One of my earliest memories is driving at night in the rain to my Aunt and Uncle’s farm in Southerland Springs to see my newborn cousin Stephen. Growing up, the Willeford Dairy Farm was a place I spent a lot of time, milking cows, hauling hay, hunting quail and in recent years a lot of shooting practice. Stephen is the best shot I have ever seen. He can literally hit bottlecaps at a hundred yards with an AR-15. I have said that he is the Aticus Fench of Wilson County. (A reference to the book: “To Kill A Mockingbird”. 0 The farm was a place of endless adventure for me, my brothers, and cousins. We were truly part of a bigger family and our faith in God was the subtext of everything. In 1993 Stephen’s parents were killed driving a motorcycle by a drunk driver who came across the yellow line and hit them head on driving on FM 539. After their passing the farm was divided between my cousins and Stephen got my favorite parcel that had the second largest live oak tree in Texas at one time before lighting struck it.
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