We only lived in the blue house for about eight months before moving across town. We had to remodel the new house, which meant new everything. Mom put up new wallpaper, and Dad worked out in the yard. Grandma used her sewing skills and made curtains for all of the windows. I didn’t want to …Read More
View PostCHAPTERS 11 & 12- Sedalia, Missouri and back to Roswell, New Mexico
We were in New Mexico for only a short time before Dad took a job leading the music and youth at The East Sedalia Baptist Church. We lived in a big, white, two-story house. I started kindergarten in Sedalia, and my memory is less hazy about the events that happened when we lived there. I …Read More
View Post Bill Jetton, Cindy Pickard, Courts Jetton, East Sedalia Baptist Church, Grandpa Lewis, Greg Lewis, Judy Jetton, Lottie James, Mike Pickard, Roger Pickard, Ruth Ann TaylorCHAPTERS 9 &10- DeSoto, Missouri to Roswell, New Mexico
When does a child first have memories? When do you begin to hold onto faces, images and remember what happened in your life? My first memories are of the house on Jefferson St. in DeSoto, Missouri. Like all small children, I only remember bits and pieces of life there, but it was the town Mom …Read More
View Post Artesia First Baptist Church, Bill Jetton, DeSoto, Grandma Jetton, John Robinson, Judy Jetton, Lee May First Baptist Church, Lottie James, Missouri, Rod Jetton, Ruth Ann TaylorCHAPTER 8- Family Friends
Mom and Dad always had good friends. These close friends became our second family. These experiences led me to understand that living close to your family is a blessing. When you need help moving something, you call family. When you need a babysitter, you call family. When you are sick, you call family. When your …Read More
View Post Bev Garland, Bill Jetton, Cindy Pickard, Del Garland, Elias Rodriguez, Fran Rodriguez, Gary Hill, Jana Garland, Jim Abner, Jim Duckworth, Joe Wigley, Judy Jetton, Mark Garland, Mary Gans, Nancy Wigley, Richard Gans, Rod Jetton, Roger Pickard, Son of a Preacher Man, Susie Hill, Veris Duckworth