[RKDinOKC]

Uncle was a barnstorming evangelist when he met and married my aunt (Mom's youngest sister). He had a plane and flew around guest preaching.

When I was just 3 he was the minister for a church in Fairfax OK and they lived in a very small house provided by the church. Remember riding in the car with him and my Dad and him showing my Dad a neighborhood of small new homes and he talked about investing in them. A year later when we went to visit he and his family were living in a nice older 3 story split level home with lots more room for him, his wife, and tree kids.

Remember several things from the house in fairfax. It was the first time I remember making home made ice cream. I also remember going to an Indian Pow Wow with the drums and dancers and all. And they had a huge pot luck spread and had to eat on a back porch because I was so young. Cousin had a slot car set I thought was really cool but all I was allow to do was watch. Also remember they had a pool table in the basement when my cousin got older and playing cut throat with my Dad and Uncle. Played pool with my cousin and his friend too, but it doesn't stand out in my memory as well.

They lived in Fairfax until his son graduated and joined the military. Then he moved to being pastor at a church in Sapulpa OK. The parsonage was small, but big enough for his family with only the 2 girls at home so they stayed there.

After the oldest girl graduated they moved to Wagoner, and he retired as pastor of the Wagoner Baptist church. I only heard about his reality business in that I understood he built all the houses in the neighborhood they moved into in Wagoner. And then again when his wife came down with cancer and they were discussing how he would manage the business without her. That was when he brought his oldest daughter on board.

His son works doing electronic stuff at a company in Ft Smith AR. His other daughter and her husband both work for American Airlines in Tulsa. He is a plane mechanic and she is a scheduler. They go on a LOT of trips with all their free travel. Oh and they are in a biker club. She was a wild one. She ran away a lot as a teen. She married a 2nd cousin then divorced him when all wanted to do was sit and watch TV after work. Her and the biker/traveler have been married quite a while now.