Inez Guymon was born on Christmas Day, 1899 in Huntington, Emery County Utah to John Wesley Guymon and Mary Ann Roper Guymon. Her mother died in childbirth when she was two years old. Her father, who had remarried, died when Inez was fifteen, and she, along with three surviving siblings, was forced by her stepmother to leave the family farm. (Their inheritance was one cow.) Always a strong and independent spirit, she supported herself working as a housekeeper and cook. In 1917 she met a young man whose family had just moved to Huntington from the Snake River Valley of Idaho. Friendship soon turned to romance, and on February 14, 1918 Inez married Francis Raymond Norwood in Price, Utah. They were accompanied on the 22 mile trip from Huntington by Ray's father and brother, and following the brief ceremony, they walked back home. Ray and Inez setup housekeeping in a small rented house in Huntington, and Ray found work in a mining camp in the mountains, returning to his wife only on weekends. With the outbreak of World War I, Ray was drafted into the Army, serving in France. Following the Armistice, he returned home and found work again in the mines. Their first child was born in early 1920. After the birth of their third child Ray was injured in an accident at the Wattis Mine. With the mine closed, they decided to return to southern Idaho where many of Ray's family were still living, and remained there until the hard times of the depression made it difficult to find work. They packed up the family (now five children and a large dog) in a Model T Ford and headed to Boise, Idaho. Several of the children finished public school in Boise, and their last child was born there. Following the start of World War II, Ray was offered a chance to Move to Walla Walla, Washington to work as an operating engineer in the Old Empire Brewery. When the brewery closed in 1944, they moved to a wheat ranch 17 miles from town where Inez cooked for farming crews and Ray worked as year-around ranch hand. They moved back to town in 1945, and Ray went to work at the Birdseye Frozen Food plant. He was severely injured in an accident there in 1950 and died a short time later. Inez also worked at the plant and later as a cook on the campus of Whitman College. In 1962 she married Horace Alma Porter, a long-time friend whose wife had died a year earlier. Inez and Horace continued their life-long commitment to the LDS faith, and served a mission for the Church in Nebraska. Inez was diagnosed with cancer in 1978, and passed away quietly at home under the loving care of Horace the following year. A hard-working, devout and humble woman, Inez was a person who accepted anything life served her, no matter how difficult, and returned only love and beauty. She was, and is, an inspiration to her children and grandchildren.