RICHARD HORACE YEOMANS......MY FATHER......WAS TALL DARK AND HANDSOME....AND I LOVED HIM DEARLY.
DADDY WAS BORN IN PRESCOTT, AZ........HE WAS THIRD IN A FAMILY OF 8......4 BOYS AND 4 GIRLS. HIS FATHER DIED WHEN HE WAS A SENIOR IN HIGH SCHOOL....WHEN HE GRADUATED HE WENT TO DENVER.....WHERE HIS SISTERS LIVED......TO GET A JOB. HE GOT A JOB WITH "BELL TELEPHONE CO." AS A LINE MAN BUT SOON WAS MADE FOREMAN OF HIS CREW.....THEY WERE PUTTING IN PHONE LINES DOWN TO THE FOUR CORNERS AREA.......THAT IS WHY HE WAS DOWN IN MOTHER'S AREA OF COLORADO.....SHE LIVED IN MANCOS CO. DADDY'S FAMILY WERE METHODISTS.
HAZEL MARIE GOFF........MY MOTHER.......WAS THE PERFECT MOTHER FOR ME.....PRETTY, KIND, TALENTED, LOVED UNCONDITIONAL EVERY ONE.
MOTHER WAS BORN IN CARTHAGE,MO......SHE WAS THE FOURTH IN A FAMILY OF 6.....4 BOYS 2 GIRLS. SHE CAME FROM A MUSICAL FAMILY.....LOVED TO PLAY THE PIANO. SHE AND HER FOUR BROTHERS HAD A BAND IN HIGHSCHOOL... MY DAD LOVED TO DANCE AND WOULD GO TO DANCES IN THE AREA ON WEEKENDS......AND MET MOM. SHE WAS A SENIOR THEN.......WHEN SHE GRADUATED FROM HIGH SCHOOL.....SHE WENT BTO CALIFORNIA WHERE HER SISTER LIVED WITH HER FAMILY. IGUESS DADDY MISSED HER AND ASKED HER TO COME BACK AND MARRY HIM.....AND SHE DID! BEFORE MY GRANDPARENTS LEFT CARTHAGE.....MY GRANDMA AND HER FOUR CHILDREN JOINED THE LDS RELIGION.......MY GRANDPA DID NOT JOIN THEN.......BUT DID JOIN EVENTUALLY AND EVEN BECAME A BISHOP. MY GRANDPARENTS FIRST MOVED TO CORTEZ, COLO....BUT LATER MOVED TO MANCOS WHERE THE FAMILY GREW UP.
