Attended public schools in Giddings, Lee Co., TX. Graduated from high school in May 1944. Played the clarinet in the band.
She was too young to begin nursing training, so she worked for a year at the Army's wartime Camp Swift in Bastrop, TX in the Snack Bar. Somehow got the nickname 'Bunny' while working there. Nickname stuck. Story behind nickname still untold.
She joined the Cadet Nurse Corps at the Methodist Hospital School of Nursing in Houston in January 1945. Students received room, board, books, tuition, uniforms, and $25 per month. They were obligated to remain single, or else must resign from the school.
Married Archie Bridge Ammons on 14 Dec 1947 in Houston.
Received RN Degree from Methodist Hospital School of Nursing, and Assoc. of Arts degree from Univ. of Houston in Apr 1948.
Retired from nursing in November 1989.
Member, Order of the Eastern Star for over 50 years.
She was too young to begin nursing training, so she worked for a year at the Army's wartime Camp Swift in Bastrop, TX in the Snack Bar. Somehow got the nickname 'Bunny' while working there. Nickname stuck. Story behind nickname still untold.
She joined the Cadet Nurse Corps at the Methodist Hospital School of Nursing in Houston in January 1945. Students received room, board, books, tuition, uniforms, and $25 per month. They were obligated to remain single, or else must resign from the school.
Married Archie Bridge Ammons on 14 Dec 1947 in Houston.
Received RN Degree from Methodist Hospital School of Nursing, and Assoc. of Arts degree from Univ. of Houston in Apr 1948.
Retired from nursing in November 1989.
Member, Order of the Eastern Star for over 50 years.
Attended public schools in Giddings, Lee Co., TX. Graduated from high school in May 1944. Played the clarinet in the band.
She was too young to begin nursing training, so she worked for a year at the Army's wartime Camp Swift in Bastrop, TX in the Snack Bar. Somehow got the nickname 'Bunny' while working there. Nickname stuck. Story behind nickname still untold.
She joined the Cadet Nurse Corps at the Methodist Hospital School of Nursing in Houston in January 1945. Students received room, board, books, tuition, uniforms, and $25 per month. They were obligated to remain single, or else must resign from the school.
Married Archie Bridge Ammons on 14 Dec 1947 in Houston.
Received RN Degree from Methodist Hospital School of Nursing, and Assoc. of Arts degree from Univ. of Houston in Apr 1948.
Retired from nursing in November 1989.
Member, Order of the Eastern Star for over 50 years.
She was too young to begin nursing training, so she worked for a year at the Army's wartime Camp Swift in Bastrop, TX in the Snack Bar. Somehow got the nickname 'Bunny' while working there. Nickname stuck. Story behind nickname still untold.
She joined the Cadet Nurse Corps at the Methodist Hospital School of Nursing in Houston in January 1945. Students received room, board, books, tuition, uniforms, and $25 per month. They were obligated to remain single, or else must resign from the school.
Married Archie Bridge Ammons on 14 Dec 1947 in Houston.
Received RN Degree from Methodist Hospital School of Nursing, and Assoc. of Arts degree from Univ. of Houston in Apr 1948.
Retired from nursing in November 1989.
Member, Order of the Eastern Star for over 50 years.
