For many years Dad shared wonderful fishing and war stories. We began begging him to record them - so he carried a kareoke recorder to do that, but never did .. So we begged him to write them down. He created this wonderful book! It can be bought in Branson's Veteran's Museum and online at Amazon. You can also email me at mcjoy8@outlook.com and I will help you. He loved to share with EVERYONE about his book. 

For many years Dad panned for gold and discovered genuine gem stones. It started an amazing hobby of creating genuine stone jewelry for his loved ones and extended family. The tradition began and will continue --to have a 'jewelry show'. Wonderful memories!

As  children growing up we remember fondly Dad's garden which now includes figs, pears, pecans, and loquattes. In recent years he shared his homemade preserves each family reunion.

When I was about four, Dad wanted to instill salesmanship in me. So he arranged brown bags with a dozen eggs each for me to sell door to door. He would coach on what to say and on how to overcome resistance. He also bought large quantities of men's hair product to sell door to door.. Over the years he had me listen to long play records on salesmanship and positive thinking. He shared his dream for me to be a yellow pages salesman as they lived the good life. As a result I tried newspaper ad sales which led to his dream job for me at Southwestern Bell selling yellow page  ads. The sales skills helped me to succeed as a higher education administrator,  teacher, and workforce trainer. Dad's obsesseion with developing my life skills began in my early years. His sacrifices to get higher education modeled the skills for two PhD's , a Masters and  a Bachelors degree among six of his children.</p>