Brother Jessie Nave was the pastor at First Baptist Church and Dad was the minister of music and youth. It was not a big church, and Dad didn’t have a big salary, but Mom said that the people were so kind to us there, it was worth it. To help with the family …Read More
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CHAPTER 15 & 16 -Back to Roswell, New Mexico… Again
We moved back to Roswell when Dad became a music evangelist. At about that time he was ordained as a preacher at New Bethel Baptist Church where we attended when he was home. The trees were not very big in the yard of our new house, so I couldn’t climb as much as I wanted, …Read More
View Post Bill Jetton, Courts Jetton, Joe Wigley, Judy Jetton, Lottie James, New Bethel Baptist Church, Rod Jetton, Ruth Ann Taylor, Son of a Preacher ManChapter 13 & 14 Cedar Street in Roswell to Plainview Texas
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 Post Bill Jetton, Courts Jetton, Don Sloan, Joe Knowles, Joe Wigley, Judy Jetton, Lottie James, Plainview Baptist Church, Rod Jetton, Ruth Ann Taylor, Shelley WigleyCHAPTERS 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 Taylor