Susan Irvine (Shirts Watrous):Life History

Irvine Family in Scotland

Back Row: Joseph Alexander Walker, Agnes Walker, William, Joseph

Front Row: Susan Milldown, James Milldown, Mary Milldown, Thomas Milldown, Susan Douglas Milldown  holding Margaret

Susan Irvine was born and lived in Scotland.  She was converted to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints as were other family members.  When some of her family immigrated to Canada, little did she know how that would affect her life.  One missionary from America that she knew over in Scotland was David O'McKay.  He eventually became the President of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints.

When Susan was expecting their first child, she told her husband that she was tired of being pregnant. She then traveled to Marysvale, Utah to John's sister. This was a difficult thing for Susan to do because she did not know them at the time. She had her first child on November 14, 1906. She was so proud of that baby. After a few days, she went to Salt Lake City to show him off to her brothers and sisters, and then back to Canada.

John, Wes and Susan

John and Susan (nursing Joe)

In Canada, the small family lived in a white framed house with a porch on one side and a hand pump for water in front. From the home at night, the family could see the big light of the train coming across prairie land that John was homesteading. Her son Wes did not remember what happened to that land.

When standing on the porch, the Opera House that John and Susan owned could be seen. It was about three or four blocks away. They used to have traveling troops come there to put on shows and stage plays. He also had bands play for dancing. Certain nights of the week, they had roller-skating. John held roller skating and dancing contests on roller skates. John and Susan won so many competitions that the judges did not allowed them to compete after awhile. On the other nights when there was not skating, they had dancing or something else going on except Sundays.

Early one Christmas morning, Susan got Wes up so he could see the Opera House burn down. It was a big fire. The night before, there had been a big party and everything seemed to be all right when the clean up was done. John did not believe in insurance at first. He did not insure the Opera House. However, Susan in her wisdom had taken an insurance policy out on the property without John's knowledge. After the fire, John was surprised when Susan pulled out the policy. John was so grateful for his wife. They used that insurance money and left Canada to go to Mountain Home, Utah.

The family traveled on to Salt Lake City to see Mary White. She was a sister to Susan. The Shirts family continued on to Heber, Utah. They visited Mary Ellen and John Hansen along with other relatives. Mary Ellen was John's sister. While in Heber, they bought what they took to Mountain Home to start their new life. They bought a wagon, big army tent, a team of horses and a small black male colt that they named Dock.

As the family left Heber City to go to Mountain Home, they followed the same route that the modern road goes now. Wes does not remember how long they were on the road. After they left Fruitland, they went down a canyon called “Golden Stairs”. It was red sand rock. John had to cross lock the wagon. It was very steep and was just like stairs. Susan (probably carrying Joe), Margaret and Wes walked behind the wagon because it was so steep. No one was allowed to ride in the wagon for safety reasons. When they got to the river, they stayed there that night.

After arriving in Mountain Home, John's brothers (William and James Elias) were already there. They had moved there earlier and arranged for John to homestead his own property. The ranch in Mountain Home took years to build with a lot of hard work from John, Susan and the children who were old enough to walk.

The frame for the first tent that they used was made out of 2 x 4's and black paper and plain lumber. It was about 12 feet wide and 15 to 18 feet long and about five feet high. The boards were filled in between with sawdust for insulation purposes. It was banked with dirt on the outside so water could not come in on the dirt floor. That was the first tent.

The second tent was put in so that the doors of the tents faced each other, about four feet apart. There was a shelter built between with a door on each side. There was a (Monarch range) cook stove in one tent and the pot bellied stove in the other. Sleeping was done in the second tent for over a year. While all the building was going on, sleeping was done in the wagon. It was a double bed wagon with a white wagon cover.

The houses were worked on after their other work was done. First, the framework was put up. Then it was covered with tar paper and siding. The kids had the job of filling in the spaces with sawdust and tapping it down for insulation purposes. The siding inside and out was made out of rough lumber. The rafters were covered with black paper and wood shingles. The ceiling was also from rough wood. The floor was made out of a rough pine wood. It was cleaned by scrubbing. Everyone helped with cleaning the floor by getting down on the knees with a scrub brush and some of Susan's homemade lye soap.

In the home that was built, there was a living room, a kitchen, and one big bedroom. John and Susan slept in the living room and all the kids slept in the one bedroom. It was not like today when everyone has his or her own bed. There were two beds in the children's room. All the girls slept in one bed and all the boys in another.

The mattresses were filled with oat straw. Susan made the mattress covers from ticking. In the morning, one would straighten out the straw and try to make it as even as you could without too many lumps. If someone had wet the bed, then clean straw would be used. Cotton blankets and homemade quilts were used to sleep on. The Relief Society had quilting bees at night. The ladies would all work on a quilt for one family and then for another. They could finish the quilting in two or three nights.

Coal oil lamps were used for lighting. The kids kept the chimneys cleaned and the lamps filled. Later, gasoline lanterns were used that had isen glass all around the outside and also used mantles.

An outhouse was also built. A hole five or six feet deep was dug in the ground. Over the hole, a 4 x 5 foot frame building was built over it. The door had to swing in so that if someone came you could put your foot against it. The toilet had two sizes of holes, one for kids and one for adults. After it was finished, a lot of cedar bark was gathered and piled in a corner to be used as needed until the Sears and Roebuck catalog came. That usually took about six to eight weeks. Ashes would be put into the hole to keep the scent down and the flies away. During the winter, few trips as possible were made especially when the snow was deep and cold. Those necessary trips were always very fast. The family didn't stop to read the catalog!!!

A cistern (for water storage) was dug north of the house and cemented in. A top was put over it with a hole in the middle that had a frame around it so the kids could not fall in. It had a rope pulley and a bucket. Mice would get in there and drown so the water had to be boiled all the time.

In the summer, they had running water--they would get a bucket and run out to the ditch and get a bucketful. There was nearly always a big copper boiler on the back of the stove full of hot water.

Everyone took a bath on Saturday whether or not it was needed (as Joe and Wes would say with laughter). There was a big wash tub that was just used to bathe in. When in use, it would sit in the middle of the kitchen floor.

While the land was being cleared, John had two teams and two saddle horses. John had gotten railroad rails somewhere to help clear his land. The rail had two logs fastened to it with chains and about three or four logs across. He had some big rocks on them for weight. The two teams were hooked to the rail. The rail then would be pulled over the sagebrush. The brush would be pulled up. Susan and the children (that could walk) would pile the brush in piles. It was very enjoyable (at night) to have a big bon fire with the pulled sagebrush.

Susan would sit on a plow, mower or a rake or whatever had to be done except to milk a cow. That she said she would not do!!! However, she did do it only in extreme cases. She rode a horse some but not much. They would work from six in the morning till about eleven a.m... Margaret would then put a white towel on the corner of the kitchen that told the family that she had lunch ready. At that time, she was about ten or twelve years old. When lunch was over in about two hours, it would be time to go back to work, sometimes until dark.

Susan never worked on a farm growing up. It was a new experience for her. She took it very well. She worked very hard. Times were tough for the John and Susan Shirts family. It was very difficult to keep ten children in clothes. They had plenty to eat from what they raised on their farm. In the fall, about eight hogs were killed. Hams and bacon loins were cured and kept frozen as long as possible.

The times that Susan was not working outside (hauling rock, burning sagebrush etc.), she was making clothes. She made all the clothes except the Levi pants. She used to use blue and white striped ticking for shirts. Two shirts a year were made and they would usually last about two years. It seemed as if they would never wear out. They were really tough.

Whenever any reading or writing had to be done, Susan did it since her husband had limited education.

Susan used to make all the soap that they used. The soap was so strong that if one was not careful washing the clothes, it would eat away at the clothes.

She also made cheese, buttermilk and butter from the milk they got. They used a lot of butter. Milk was separated with a delival separator. Then some cream would be mixed back in to the milk that was used for the home. At times, it was very thick. At times, cream was sold to the creamery. That was about all the money that the family had for clothes and spending.

One day John was going to work on the Canal. He had the team and wagon all loaded to go and parked in front of the house. Susan was fixing lunch when a bolt of lightning hit the stove and burnt her garments down the right side and down both legs. It knocked her down and gave her quite a shock but did not hurt her. It knocked both horses down but did not hurt them either.

John got what they called in those days a white swelling on his right shinbone. He suffered a lot with it. He had to hire his brother's boys to help with the work. He worked when he could hardly walk. He suffered greatly when he worked. The only thing on the farm that seemed to help stop the pain was when Susan took burlap bags and cut them up and made small ones about a foot square with a flap on one end. About 9:00 p.m., Wes would go to the corral and make the cows get up. He tried to get the manure (that they just did) in one of the bags that Susan made. It would be put on John's legs while it was warm. Sometimes this was done two or three times a night. He had been in the hospital several times but it did not seem to do any good. He got so bad that he could hardly get out of bed.

In August of 1914, the John and Will Shirts families went to Salt Lake City to go to the Salt Lake temple in a wagon. Each family had a wagon. John was in the bed of his wagon. Wes, Susan, Joe, Bonnie and Clifford were sealed to their parents for time and all eternity. The children that were born after this, were born under the covenant. While John was there, he was given a blessing for his health. After getting back to Mountain Home, John started to feel much better. He was soon walking around and working. He did not have any more trouble with that leg after that.

Susan and John eventually had a four room house in town where the family lived in the winter. There were a couple of winters when the snow was real deep. They had a place where the hay was kept but also a corral where he kept three or four cows in and a team of horses. He went to the farm every day either with a team of horses or on horseback. If he needed hay, he took the sleigh.

The next year, the house in town was being cleaned to get ready to move in for the winter. When the family left to go home to the ranch, there was a fire in the cook stove. They left thinking that it would be all right. Later one of Uncle Jim's boys came and reported that the house had burned down so the family stayed out on the farm.

16 May 1924

Duchesnes or Vernal Newspaper?

It was on May 10, 1926, that Susan received word that John had an accident while working at the Jessie Knight Ranch. By then, the family had a Studebaker car and Wes went with his mother to the accident site. Upon arriving at the ranch, Susan was horrified at how severe her husband's injuries were. She found out that a team of horses had been spooked. As a result, they ran over John .The hitch of the manure spreader broke his back in seven places. His body was growing cold, so the local doctor put hot water bottles around him. It was poorly done and as a result, he had blisters all around his body.

Susan wanted to call another doctor but was told that if she did, she would have to pay Dr. Whitmore out of her own pocket. She said that was okay. She just wanted her husband to have the best care. She never did have to pay for the second doctor. Dr. Whitmore was horrified at the blisters and wanted Susan to sue the local doctor. She never pursued legal action.

John was basically comatose from the time of the accident to the time that he died. He was taken by wagon to Price, Utah. From there, he was transported to Salt Lake City by train. He was in the L.D.S. hospital when he died on May 12. The doctors told Susan that if he lived, John would be “a vegetable”.

John's funeral was held at the church house that he attended services in. From there, John's body was laid to rest in the Bonita-Mountain Home Cemetery. The ranch had an insurance policy which covered every expense. It even paid Susan every month (which was not much) until her last child turned 18.

She missed John’s companionship deeply. She also had so many children to raise and finances were scarce. At that time, Wes, Joe, Cliff and Margaret took care of feeding the stock and milking the cows and taking care of all the milk. They had three miles to run to school (not walk). Susan had the children's work all planned out for them when they got home from school. If the milking did not get done before school, their mother would finish it for them even though she hated to milk.

7 July 1926

The fall after John died, Susan sold everything to Nick Killion and moved to Salt Lake City. After she paid all the bills, she had just enough money to buy a small house from Mr. Crockett (Margaret's father-in-law ). The address was 2499 South Third East. It was NOT a very good house. It was not what Susan was told. The insulation was poor and it was hard keeping it warm. The house did not have a bathroom. There was an outhouse way out in the backyard. In the outhouse, there was a two seater. Water came from a flowing well out in the yard. It was years before Susan had lights or water in the house.

The wood was so old that nails would not stay in. The wood was so porous and soft. There were also weeds growing up through the baseboards. However, on the positive side, outside the back door was a lilac bush that always smelled so good. Her granddaughter JoAnn loved lilacs because they reminded her of “Grandma Susie”.

In the kitchen, she had a potbelly stove that always had firewood in it. It was always hot...never cool. Not only was the home physically warm but there was also an emotional warmth to it. Susan seemed to always be in the kitchen. She loved and was a good cook. As a result, she cooked a lot. Joe's family would go down on Sunday's and have pancakes and of course raisin squares.

Mary's first memory of her early life was coming in the front door of the house on Third East into the front room. It had no furniture but was filled with bushels full of peaches, pears and plums. That night, after it got dark when her mother got home (very tired from work), Susan started canning all that fruit.

Susan worked at the County Hospital (on 21st South and State Street) cooking. She would work extra long hours and be exhausted when she got home. Susan worked from six in the morning until after six at night. She walked from 24th South and 3rd East to 21st South and State Street to and from work.

She was only paid $50.00 a month for six and one half days a week. She worked like that until after all but Bob was gone from home and she married Mr. Watrous. Life was better until he got sick and she took care of him.

Susan had to work hard. She had one day off a week and on that day, she washed all the clothes after bringing all the water in from the well in the back yard. She had to heat the water up in a tub on the stove. She would wash the clothes on the washboard.

Susan had a crisis enter her life that would affect her for the rest of her life. She was raped by someone that she worked with at the hospital. It was later found out that he had raped other women that worked there also. As a result of the rape, Susan found out that she was pregnant. She did not think she could take care of the child. She was also nervous how others would react. She gave the baby girl (Lois) up to someone that she worked with. The family’s last name was Beckstead.

Mary remembers one summer when Susan was having a hard time feeding all the kids. She was not well and was off work a lot that year. Her older children were no longer in the home. She had to board her smaller children (Bob, Bertha, Val, Tella, Bonnie and Mary) out. They went to stay with families on farms. Mary does not remember how long it went on.

Years later when the situation with Lois was known, it was wondered if that was when she had the baby and just did not want her children to know. She was not the same person after the crisis for a very long time. It was a hard thing for Susan to give up Lois. She had such a loving spirit especially to her own children that she bore. The children would have understood if she had kept Lois and raised her. Susan felt that she was making the right decision. It was a very happy day for her when Lois found her. It was also a very sad day when Lois did not stay for Susan to see her but only once in awhile.

During the time period that Susan had a hard time, Mary (had long curly hair) was living with a family and one of the girls was going to beauty school. She gave Mary a Marcel perm. It burned her hair so bad that it had to be cut way past her ears. Susan was so mad that she cried for a long time over that.

There were happy times also. In the summer, she would take the children to the Lagoon Scotch Day. Some times, they would go out to Saltaire by open-air train. They took their lunches would stay there all day. Susan had many friends and she spent most of her time talking to them. Everyone loved her.

One night Susan came home from work and the house was all dark. She went through the back door and wanted to know why the lamps were not on. Mary and the other kids told her that there was no oil for them. She was so mad because the children had not gone and got some like they were supposed to have done. Susan turned to go and get some oil when the kids turned on the electric lights. Susan looked so shocked and then started to cry.

Siblings

Susan, Tom Irvine, Mary Irvine White

Susan with Tom (?) Irvine

Fontella, Susan and Margaret

Wes, Susan, Bob

Loves to laugh

?, ?, George (Mush) Irvine Johnson (Son of Margaret Johnston Irvine), George Johnston Irvine (Susan's Brother), Susan Milldown Irvine Shirts, and William Hodgson Irvine (Son on Margaret Johnston Irvine).

Susan, George Irvine (brother), George Johnson

Susan, George Irvine (brother), Joe Shirts (son)

Susan with her salt and pepper collection

Susan was afraid of lightning and thunder. She had been struck by lightning a couple of times. The first time was when she lived out in Mountain Home. The second time was when she lived on Third East and was playing peek-a-boo or hide-n-seek on her porch with her children. She got zapped and was quite stunned.

There were many times that Mary and Ed would go get her and take her to their home until the weather was good again. After midnight one night, Mary remembers it started to rain pretty bad. She got her children up and put them in the old ford with blankets wrapped around them because there was no heater in it and started for her mothers. Upon arriving, Susan could not be found anywhere. They called and called for her. They found her lying on the floor of a closet crying.

Joe would go down at times also during a storm to rescue his mother because he knew also that she was not comfortable with lightening. Many times, she would be hiding under the bed crying and being frightened. When she would be rescued from a lightening storm, she would first say "I love you."

Susan used to stay with Mary and her family a bit when she was sick. Susan would not give up her house. Eventually, it got so Susan could not stay by herself. She then would go and visit her different children periodically.

The grandchildren affectionately called her "Grandma Susie." They loved her very much. Everyone loved her. All of her children mentioned that they did not know one person who did not love her. She was the type of person that people loved to be around and get to know.

4 Generations
JoAnn Shirts Binkerd, Susan (holding Great grandson Chuck) and Joe

Karla (Mary's daughter) was the last grandchild to be born. While Susan was staying with Mary, she taught Karla how to play cards even before she was six years old. She and Karla would play for hours on end. Susan loved spending time in this way.

Susan with her granddaughter Karla

On Halloween, Joe would take his children down to visit Susan. They would go trick or treating in her neighborhood. When they went to Susan's front door, she was not there. The kids were told that she was probably at the neighbors. They would go in. Soon a knock would be on the door. It would be Susan trick or treating in a costume herself.

On New Years Day, it was a Scottish tradition to eat Cream of Tripe Soup. Joe used to taste it just because his mother made it. Her grandson John refused to taste it when he was told what it was that he was eating. She used to make different types of scotch breads. Her raisin squares were so delicious that they were out of this world. Best of recollection, this was the recipe that she used.

Raisin Squares

one box (2 lbs) of raisins

a little applesauce

sugar to taste

little lemon juice

about a cup of water

Add the above ingredients together and thicken a little with some type thickening. Line the pan with sweet biscuit dough. Add the thickened sauce. Top with another layer of sweet biscuit dough. Bake about 350 degrees until golden brown.

She was always getting the granddaughters to empty out her china cupboard and wash every little nick knack that she had. She had a lot of them. She loved collecting salt and pepper shakers. Susan threatened if any of her nick knacks were broken.

She loved her grand kids very much. She liked to laugh. She would laugh at stories she was told, antics of her grand kids etc.. Susan would play the game of pick up sticks and hide-n-seek with her grandchildren.



Standing: ?, JoAnn Shirts, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?,?
Sitting: Elaine (holding ?), ?, Susan, ?, Johnny Shirts, ?
Floor: ?, ?, ?, ? 

Susan loved candy and the grandkids knew she had it in her apron that she always wore.. She was not supposed to eat candy because she was diabetic. One time, she had some diabetic candy that a grandchild had given her. She was at someone else's house and they took it away from her. That made her upset.

JoAnn (granddaughter) was intrigued by Susan's Scottish brogue especially when Susan was mad and she would swear in Gaelic.

Susan loved to play cards. It was not unusual for her to play with four decks. If she was losing, she would throw the cards up in the air. She loved to play the card game of canasta. She would also cheat. Her family good naturedly teased her and it got to be part of the fun.

She would talk but not about politics or religion. She loved to talk to her neighbors and find out about them. She and her neighbors were good friends. She was quite social. She was part of a conversation but not be domineering. She did not talk about herself. She was always interested in other people.

She loved to go to Mountain Home (just outside of Duchesne), Utah and see old friends like "Grandma Rowley” (that's what the kids called her)." She also had real good friends in Salt Lake by the name of Al and Charlotte McFarlane. The McFarlane's coincidentally happened to be related to her granddaughter JoAnn's future husband (Ray Binkerd).

There was a great family by the name of Okubo. They gave help and showed love, kindness and friendship to Susan and her family. One of the many things that they did was to bring vegetables over to add to the Shirts family meals.

One time, Bob was burned and Mrs. Okubo quickly put Bob in some cool water and then she took Bob's clothes off and covered him with vaseline. She stayed with him until he was taken to the hospital. They were a great strength to Susan many times and under many circumstances.

During World War II, the Okubo family (Japanese descent), had to go to a military internment camp which was not welcoming and unaccommodating. This was due to the hysteria and high emotion of society of that era due to the war situation with Japan. Susan would go over and take care of their vegetable garden and keep up their place while they were incarcerated. She would even get her grandkids to help. There were bins that were 5' deep. The vegetables from the garden were in this bin and had to be washed.

Because of Susan's unselfishness and generosity, the Okubo family was able to keep their crops and their land. Susan was not judgmental toward them.

She loved to go to the Scottish club meetings. She loved the bagpipes. Joe also did some Scottish dancing. She convinced her granddaughter Elaine to do Scottish dance called the sword dance. Her favorite songs on the bagpipes were "Danny Boy" and "Amazing Grace."

Some of the grandkids were not sure of the relationship that she had with her second husband Everett Watrous. She was very comfortable with his companionship and seemed happy. There was some kind of bond between them. However, some of the grandkids do not remember them ever giving each other a hug or a kiss. He provided a sense of security from the everyday hassles that she had known before they had married. The financial worries lessened. Susan took care of Mr. Watrous especially when his health worsened.

She loved “The Spruces” up in Big Cottonwood Canyon outside of Salt Lake City where he had three cabins. The spruce trees brought her joy and peace. She would spend weekends up there. Sometimes, her children and grandchildren would come up. She took the grandkids antics pretty well if they happened to her husband ("Old Poop deck") but not if they happened to her. She laughed but had to act as if she was scolding. He adopted her family as his own family and treated them well.

When television came into being, she watched it for the first time on a 4" screen. The television console however was big compared with the screen. It was three feet by two feet. She bought it when her second husband was still alive.



Back row: ?, Bob, Wes, ?
Middle row: Mary, Margaret, Susan,?, ?,
Joe

Susan had skin cancer and had to go up to the University hospital for radiation every so often. She hated it because it caused sores on her face. Her granddaughter Elaine Shirts Lundberg would sometimes take her. Elaine would also have her daughter Terry with her. Terry would look through a window and see her great grandmother getting medical treatment.

Susan would quote to Terry and probably other grandchildren the little poem with her scottish brogue that went like this...

"Good night

Don't let the bed bugs bite.

If they bite

Squeeze them tight

Good night"

Mary was working for Albertsons food store on Second South. She knew most of the nurses at the hospital when her mother was in the hospital for the last time. Mary usually got off work around 9:00 p.m. or 10:00 p.m.. The nurses would let Mary see her mother even though visiting hours were over. Mary went to visit one night and told her mother that she would be back the next day to take her over to Bob and Penny's. They talked for a long time. Susan was glad to be getting out of the hospital.

When Mary got ready to leave, she gave her mother a hug and kiss. Mary got to the door and her mother called her back. Susan hugged her hard and then she said good by. Hours later at 1:00 a.m., Penny called Mary and told her that Susan has passed away. Mary knew when Susan called her back, she knew it would be the last time that she would see her daughter on this earth.

When Susan died, it was very hard for the family. It was not expected. She had been in the hospital for about a week for gall bladder surgery. It was expected that she was going to get out of the hospital the next day. Joe had gone up to see how she was doing and just to visit. Susan asked if when she got out of the hospital if she could go up to his home. He was dealing with serious heart problems and was in poor health himself and it was not possible. He explained his situation to his mother. Joe felt very awful that he could not have his mother at his home at this time. That night Susan died. Joe felt awful emotionally because of his mother’s plea to stay at his house and also the fact that she died. He had that regret to the day that he passed away himself. Each of the family members took her death hard because they each had a special bond with her in their own unique way.

Susan's children after her funeral

Back row: Bob?, ?, ?, Joe

Wes, Margaret, Mary, ?

Susan's strength was love. She loved everyone and let them know it. She was very personable but yet very stubborn. One could not be around her without being affective in a positive way. She smiled a lot. She never bothered anyone. She was goal oriented. Her goal was living day to day that best way she knew. She was optimistic and looked forward to today and tomorrow. She seemed to always be in a good mood.

As information for this life history was being recorded (many years after her death), her children and grandchildren were quite emotional. It was easy to see the admiration and love that they had for Susan. Susan left her posterity with the feeling that they were loved very much. In return, she was loved greatly. The great legacy that she left was that "You are of great worth and I love you for being you."

Descendants of Susan

1947-1948?



1. Harold's girlfriend 2. Harold 3. Fontella Shirts 4. James Easton 5. Bill Knowldon 6. Ted Crockett 7. Garry Shirts 8. Joe Shirts 9. Tracy (Fontella's husband) 10. Gordon Shirts 11. Penny Shirts 12. Ida Shirts 13. Bertha Shirts Knowldon 14. Margaret Shirts Crockett 15. Everett Watrous 16. Susan Irvine Shirts Watrous 17. Jean Shirts 18. Bonnie Shirts 19. Ed Norton 20. Mary Norton 21. Dorothy 22. Valeria Shirts 23. Elaine Shirts 24. JoAnn Shirts 25. ? 26. Wes Shirts 27. Bruce Norton 28. Linda Shirts 29. Judy 30. Billie Knowldon 31. Jerry Norton 32. Johnnie Shirts 33. Susan 34. Bobbie Shirts 35. Joyce Norton 36. Annette Shirts 37. Wesley Shirts

 

*Special thanks to Susan's children Wes, Mary and Joe for their memories of their parents. Also, thank you to the grandchildren who helped to contribute this life history.