NAME: Axie Ree Fulcher

AGE: 66

OCCUPATION AND TITLE: Manager for Ivor Farm Store

SPOUSE’S NAME: Willard “Butch” Fulcher

CHILDREN’S NAMES AND AGES: Shelia Hogue, 45, and Sherry Cernah, 39

CHUIRCH AFFILIATION: Baptist

IF I COULD CHANGE MY NAME, I’D MAKE IT:  I wouldn’t. I was named after my grandmother, and I like it

PET I’D LIKE TO OWN: A pet rock

PEOPLE SAY I LOOK LIKE: Meryl  Streep

FAVORITE MOVIE OF ALL TIME: “Pretty Woman”

TV SHOW I NEVER MISS:  I don’t have time for TV

THE SECRET TO HAPPINESS IS: To be honest and show love to the people around us

I WISH I KNEW HOW TO: Really dance

SONG I’D LOVE TO SING KARAOKE TO: “I Will Always Love You”

IF I  HAD TO EAT ONLY THREE FOODS FOR THE REST OF MY LIFE, THEY’D BE: Tomatoes, Chinese food and fried chicken

THREE WORDS THAT BEST DESCRIBE ME: Totally wacky Axie, loving and caring

ONE SUPERPOWER I WISH I HAD: To have tremendous insight into people

BOOK CURRENTLY ON MY NIGHTSTAND: The Bible

MY PROUDEST ACHIEVEMENT: Finishing high school

MY MOST HUMBLING MOMENT: Seeing  my father-in-law’s dignity over life and death as I cared for him  during his last days with Lou Gehrig’s Disease.

MY MOST RECENT TRIP: To my husband’s 50th high school reunion

MY LIFE WON’T BE COMPLETE UNTIL: I’ve spent many years with my husband, children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren

MY FRIENDS THINK I’M: Honest

I REALLY LOSE MY COOL WHEN:  I can’t finish a project I’ve started

FAVORITE COLLEGE SPORTS TEAM: Wake Forest

FAVORITE PRO SPORTS TEAM: Atlanta Braves

FAVORITE COLOR: Red

THE BEST LIFE LESSON I’VE LEARNED AND WHO TAUGHT ME: My husband, Butch, taught me to be self-confident

BEST DECISION I’VE MADE IN LIFE: To listen to people with experience, making it easier for me

LOCAL CHARITABLE OR NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATION I WISH MORE PEOPLE WOULD SUPPORT:  Volunteer fire departments and rescue squads

WHAT GIVES ME THE BLUES: When I think of lonely people who have no one to vent to

MY BEST CHILDHOOD MEMEORY:  Visiting with my grandparents in North Carolina. They taught me many things about life.