December 2011 Blog Posts (4)

Lorena Nugent Caroll was born Nov 2, 1911. Her mother was Narcissa Melissa Looney Nugent (Aunt Millie)and her father was William Thomas Nugent(Uncle Will). Uncle Will died from a gunshot wound in the back when Lorena was six months old.

Lorena was a first cousin to my mother, Juanita Brooks as her mother Rebecca Suzanne (Suzy)and Aunt Millie were sisters. On the Huckaby side they were second cousins. The Huckaby’s were friends of the Looney’s in Texas and were and were also…

I've never wished a man dead, but I have read some obituaries with great pleasure - Mark Twain

The Cape Bear Light House at Murray Harbor Prince Edward Island has an amazing story of technology and Life and Death.  It is the place that received the first distress signal from the Titanic as it was sinking.  Great technology from the times sending a message of horror.  How would you have liked to be the recipient of that message? Below are the Brooks Kids looking out over the Atlantic…

Casper College was recently named #25 among the 2000 U.S. Colleges by StateUniversity.com.    StateUniversity.com uses many different measures in determining the rank of a particular school. The most important factors are a school's ACT/SAT scores, its student retention, faculty salary, and student / faculty ratio.…

Back in the old days when I was at my beloved alma mater Oklahoma State University I worked in the Agronomy Department as an undergrad.   The grad student my roomy Kirk Brown and I helped out most of the time was from Idabel OK in extreme SE Oklahoma.   The Death of ""squeal like a pig" …