Agnes's had beautiful blue eyes! She was born in Texas and it was expected she would attend Baylor College, and she did. However her mother died during that time and Agnes was called home to care for the younger children. She received enough training as a nurse to be called upon during her lifetime for various medical urgencies and treatment! Agnes followed her father to Clifton, AZ. it was in Clifton that she met Joseph Arthur Billingsley. The couple married on May 12, 1903, in Duncan Arizona, and lived in Clifton. Joe operated the Billingsley Merchantile. Agnes was the first lady in Clifton to own a car!
Agnes would stay up all night making clothes for her children. She worked so hard canning fruits, vegetables, cleaning, sewing, washing etc. that sometimes she "would just sit on the steps and weep." They moved to Phoenix in 1926. Her children had to sleep outside on the sleeping porch due to not enough bedrooms in the house. It was so hot that "momma Aggie" brought wet sheets out and hung them up so the breeze would help cool down the area. One of her sayings when she was tired was "Let's go to bed with the chickens."

Agnes' brother Robert M. Aiton Find a Grave memorial #37348401 was in the Army in WWI he was gassed in France possibly. He suffered from respiratory problems due to that. Agnes' dau Helen said Agnes thought that was why he was "I'll-tempered.. Helen did not know if Bob was like that before going to the war. Her brother Phil also served and suffered effects of the "gas."

Ruby came home to Clifton in 1926 and insisted the family move from Clifton to phoenix. They did so and it was August when they pulled in to Phoenix. Helen remembers lying in the back bed of the truck looking up and all of a sudden she saw palm trees. That was her first memory of seeing a palm tree. While living on 4th Street & Weldon Agnes kept her cow east across 4th street in the field. She did not like the regular dairy because their cows were "dirty." The family would go bring milk from the cow for meals and to make cream and ice cream. "Dad" made fresh biscuits & gravy for breakfast.
Agnes played piano beautifully and sang especially singing There'll Be Blue Birds Over The White Cliffs of Dover ......it is remembered that Agnes would cry while playing piano. She was very proud that her sons and a daughter served during WWII--a true patriot. Even her stationary advertised unity and patriotism with flags and slogans such as "United We Stand."