Ed began dancing at the age of 6 in Forsyth, Georgia. He became a principal dancer with Southern Ballet in Atlanta Georgia, and danced several seasons of Theatre Under the Stars, a summer stock theatre in Atlanta. While dancing, Ed was a student of the University of Georgia where he was studying to be a pharmacist. Ed also received his Masters of Divinity and served for churches in Stone Mountain, Georgia and Morristown, TN. Currently, Ed is the owner of Cunningham Drugs in Bulls Gap, TN, the pastor at Bethel United Methodist Church and a tap instructor at Lakeway School of Ballet and Dance.