Wkpjb 103.9 The Indie Storm

Jerald Murphy is a writer, chef, philosopher who was born in Moultrie Ga, in his grandparents home in the turbulent sixties. He is the father of 9 children one of whom passed in 2003 and has 11 grandchildren. To say that he is a product of his environment is an understatement. He is the result of his environment having grown up in between the black side of Moultrie and the projects of Tallahassee. Jerald started to read at the early age of three and it is that reading along with the influences of various Muslims, Rasta's and "militants" that shaped and molded him Into the writer he is today. His greatest influences were his Father, Willie Lawrence Murphy and his Mother, Mildred Jolly Murphy Williams. In the eighties he was a medics in the army and after his tour of duty he returned to Tallahassee where he was asked to be a community columnist for the local newspaper. He also pursued his love of cooking which he turned into a carrer. Eventually becoming a chef he was the head sous chef for the Mill Bakery Brew