I was born and raised on a farm neat Bugtussle, in Fannin County, the ninth child in a family of twelve children.  I attended school at Bartley-Woods and Windom, graduating from Windom in 1956.  My favorite subjects in school were typing and shorthand and my ambition was to work as a secretary.

After working for two years in Dallas, I married Jim Milton while he was home on leave from the Army.  We lived in Denver Colorado for two years where he was stationed at Fitzsimmons Army Hospital. 

Our son, Gary Paul, was born there.  Jim was discharged from the Army in 1960 and we moved back to Texas.

We moved to Sherman in 1961 and began attending Dewey Avenue Church of Christ when it opened in 1964.  I became a Christian soon after, being baptized by