High School Graduate

ID: 1746 ~ Source: Wittner, Lorene Shields, interviewed by W. Glenn Jonas, June 19, 1990, in Waco, Texas. Baylor University Institute for Oral History, Waco, TX. View the full interview
This file appears in: Rebecca Sparks Co-operative Home

Lorene Shields Wittner shares her experience living at the Rebecca Sparks Inn in high school.

This file appears in: Rebecca Sparks Co-operative Home

By Sarah Miller
Rebecca Pines Shelton Sparks, often referred to as Mother Sparks, was a laywoman from Missouri who moved to Texas with her family before the Civil War. Sparks married a Confederate veteran of the Texas Calvary and a Texas Ranger, Thaddeus Pinckney…