Dorothy June Wyatt was born December 28, 1933 to William Ray Wyatt and Dorothy Evelyn Brown at the home of Dorothy's parents on Old Dallas Road in Lakeview, Texas just north of Waco. She was the oldest of five daughters and went by her middle name, June.
When June was growing up, her father was in the bridge and road construction business and the family moved around in Texas frequently to go where the work took him. Often, in areas where temporary housing was not available, the construction crews built wood frame platforms and covered them with tarpaulins, creating a sort of large "tent" for their families, and June's father was particularly adept at creating amenities there to make life easier for his young wife and children. Among the cities where they lived were Pecos, Weimar, Houston, and Bay City, but most years were spent in the Waco, Texas area where both sets of her grandparents lived. For several years June's family lived in the "weaner" on her paternal grandfather's farm, which later became the James Connally Air Force Base. This was a house Mr. Wyatt built for his grown children to use as they married and established their own homes. Years in the "weaner" were good -- country life on a farm with animals and crops, nearby loving grandparents, and a wonderful Collie dog named Lassie. Waco is also where June started school.
When June was about nine years old, her father felt God's call to become a minister of the gospel and spent the rest of his life as a bi-vocational pastor -- one who earned his own living but who also pastored small churches who could not afford to support a full-time pastor. He enrolled in Baylor University in Waco, Texas and became pastor of the New Hope Baptist Church. A few years later he went to the First Baptist Church in Reagan, Texas where his family occupied the Baptist parsonage for four years (1947-1951) and his little girls enjoyed an idyllic small town life where neighborhood kids were safe and free to play even after dark until they heard their mothers calling them home to dinner.
June had no brothers who survived, but little daughters kept joining the family. Since her father never had a son to share his love of football, fishing, and hunting, June became his "son" and learned to enjoy all those activities with him. For the rest of her life she could not go past a body of water without wanting to drop a hook in it.
June was a smart, studious teenager and loved to read. Her nickname became "Bookworm" as she would sit for hours engrossed in her current book and her thoughts, oblivious to the world.
June was engaged as a teenager, but June called off the engagement after she went away to college and began to mature and realize this wonderful young man was not the one God intended her to marry. She was engaged a second time to an Air Force Lieutenant stationed in Mineral Wells, Texas where June's parents had moved in 1951, but June also called off that engagement.
She attended high school in Marlin, Texas, which was a nine-mile bus ride from Reagan, and was valedictorian of her graduating class in 1949. June had a beautiful soprano singing voice, and a family acquaintance was so impressed after hearing her that she offered to pay for voice lessons for June; her parents consented so June enjoyed vocal training. Her younger sisters were particularly impressed over her rendition of "The Holy City", a beautiful and difficult piece of music. She had a happy disposition and her children recall that she often sang or whistled while she washed dishes or worked around the house.
She started college at Mary Hardin-Baylor College, a women's college, in Belton, Texas after high school and graduated with a degree in education. Her first job was in Imperial, Texas. June bought her first brand new car while living in West Texas -- a plain beige Chevrolet two-door sedan with no extra chrome -- and she often drove it home across miles of barren West Texas country roads to come home to visit her family. To fight boredom on these long, dull trips, the tee-totaling June would sing at the top of her lungs while driving and more than once was stopped by a suspicious highway patrolman because her car was not exactly driving in a straight line within her allotted lane.
In San Antonio, Texas, June was teaching a business class at South San Antonio High School and had a student, who thought her teacher would make a perfect match for her bachelor brother, Adrian. The student went to work as cupid and eventually June and Adrian became engaged. He stopped the car on the way home during one of their dates, came around and opened her car door, then romantically got down on one knee and asked her to marry him. They married on June 6, 1959, and the couple lived out their lives in San Antonio, Texas with the exception of a few years in Fort Worth, Texas where their first child, Lorri, was born in 1962. By 1971, when their son, Scott, was born, the Nesbit family was back living in San Antonio, where they bought a lovely new home, and reared their children, planted a lawn and trees, grew vegetables and flowers and enjoyed many other blessings provided by God. The Nesbits also shared that home for a time with each of their widowed mothers in a time of need.
Eventually, after the children were grown, June decided to go back to work but not in the classroom so that she could have more family time. She qualified to become a school secretary so that she could work regular hours, yet not have students' papers to grade during her time at home.
In their senior years, June and Adrian both began to experience health problems and eventually went on a regular dialysis schedule. Although this turn of events impacted the quality of their life, June was never a complainer or one to give in to self-pity. She maintained her sweet disposition and remained happy and positive and faithful to a fault to her Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ.
On the evening of April 10, 2014 with June's family gathered around her hospital bed, June expressed her love to them for the last time and quietly died. She asked that her ashes be sprinkled at Mary Hardin-Baylor University.
When June was growing up, her father was in the bridge and road construction business and the family moved around in Texas frequently to go where the work took him. Often, in areas where temporary housing was not available, the construction crews built wood frame platforms and covered them with tarpaulins, creating a sort of large "tent" for their families, and June's father was particularly adept at creating amenities there to make life easier for his young wife and children. Among the cities where they lived were Pecos, Weimar, Houston, and Bay City, but most years were spent in the Waco, Texas area where both sets of her grandparents lived. For several years June's family lived in the "weaner" on her paternal grandfather's farm, which later became the James Connally Air Force Base. This was a house Mr. Wyatt built for his grown children to use as they married and established their own homes. Years in the "weaner" were good -- country life on a farm with animals and crops, nearby loving grandparents, and a wonderful Collie dog named Lassie. Waco is also where June started school.
When June was about nine years old, her father felt God's call to become a minister of the gospel and spent the rest of his life as a bi-vocational pastor -- one who earned his own living but who also pastored small churches who could not afford to support a full-time pastor. He enrolled in Baylor University in Waco, Texas and became pastor of the New Hope Baptist Church. A few years later he went to the First Baptist Church in Reagan, Texas where his family occupied the Baptist parsonage for four years (1947-1951) and his little girls enjoyed an idyllic small town life where neighborhood kids were safe and free to play even after dark until they heard their mothers calling them home to dinner.
June had no brothers who survived, but little daughters kept joining the family. Since her father never had a son to share his love of football, fishing, and hunting, June became his "son" and learned to enjoy all those activities with him. For the rest of her life she could not go past a body of water without wanting to drop a hook in it.
June was a smart, studious teenager and loved to read. Her nickname became "Bookworm" as she would sit for hours engrossed in her current book and her thoughts, oblivious to the world.
June was engaged as a teenager, but June called off the engagement after she went away to college and began to mature and realize this wonderful young man was not the one God intended her to marry. She was engaged a second time to an Air Force Lieutenant stationed in Mineral Wells, Texas where June's parents had moved in 1951, but June also called off that engagement.
She attended high school in Marlin, Texas, which was a nine-mile bus ride from Reagan, and was valedictorian of her graduating class in 1949. June had a beautiful soprano singing voice, and a family acquaintance was so impressed after hearing her that she offered to pay for voice lessons for June; her parents consented so June enjoyed vocal training. Her younger sisters were particularly impressed over her rendition of "The Holy City", a beautiful and difficult piece of music. She had a happy disposition and her children recall that she often sang or whistled while she washed dishes or worked around the house.
She started college at Mary Hardin-Baylor College, a women's college, in Belton, Texas after high school and graduated with a degree in education. Her first job was in Imperial, Texas. June bought her first brand new car while living in West Texas -- a plain beige Chevrolet two-door sedan with no extra chrome -- and she often drove it home across miles of barren West Texas country roads to come home to visit her family. To fight boredom on these long, dull trips, the tee-totaling June would sing at the top of her lungs while driving and more than once was stopped by a suspicious highway patrolman because her car was not exactly driving in a straight line within her allotted lane.
In San Antonio, Texas, June was teaching a business class at South San Antonio High School and had a student, who thought her teacher would make a perfect match for her bachelor brother, Adrian. The student went to work as cupid and eventually June and Adrian became engaged. He stopped the car on the way home during one of their dates, came around and opened her car door, then romantically got down on one knee and asked her to marry him. They married on June 6, 1959, and the couple lived out their lives in San Antonio, Texas with the exception of a few years in Fort Worth, Texas where their first child, Lorri, was born in 1962. By 1971, when their son, Scott, was born, the Nesbit family was back living in San Antonio, where they bought a lovely new home, and reared their children, planted a lawn and trees, grew vegetables and flowers and enjoyed many other blessings provided by God. The Nesbits also shared that home for a time with each of their widowed mothers in a time of need.
Eventually, after the children were grown, June decided to go back to work but not in the classroom so that she could have more family time. She qualified to become a school secretary so that she could work regular hours, yet not have students' papers to grade during her time at home.
In their senior years, June and Adrian both began to experience health problems and eventually went on a regular dialysis schedule. Although this turn of events impacted the quality of their life, June was never a complainer or one to give in to self-pity. She maintained her sweet disposition and remained happy and positive and faithful to a fault to her Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ.
On the evening of April 10, 2014 with June's family gathered around her hospital bed, June expressed her love to them for the last time and quietly died. She asked that her ashes be sprinkled at Mary Hardin-Baylor University.
Dorothy June Wyatt was born December 28, 1933 to William Ray Wyatt and Dorothy Evelyn Brown at the home of Dorothy's parents on Old Dallas Road in Lakeview, Texas just north of Waco. She was the oldest of five daughters and went by her middle name, June.
When June was growing up, her father was in the bridge and road construction business and the family moved around in Texas frequently to go where the work took him. Often, in areas where temporary housing was not available, the construction crews built wood frame platforms and covered them with tarpaulins, creating a sort of large "tent" for their families, and June's father was particularly adept at creating amenities there to make life easier for his young wife and children. Among the cities where they lived were Pecos, Weimar, Houston, and Bay City, but most years were spent in the Waco, Texas area where both sets of her grandparents lived. For several years June's family lived in the "weaner" on her paternal grandfather's farm, which later became the James Connally Air Force Base. This was a house Mr. Wyatt built for his grown children to use as they married and established their own homes. Years in the "weaner" were good -- country life on a farm with animals and crops, nearby loving grandparents, and a wonderful Collie dog named Lassie. Waco is also where June started school.
When June was about nine years old, her father felt God's call to become a minister of the gospel and spent the rest of his life as a bi-vocational pastor -- one who earned his own living but who also pastored small churches who could not afford to support a full-time pastor. He enrolled in Baylor University in Waco, Texas and became pastor of the New Hope Baptist Church. A few years later he went to the First Baptist Church in Reagan, Texas where his family occupied the Baptist parsonage for four years (1947-1951) and his little girls enjoyed an idyllic small town life where neighborhood kids were safe and free to play even after dark until they heard their mothers calling them home to dinner.
June had no brothers who survived, but little daughters kept joining the family. Since her father never had a son to share his love of football, fishing, and hunting, June became his "son" and learned to enjoy all those activities with him. For the rest of her life she could not go past a body of water without wanting to drop a hook in it.
June was a smart, studious teenager and loved to read. Her nickname became "Bookworm" as she would sit for hours engrossed in her current book and her thoughts, oblivious to the world.
June was engaged as a teenager, but June called off the engagement after she went away to college and began to mature and realize this wonderful young man was not the one God intended her to marry. She was engaged a second time to an Air Force Lieutenant stationed in Mineral Wells, Texas where June's parents had moved in 1951, but June also called off that engagement.
She attended high school in Marlin, Texas, which was a nine-mile bus ride from Reagan, and was valedictorian of her graduating class in 1949. June had a beautiful soprano singing voice, and a family acquaintance was so impressed after hearing her that she offered to pay for voice lessons for June; her parents consented so June enjoyed vocal training. Her younger sisters were particularly impressed over her rendition of "The Holy City", a beautiful and difficult piece of music. She had a happy disposition and her children recall that she often sang or whistled while she washed dishes or worked around the house.
She started college at Mary Hardin-Baylor College, a women's college, in Belton, Texas after high school and graduated with a degree in education. Her first job was in Imperial, Texas. June bought her first brand new car while living in West Texas -- a plain beige Chevrolet two-door sedan with no extra chrome -- and she often drove it home across miles of barren West Texas country roads to come home to visit her family. To fight boredom on these long, dull trips, the tee-totaling June would sing at the top of her lungs while driving and more than once was stopped by a suspicious highway patrolman because her car was not exactly driving in a straight line within her allotted lane.
In San Antonio, Texas, June was teaching a business class at South San Antonio High School and had a student, who thought her teacher would make a perfect match for her bachelor brother, Adrian. The student went to work as cupid and eventually June and Adrian became engaged. He stopped the car on the way home during one of their dates, came around and opened her car door, then romantically got down on one knee and asked her to marry him. They married on June 6, 1959, and the couple lived out their lives in San Antonio, Texas with the exception of a few years in Fort Worth, Texas where their first child, Lorri, was born in 1962. By 1971, when their son, Scott, was born, the Nesbit family was back living in San Antonio, where they bought a lovely new home, and reared their children, planted a lawn and trees, grew vegetables and flowers and enjoyed many other blessings provided by God. The Nesbits also shared that home for a time with each of their widowed mothers in a time of need.
Eventually, after the children were grown, June decided to go back to work but not in the classroom so that she could have more family time. She qualified to become a school secretary so that she could work regular hours, yet not have students' papers to grade during her time at home.
In their senior years, June and Adrian both began to experience health problems and eventually went on a regular dialysis schedule. Although this turn of events impacted the quality of their life, June was never a complainer or one to give in to self-pity. She maintained her sweet disposition and remained happy and positive and faithful to a fault to her Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ.
On the evening of April 10, 2014 with June's family gathered around her hospital bed, June expressed her love to them for the last time and quietly died. She asked that her ashes be sprinkled at Mary Hardin-Baylor University.
When June was growing up, her father was in the bridge and road construction business and the family moved around in Texas frequently to go where the work took him. Often, in areas where temporary housing was not available, the construction crews built wood frame platforms and covered them with tarpaulins, creating a sort of large "tent" for their families, and June's father was particularly adept at creating amenities there to make life easier for his young wife and children. Among the cities where they lived were Pecos, Weimar, Houston, and Bay City, but most years were spent in the Waco, Texas area where both sets of her grandparents lived. For several years June's family lived in the "weaner" on her paternal grandfather's farm, which later became the James Connally Air Force Base. This was a house Mr. Wyatt built for his grown children to use as they married and established their own homes. Years in the "weaner" were good -- country life on a farm with animals and crops, nearby loving grandparents, and a wonderful Collie dog named Lassie. Waco is also where June started school.
When June was about nine years old, her father felt God's call to become a minister of the gospel and spent the rest of his life as a bi-vocational pastor -- one who earned his own living but who also pastored small churches who could not afford to support a full-time pastor. He enrolled in Baylor University in Waco, Texas and became pastor of the New Hope Baptist Church. A few years later he went to the First Baptist Church in Reagan, Texas where his family occupied the Baptist parsonage for four years (1947-1951) and his little girls enjoyed an idyllic small town life where neighborhood kids were safe and free to play even after dark until they heard their mothers calling them home to dinner.
June had no brothers who survived, but little daughters kept joining the family. Since her father never had a son to share his love of football, fishing, and hunting, June became his "son" and learned to enjoy all those activities with him. For the rest of her life she could not go past a body of water without wanting to drop a hook in it.
June was a smart, studious teenager and loved to read. Her nickname became "Bookworm" as she would sit for hours engrossed in her current book and her thoughts, oblivious to the world.
June was engaged as a teenager, but June called off the engagement after she went away to college and began to mature and realize this wonderful young man was not the one God intended her to marry. She was engaged a second time to an Air Force Lieutenant stationed in Mineral Wells, Texas where June's parents had moved in 1951, but June also called off that engagement.
She attended high school in Marlin, Texas, which was a nine-mile bus ride from Reagan, and was valedictorian of her graduating class in 1949. June had a beautiful soprano singing voice, and a family acquaintance was so impressed after hearing her that she offered to pay for voice lessons for June; her parents consented so June enjoyed vocal training. Her younger sisters were particularly impressed over her rendition of "The Holy City", a beautiful and difficult piece of music. She had a happy disposition and her children recall that she often sang or whistled while she washed dishes or worked around the house.
She started college at Mary Hardin-Baylor College, a women's college, in Belton, Texas after high school and graduated with a degree in education. Her first job was in Imperial, Texas. June bought her first brand new car while living in West Texas -- a plain beige Chevrolet two-door sedan with no extra chrome -- and she often drove it home across miles of barren West Texas country roads to come home to visit her family. To fight boredom on these long, dull trips, the tee-totaling June would sing at the top of her lungs while driving and more than once was stopped by a suspicious highway patrolman because her car was not exactly driving in a straight line within her allotted lane.
In San Antonio, Texas, June was teaching a business class at South San Antonio High School and had a student, who thought her teacher would make a perfect match for her bachelor brother, Adrian. The student went to work as cupid and eventually June and Adrian became engaged. He stopped the car on the way home during one of their dates, came around and opened her car door, then romantically got down on one knee and asked her to marry him. They married on June 6, 1959, and the couple lived out their lives in San Antonio, Texas with the exception of a few years in Fort Worth, Texas where their first child, Lorri, was born in 1962. By 1971, when their son, Scott, was born, the Nesbit family was back living in San Antonio, where they bought a lovely new home, and reared their children, planted a lawn and trees, grew vegetables and flowers and enjoyed many other blessings provided by God. The Nesbits also shared that home for a time with each of their widowed mothers in a time of need.
Eventually, after the children were grown, June decided to go back to work but not in the classroom so that she could have more family time. She qualified to become a school secretary so that she could work regular hours, yet not have students' papers to grade during her time at home.
In their senior years, June and Adrian both began to experience health problems and eventually went on a regular dialysis schedule. Although this turn of events impacted the quality of their life, June was never a complainer or one to give in to self-pity. She maintained her sweet disposition and remained happy and positive and faithful to a fault to her Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ.
On the evening of April 10, 2014 with June's family gathered around her hospital bed, June expressed her love to them for the last time and quietly died. She asked that her ashes be sprinkled at Mary Hardin-Baylor University.
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