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I was born into a tenant farming family in Marshall County Mississippi in the 1940s. My father was from Benton County and my mother was from the Strawberry community in Marshall County. When they m...view moreI was born into a tenant farming family in Marshall County Mississippi in the 1940s. My father was from Benton County and my mother was from the Strawberry community in Marshall County. When they married in 1938, they made their home east of Holly Springs. I started to school in a one room, one teacher church school. Much of my early education was interrupted with having to do field work. By the time I entered high school, cottton production had declined which gave me an opportunity to attend school regularly. I graduated in 1967. Thanks to my high school history teacher, Sister Donatilla Lorenz, who forwarded a college entrance application and paid the fee to Christian Brothers University without my knowing it, I entered CBU in the fall of 1967. After graduating, I took a job and attended evening graduate classes at Memphis State University and took on the responsibility of being a father to my son Tony and daughter Lori. Following my career, I took on job assignments in Memphis and later Oakland, California and Atlanta, Georgia. Returning to the county of my birth has afforded me time to pursue genealogical research and writing as first interests. The church of my membership, historic Strawberry Plains Missionary Baptist, has proven to be a haven for me to pursue my interests in research and writing. These interests have led me to engage in dialogue and befriend great and good people; including my mentor and friend, Dr. Hubert McAlexander.view less