Boyhood

Ruth and I drove through Sikeston, where I was born in 1951. Dad drove Mom to the hospital in a Model A Ford. I still like old cars, especially Falcons.

I did my student teaching in Sikeston. I taught high school math under Mrs Margaret Coates. I was 19 years old. A few of my students were 18.

Drove to the farmlands outside Benton. Visited with two of my Dad's brothers. Uncle John was playing a Christian song on the piano as we arrived. When we went to Uncle Bill's, he was reading the Bible. The heritage of righteousness runs deep in my roots.

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