The first child of ten born to William F. and Eva Jane Meeker Mowry.Her brothers were Claude, Kenneth, William G. ( Bill ) and Don. Her sisters were Hazel Olmstead,Dorothy Rumer,Lois Olmstead,Jean Lovellette, and Jo Adams.
Grace and Ray had one son, William Richard, who married Jerry Leigh Carson. Bill and Jerry had three children, Kelly Wildridge Whyte, Lora Wildridge Shumate and William Richard Wildridge II ( Bill ). Lora has a son, John Carter Shumate. Grace liked to say she had one father, one husband, one son, one grandson and one great grandson. She proudly displayed a long picture frame with portraits of all of them.
Grace graduated from Ball State University when it was known as Ball Teachers College.She taught school for several years. She was teaching at Baldwin Heights Elementary School in Princeton, Indiana when the Great Tri-State Tornado struck in 1925. It cut a swath through Missouri, Illinois and Indiana and claimed nearly 700 lives.
Grace and Ray had one son, William Richard, who married Jerry Leigh Carson. Bill and Jerry had three children, Kelly Wildridge Whyte, Lora Wildridge Shumate and William Richard Wildridge II ( Bill ). Lora has a son, John Carter Shumate. Grace liked to say she had one father, one husband, one son, one grandson and one great grandson. She proudly displayed a long picture frame with portraits of all of them.
Grace graduated from Ball State University when it was known as Ball Teachers College.She taught school for several years. She was teaching at Baldwin Heights Elementary School in Princeton, Indiana when the Great Tri-State Tornado struck in 1925. It cut a swath through Missouri, Illinois and Indiana and claimed nearly 700 lives.
The first child of ten born to William F. and Eva Jane Meeker Mowry.Her brothers were Claude, Kenneth, William G. ( Bill ) and Don. Her sisters were Hazel Olmstead,Dorothy Rumer,Lois Olmstead,Jean Lovellette, and Jo Adams.
Grace and Ray had one son, William Richard, who married Jerry Leigh Carson. Bill and Jerry had three children, Kelly Wildridge Whyte, Lora Wildridge Shumate and William Richard Wildridge II ( Bill ). Lora has a son, John Carter Shumate. Grace liked to say she had one father, one husband, one son, one grandson and one great grandson. She proudly displayed a long picture frame with portraits of all of them.
Grace graduated from Ball State University when it was known as Ball Teachers College.She taught school for several years. She was teaching at Baldwin Heights Elementary School in Princeton, Indiana when the Great Tri-State Tornado struck in 1925. It cut a swath through Missouri, Illinois and Indiana and claimed nearly 700 lives.
Grace and Ray had one son, William Richard, who married Jerry Leigh Carson. Bill and Jerry had three children, Kelly Wildridge Whyte, Lora Wildridge Shumate and William Richard Wildridge II ( Bill ). Lora has a son, John Carter Shumate. Grace liked to say she had one father, one husband, one son, one grandson and one great grandson. She proudly displayed a long picture frame with portraits of all of them.
Grace graduated from Ball State University when it was known as Ball Teachers College.She taught school for several years. She was teaching at Baldwin Heights Elementary School in Princeton, Indiana when the Great Tri-State Tornado struck in 1925. It cut a swath through Missouri, Illinois and Indiana and claimed nearly 700 lives.
