Growing up in the pineywoods of East Texas, I learned early to cherish forests and the wildlife they harbor. I attended Kilgore Junior College studying biology and physical sciences, then Texas A&M University for a B.S. in Wildlife Science (1970) and a M.S. in Forestry (1973). I worked 2 years for the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department and then 37 years for the U.S. Forest Service. My wife, Paula, and I lived all over the South in my Forest Service days, but today are retired in Hot Springs, Arkansas in the heart of the magnificent Ouachita Mountains. I love genealogy and especially appreciate the Find A Grave system and website and its contribution to making sure records of the deceased are permanently preserved digitally and available free of charge to the public.

Growing up in the pineywoods of East Texas, I learned early to cherish forests and the wildlife they harbor. I attended Kilgore Junior College studying biology and physical sciences, then Texas A&M University for a B.S. in Wildlife Science (1970) and a M.S. in Forestry (1973). I worked 2 years for the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department and then 37 years for the U.S. Forest Service. My wife, Paula, and I lived all over the South in my Forest Service days, but today are retired in Hot Springs, Arkansas in the heart of the magnificent Ouachita Mountains. I love genealogy and especially appreciate the Find A Grave system and website and its contribution to making sure records of the deceased are permanently preserved digitally and available free of charge to the public.