Roma and Richard were twins.
Attended school in Rock Island, Texas until age 16, at which point he dropped out to help his mother run the family farm. He later served in the U. S. Army in WWI. Died in the VA hospital in Dallas, Texas from a blood clot, following a leg surgery.
Was a school teacher. Following her husband's death, she moved from her home in Commerce, Texas into the home of Charles Harrell and his wife Frances Hope Wheeless Harrell in Tyler, Texas, in the fall of 1975.
Graduated from Ball High School in Galveston, Texas and from Baylor University in Waco, Texas. Served in the U. S. Army in WWII in France, Austria and Germany.
Was a Registered Nurse in the children's ward at Parkland Hospital in Dallas, Texas, where both John F. Kennedy and Lee Harvey Oswald died in 1963.