Rex and Debbie

At  this point I want to focus on Rex and Debbie for a while. Deb had left Harding and enrolled at Alabama Christian College, because her lifelong friend, Beverly Kidwell, had persuaded her to do so.  She wrote to get our approval and moved down lock, stock, and barrel. At this time we were already living on the SABS property. When we had been in the boys dorm for a short while we received a very short  little note from her in which she stated, "There is a cute guy here who is teaching me to drive – don't get any ideas!" Being her mother I, of course, immediately got "IDEAS," but wisely kept my thoughts to myself.  Well, it was not very long until we were asked if it was okay to get engaged to that very same "Cute guy" named – Rex Dutton!! It was some time before they married and we kept in touch until the great day. When the time came I very bravely kept my eyes dry as we lived through the day. I was dry-eyed until the photos arrived – then I lost it and made up for all the tears I should have wept. We were very happy that Rex's family loved our dear daughter from the very first, and once we met Rex we, too, fell in love with our new "son."