Born in Seminole County, OK on a Pure Oil Company lease. Moved near Madill, OK and grew up in a Pure Oil Camp on the Cumberland Oil Lease in Marshall County, OK. Attended school in Madill and college at the University of Oklahoma. Now retired and reside in Frisco, TX.

Born in Seminole County, OK on a Pure Oil Company lease. Moved near Madill, OK and grew up in a Pure Oil Camp on the Cumberland Oil Lease in Marshall County, OK. Attended school in Madill and college at the University of Oklahoma. Now retired and reside in Frisco, TX.