Maurine Williams holding Robert at 9 months at Traskwood, Ark. Mom and Dad were teachers at the school there. Mom had been teaching first grade for several years. She left teaching in Jan. 1931 for sixteen years as she produced two more sons. My brother Carroll was born at Benton, Ark. in June 1934 and our brother James was born at Melbourne, Fla. in Feb. 1941. Mom did work during WWTwo while we lived in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. from March 1942 till July 1946. She returned to teaching in Sept. 1947 and retired in Hialeah, Fla. in 1969.