LAURIE WAS BORN IN KILLEEN TEXAS AT THE US ARMY HOSPITAL IN APRIL 1963. THE ARMY DOCTORS WOULD NOT LET ME STAY WITH THELMA. SO I WENT HOME AND WENT TO SLEEP FOR THERE WAS NO NEED BOTH OF US BEING AWAKE.
LAURIE WAS A WONDERFUL CHILD. SHE WAS NEVER DISRESPECTFUL AND ALWAYS ASK PERMISSION WHEN SHE WANTED SOMETHING. LAURIE DO YOU REMEMBER THE OLD BROWN CAR?

Taken in Killeen, Tx We had just brought Laurie home
from the hospital.

LAURIE IS BUSY. SHE IS A
FULL TIME WIFE, MOM AND IS EMPLOYED AT A MIDDLE SCHOOL IN CYPRESS FAIRBANKS
ISD. SHE ALSO TEACHES SUNDAY SCHOOL AND SINGS IN THE CHOIR AT THEIR
CHURCH. LAURIE AND MARK MET AT CHURCH WHEN THEY WERE IN THE FOURTH
GRADE. THEY STARTED DATING IN THEIR JUNIOR YEAR OF HIGH SCHOOL.
THEY MARRIED FOUR YEARS AFTER GRADUATION. IN THE PICTURE WITH THE
CHOCOLATE ALL OVER HER FACE LAURIE WAS TWO YEARS OLD. HER DAD IS
SURE SHE WAS SAYING "I LOVE MY DADDY", BECAUSE HE WOULD NOT LET HER MOTHER
PUNISH HER FOR GETTING INTO A FRESHLY BAKED CHOCOLATE CAKE THAT WAS INTENDED
FOR COMPANY LATER THAT EVENING. THIS CONTINUES TO BE HER DAD'S FAVORITE
PICTURE.