PERSON OF INTEREST

Food Services Director+gospel singer

FREDRAHMING

VITAL STATS

AGE: 43 RESIDES: Grand Island FOOD FOR THOUGHT: Fred is food services director of The Villages Rehab and Nursing Center SPREAD THE WORD: A gospel singer, Fred has written and produced three CDs CLOSE TO HOME: Fred is a lifelong Lake County resident and 1989 graduate of Eustis High

PASSION FOR MUSIC: I started singing and playing drums at age 9. By the time I turned 20, I was singing gospel music at public venues. I was in two gospel groups, “The Brothers of Faith” and “In Faith.” I traveled throughout the southeastern United States and enjoyed that because gospel music encourages, motivates and uplifts people. HIGH NOTES: I’ve produced three gospel CDs: “Fred Rahming” in 2004, “In Spite of Here is My Praise” in 2010 and “My Best Solution,” releasing this fall.

SMASH HIT: My most popular song is “I Need a Word,” which has aired in both the United States and Britain. I’ve performed this song at Atlanta Live.

A FAMILY AFFAIR: My baby girl, Jamilya, sings with me at our church, Citadel of Hope in Leesburg. We recently performed a duet there. She is a 21-year-old student at the University of South Florida.

BEHIND THE LENS: When Jamilya graduated high school, I took graduation pictures and posted them on Facebook. Everyone loved them and started asking me to take pictures of them. That’s how FR Photography started.

GIVING BACK: I was diagnosed with colon cancer in 2011. As a result, one thing I do is provide free photographs and prints to breast cancer patients to help give them their smile back. I don’t do photography to earn a living; I do it to earn a smile.

GUILTY PLEASURE: Riding my Harley Davidson without a helmet. There’s something about the wind blowing around my head that makes me feel good.

FAVORITE BOOK: “The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People” by Stephen Covey. This book helped me understand what qualities you need to be an effective and successful leader.

MUSIC YOU’D WANT ON A DESERTED ISLAND: Fred Hammond, a popular gospel singer. He has been my favorite artist for a long time, and his inspirational music would help me cope with being on a deserted island.

DESIRED TOMBSTONE INSCRIPTION: “For God I lived; For God I died.”

PET PEEVE: Cold food that’s supposed to be hot.

LAKE OB-GYN ASSOCIATES

OF MID-FLORIDA, LLC

Dr. Michelle Wood Dr. Douglas Moffett Dr. Alfred Moffett Dr. Kaitlin Lee Dr. Lauren Britt

We are accepting new patients. If you would like to schedule an appointment at either the Leesburg or Villages location, contact us at:

LEESBURG THE VILLAGES

601 E Dixie Ave., Medical Plaza #401 Leesburg, FL 34748 // 352.787.1535 1400 US Hwy. 441 N, Bldg. #950 The Villages, FL 32159 // 352.259.5649