Growing Up in Texas

Part I  Dublin - 

Growing Up in Texas, covers a Dublin’s history, a brief description my parent’s childhood to the point of their marriage, and their early years with my Brothers Ken and Ralph before I entered their lives. My childhood days before the coming of my Sisters, Barbara and Sylvia, and our lives together through out the 1950‘s before we moved to Sinton, Texas in 1960. Dublin is located about one hundred and forty miles Southwest of Ft. Worth, Texas.


Part II  Sinton - 

Growing Up in Texas, my adolescents, the seven years that I lived in Sinton, from August 1960 to October 1967. It includes stories from my Jr. High and High School years. Sinton is located in South Texas, about thirty miles from the coast of South of Texas.


Part III  Extras - 

Contains Information and stories gathered from shared stories, personal recordings, and letters. For example “Stories From Dad” are few stories shared with me from my Brother Kenneth. “Daddy’s Part”from GrandPa, George Ragland, and “Mama’s Part” from Granny, Faustina (Cline) Ragland were both recorded by my Aunt Mary ( Ragland ) Cockrell. Letters to my Brother Kenneth, from our GrandMother’s Sister, and our Great Aunt Kat, Katherine,(Cline) Dutton, where she describes her Father (our Great Grandfather) Luther Cline, and her Grandfather (our Great-Great-Grandfather) Dock Cline.