To everyone who has expressed their condolences I offer my sincere appreciation. Mom was 82 and had suffered with Alzheimer's Disease for nearly ten years. She lived much longer than most people who have that terrible disease and the extra days was a blessing even though she did not recognize the family for about the last 3 years. She was a good mother to me and my Sis. When Mom was younger she was a very brilliant and accomplished person. She was co-valedictorian of her highschool class and graduated a year early at the age of 15. She attended what was then called a Business College, two year courses in business, etc. She went from common labor in the now defunct Commander Mills cotton mill to Secretary to the Mayor in the City of Tulsa. When the mayors term ended she moved to the Williams Company, one of the largest Oil and Pipeline companies in the USA and was the head clerical person in their Engineering Office. She moved to Dallas in the 1970s due to my Dad's health and assisted my sister in her business, a psychological counseling firm. She often went with and assisted my sister in delivering lectures to interested women's groups in seminars dealing with women's empowerment in society and business. When she retired she stayed busy being just a really great Mom, Grandmother and Great Grandmother to my family. She is the one who always encouraged me and Sis to amount to something and I hope we didn't disappoint her. She told me that if I didn't get an education I wouldn't amount to a hill of beans. When I graduated from college I called her aside and confided, "Mom," I'm a hill of beans"! We laughed about that many times over the years. So, that was my Mom, I suppose her eulogy. I wish all of you could have known her. Thanks ever so much for your comforting words. Monty
