My History...
 

      I am a graduate of Northeastern State University with my Bachelor's and Master's degrees.  I am married and have two children.  As of January, 2002, I have three grandchildren--all boys. 

      I have taught school for 34 years, thirty-one of them in the Poteau School system. I have taught in the former Pansy Kidd Junior High School and in Howe Public Schools.

      I am active in my church, the First Free Will Baptist Church, Delta Kappa Gamma Society International Beta Lambda Chapter where I am the current state first vice-president and the local chapter treasurer.