I was born and raised in Independence , Missouri and have spent all of my life in Independence except for the three years I served in the Army. During my teenage years I worked delivering clothes for A & M cleaners which was owned by my parents. I also worked for the Independence Sanitarium and…

My family on the Booker side (my mother’s family) have been in the church since 1866 when the missionaries first came south. I was baptized in the RLDS in 1951 on the Brewton Alabama Reunion grounds. I can remember being taken there on foot by my maternal grandmother. I had many good experiences on those…