Most of the time, Eric Beckley can be found working at the family business, Wroten Oil Company, which has been serving local residents since 1954. When he’s not there, he is often invested in his longtime hobby of maintaining saltwater aquariums at his Gwynn’s Island home.
Born in Houston, Texas, Beckley has moved around a lot living in many different places like California, Germany, Arizona and Pennsylvania. He graduated from Mathews High School in 1997 where he was on the football and wrestling teams. He also received a college education through DeVry University for Business Management and Human Resource Development. Beckley has had many different freshwater aquar-iums over the years, setting up his first saltwater aquarium while he was living in Pennsylvania.
“When I was in Philadelphia I went to this store, which is a mom-and-pop store (The Hidden Reef) right around the corner from where I lived and when I wasn’t working, I was in that store asking questions you wouldn’t believe,” ...