- WORKED SINCE 15 , STARTED IN D.C. WORKING WITH HOT SHOPPES RESTAURANT, MY MOM TOOK ME UNDER HER WING ; SHE TRAINED ME TO BE WAITRESS. THIS HAS CARRIED ME THROUGH MOST OF MY LIFE.
- MET MY HUSBAND , FRANK IN 1963, STARTED OUR FAMILY IN DEC. 1964, DENISE WAS BORN. THEN, WHILE WORKING FOR AN INSURANCE FIRM, HAD LIL FRANK IN 1966. QUIT WORK AND MOVED TO S.CAROLINA TILL '69 WHEN WE MOVED TO MOBILE, AL. TO BE CLOSE TO FRANK'S SIDE OF THE FAMILY.HE WAS ABLE TO FIND WORK AT I.P. TILL 1982 WHEN HE RETIRED. TIFFANY WAS BORN 1972.
- IN LATE 1972 I STARTED WORKING FAST FOOD RESTAURANTS BECAUSE THEY WERE PRETTY MUCH FLEXIBLE WITH SCHEDULES AND FRANK AND I WORKED OPPOSITE SHIFTS ; WHEN HE WAS OFF , I WAS ABLE TO USE CAR TO WORK; WHENHE WORKED, I STAYED HOME . IT WAS WORKABLE.
- DENISE GRADUATED HIGH SCHOOL 1982, FRANKIE,1983 AND TIFFANY 1990. ALL FROM VIGOR.
- DENISE WAS A PASSENGER IN A CAR ACCIDENT DEC. 21, 1993 WHERE SHE DIED FROM INJURIES AT AGE 29. SHE LEFT BEHIND GLEN, HER HUSBAND AND SON, BRANDON WHO WAS 5 AT THE TIME.
- TIME WAITS FOR NO ONE. IT SEEMED TO FLY.
- SEPT. 7, 2008 LIL FRANK SUCCUMBED TO INJURIES HE RECEIVED AND HAD TO BE TAKEN OFF LIFESUPPORT AS HIS KIDNEYS WERE FAILING. HE WAS 44 AT THE TIME.
- MAY 7, 2009, GLEN, BRANDON'S DAD DIED FROM BRAIN TUMOR. HE WAS 53.
- BY THE GRACE OF GOD, BRANDON WAS ABLE TO FINISH COLLEGE WITH SEVERAL AWARDS. HE HAS WORK WITH THE COLLEGE AND A CENTER FOR THE ARTS. HE HAS BEEN BLESSED.
- IT IS NOW 2013 AND WE FIND OURSELVES SEMI-RETIRED AND KEEPING BUSY. REGRETS, YES, DON'T WE ALL HAVE SOME? BUT, WE LOOK FORWARD TO WHAT THE FUTURE HOLDS FOR US. AND THE DECISIONS WE MAKE.
- TIFFANY, OUR DAUGHTER HAS A BEAUTIFUL FAMILY; GREAT HUSBAND AND TWO AWESOME SONS. WE TRY TO KEEP IN TOUCH AS MUCH AS WE CAN. IT IS HARD LIVING 80 MILES APART.
- GOD IS GOOD. WE ARE LIVING FOR THE DAY WE ARE UNITED WITH HIM AND OUR LOVED ONES.