David and Patricia Epperhart are, you guessed it, Jay’s parents. They live in Arkadelphia, AR, where David is the head of Computer Services at Henderson State University. Patricia is a Spanish teacher at the local high school, but is also the staff accompanist and organist at Christ of the Hills Methodist church in Hot Springs Village, in addition to having her own private piano studio. Both David and Patricia have eagerly welcomed Leigh Anne into their family, and are excited to have another reason to visit the San Francisco area.

   Leah Epperhart is Jay's younger sister. She is a Senior Elementary Music Education major at Northwestern State University in Louisiana. She plays multiple instruments and at a younger age had a remarkable knack of getting on Jay's nerves.  Now she is an extremely helpful sister who does what she can to take some of the baby pressures off of Jay and Leigh Anne by visiting our Cali home. She is currently planning her own December wedding with her long time boyfriend Brad. She also has a loveable little mutt named Oscar who currently lives with the Epperharts and tends to destroy things.