One of you has asked me to print the whole article that Hal Spencer wrote about his dad (Tim Spencer) and mine (Roy Rogers), it is a very long article. However, I will be glad to share some more of the article here:
Dad (Roy Rogers) was born in Cincinnati and then moved to Portsmouth, Ohio on the Ohio River. Tim’s family lived across the Ohio River in Marysville, Kentucky.
Dad and Tim both moved from the city to the country when they were little. Dad to Duck Run, Ohio and Tim’s family homesteaded in Northeastern New Mexico.
Dad worked in a shoe factory and Tim worked in a mine. Both left those jobs and moved to California, Dad in 1930 and Tim in 1931.
Singing in the same group and on a tour from Arizona to Texas, they both met their future wives; Dad in Roswell, New Mexico (my Mommy Arline Wilkins) and Tim in Lubbock, Texas (Tim’s beautiful Velma).
I was also asked to write more about Dad’s Choctaw heritage. I’m really sorry but I don’t know anything other than that he was very proud of being part
Choctaw. I really wish I knew more but Dad didn’t seem to know much more than that. My husband is part Cherokee and his family never talked about that ancestor either. Today that would be something to be proud of but three or so generations ago, I guess it was very different. What a shame that we don’t know more.
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The story of the young SOTP is a great American success story! It would make a great movie or TV series, but who would they cast? Who now is that good, the way those guys were? They set the bar!
This is a nice and interesting article. We ALWAYS enjoy your stories about your family. This medium is a great addition to your books.
Jim & Patty Crawford