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Today's Featured Biography
Jacqueline Phillips Anderson
Well, I made the reunion in Puerto Rico in I think it was 2001, nice to see old faces.
I loved Ramey, and my Dad retired to a little town outside of Houston, finished HS there, and guess what, joined the Air Force with hopes of going back to Ramey, little did I know, they closed it down soon after we left. So, I went into nursing via the AF, something I was not suited for nor did I enjoy. I met this fantastic man, a career Marine, 10 years my senior and we got married, nine days after we met. God was with me. It was a wonderful marriage, and I was suited to Military life, having lived it for my entire life up to that point. John and I went to Hawaii, where he was stationed and I had my first son. I was out of the AF by this time. We went to sevral base, my second son, Jim was born in Yuma, Arizona. Then, John went overseas, and I stayed in Houston while he was gone. From there we went to California, I worked for a Jr College and accoplished 2 AA degrees, one in art, my first love, and one in general studies. I started working with speical ed students, and continued that most of my adult life. I worked with infants, and all school age students. John and I spent our last 3 years at Guantanmo Bay, Cuba,intersting place. I also ran into Coach Tom Price on my way to Cuba, he worked there as a principal, he was my borther's coach at Ramey. But, I loved the ocean and so did the boys. John retired in 1984 and we move to Spring, suburb of Houston. I worked at Klein School district first in the classrooms, with Special Ed, Jr High level, and then with administration/transportation as a computer secratary, still did and sold my art work. John went to the University of Houston and became a police officer. The boys grew up. In 1992, my father died in Costa Rica and I went down there to help her out, she ended up living with me, and we still live together. I lost my wonderful husband to a heart attack in 1996. We were married for 27 wonderful years, I still miss him, it will be 12 years this August. I had quit my job and was going to go back and finish a degree in art when I lost hime. I had no job and no husband. It took me a year, but I finished my BA at Sam Houston University in Huntsville,2000. While at Sam Houston I attained a scholarship to study in Mexico and spent a semester in Puebla, south of Mexico city. Lucky me. I also was able to earn another scholarship and study art in Florence Italy for a semester. I loved it. I want to go back. After Graduation. 2000, Mom and I moved to a small town outside of College Station Texas, that is where the Aggies live. I met a really nice guy who enjoys traveling and scuba divbing, as I do. We ended up going to Corpus Christi for Grad school together. Texas A&M, and have to brag, finished my college career with a 4.0 average. He earned his MBA, and I, my Masters in Art. We have done lots of traveling in Europe the last 6 years and many trips to Mexico and Roatan, to scuba. Went to the Ramey Reunion in Puerto Rico in 2001.
I now teach at the Jr College affiliated with Texas A&M in Bryan/College station. I teach art history, and will be teaching ceramics, my first love in the fall. My mother had a stroke 2 1/2 years ago but is doing well today. So much for me, I am getting ready for a trip to Seattle and Canada in August, and diving in Mexico in January.
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