She was the first of six children of Hamlet and Cora Davidson born near Saltillo, Texas. She learned early how to cook, care for younger siblings, and to work hard in the West Texas cottonfields.
She left the family and cottonfields at age eighteen, traveling by train to Arizona to find adventure and create a better life. She descended the Grand Canyon on a mule and possessed this courage and adventurous spirit through life by taking her first motorcycle ride on her 90th birthday. Vida's mission and calling was to love and care for all, especially children. She cared for a family and children in Arizona before moving back to work as a hospital aide at Methodist Hospital in Dallas. Set up on a blind date by a future sister-in-law, Vida met Vernie Francis Lewis at the Texas State Fair in 1948. Having found loving partners, they married in 1949 and began a family of their own. She raised five children with ceaseless love, moral guidance, and gentle discipline. When that didn't work, she'd say “just wait 'til your daddy gets home.”
She left the family and cottonfields at age eighteen, traveling by train to Arizona to find adventure and create a better life. She descended the Grand Canyon on a mule and possessed this courage and adventurous spirit through life by taking her first motorcycle ride on her 90th birthday. Vida's mission and calling was to love and care for all, especially children. She cared for a family and children in Arizona before moving back to work as a hospital aide at Methodist Hospital in Dallas. Set up on a blind date by a future sister-in-law, Vida met Vernie Francis Lewis at the Texas State Fair in 1948. Having found loving partners, they married in 1949 and began a family of their own. She raised five children with ceaseless love, moral guidance, and gentle discipline. When that didn't work, she'd say “just wait 'til your daddy gets home.”
She was the first of six children of Hamlet and Cora Davidson born near Saltillo, Texas. She learned early how to cook, care for younger siblings, and to work hard in the West Texas cottonfields.
She left the family and cottonfields at age eighteen, traveling by train to Arizona to find adventure and create a better life. She descended the Grand Canyon on a mule and possessed this courage and adventurous spirit through life by taking her first motorcycle ride on her 90th birthday. Vida's mission and calling was to love and care for all, especially children. She cared for a family and children in Arizona before moving back to work as a hospital aide at Methodist Hospital in Dallas. Set up on a blind date by a future sister-in-law, Vida met Vernie Francis Lewis at the Texas State Fair in 1948. Having found loving partners, they married in 1949 and began a family of their own. She raised five children with ceaseless love, moral guidance, and gentle discipline. When that didn't work, she'd say “just wait 'til your daddy gets home.”
She left the family and cottonfields at age eighteen, traveling by train to Arizona to find adventure and create a better life. She descended the Grand Canyon on a mule and possessed this courage and adventurous spirit through life by taking her first motorcycle ride on her 90th birthday. Vida's mission and calling was to love and care for all, especially children. She cared for a family and children in Arizona before moving back to work as a hospital aide at Methodist Hospital in Dallas. Set up on a blind date by a future sister-in-law, Vida met Vernie Francis Lewis at the Texas State Fair in 1948. Having found loving partners, they married in 1949 and began a family of their own. She raised five children with ceaseless love, moral guidance, and gentle discipline. When that didn't work, she'd say “just wait 'til your daddy gets home.”
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