I publish 25 to 30 articles on the site, including my own writings at times. I have about 90+ articles posted there that I have written myself. I began this in 1996.

It's like doing a weekly magazine without having to deal with a printer.

The content consists of essays, articles, prophecies, and accounts of dreams or visions. All of these are supposed to be relevant to the belief that we are living in what's called the End Times, just before the Second Coming of Jesus.