BORN 1938 IN GORIN, MISSOURI. MOVED TO KNOX COUNTY, BENTON TOWNSHIP IN 1944 TO ATTEND FABIUS GRADE SCHOOL. AFTER PASSING THE GRADE SCHOOL TEST GIVEN IN EDINA, MISSOURI BY THE SUPERINTENDENT OF KNOX COUNTY SCHOOLS, BESSIE L HUDSON , ATTENDED BARING HIGH SCHOOL ; GRADUATED BHS IN 1956, ENLISTED IN THE AIR FORCE, AND SERVED 5 YEARS IN THE STRATEGIC AIR COMMAND AS A FLIGHT LINE MECHANIC ON B-47 AIRCRAFT, SERVED 3 YEARS AS A MILITARY INSTRUCTOR IN THE AIR TRAINING COMMAND TEACHING AIRCRAFT MECHANICS.

ATTENDED WEST TEXAS STATE UNIVERSITY, GRADUATED IN 1972, MOVED BACK TO MISSOURI AND THEN MOVED TO LAKEWOOD, COLORADO; RETIRED FROM TEXACO IN 2020.

BORN 1938 IN GORIN, MISSOURI. MOVED TO KNOX COUNTY, BENTON TOWNSHIP IN 1944 TO ATTEND FABIUS GRADE SCHOOL. AFTER PASSING THE GRADE SCHOOL TEST GIVEN IN EDINA, MISSOURI BY THE SUPERINTENDENT OF KNOX COUNTY SCHOOLS, BESSIE L HUDSON , ATTENDED BARING HIGH SCHOOL ; GRADUATED BHS IN 1956, ENLISTED IN THE AIR FORCE, AND SERVED 5 YEARS IN THE STRATEGIC AIR COMMAND AS A FLIGHT LINE MECHANIC ON B-47 AIRCRAFT, SERVED 3 YEARS AS A MILITARY INSTRUCTOR IN THE AIR TRAINING COMMAND TEACHING AIRCRAFT MECHANICS.

ATTENDED WEST TEXAS STATE UNIVERSITY, GRADUATED IN 1972, MOVED BACK TO MISSOURI AND THEN MOVED TO LAKEWOOD, COLORADO; RETIRED FROM TEXACO IN 2020.