I was born on July 4th, 1943, in a small town south of Dallas called Palmer, TX.  After a couple of moves, at the age of 2, we moved to Wilmer, TX on the farm.  I lived there for the next 17 years.  My dad was a farmer and I spent many hours on a tractor or a combine.  We had neighbors, but they were a couple of miles away.  As a result, I played by myself, with my dog, or rode my horse.  As was our custom, we went to church(Baptist) every time the doors were open.  I was the one every one wanted to get saved.  But I wanted this to be real in my life, not like some I had seen who were Sunday only christians.  The word would be hypocrite.  I guess you would say I was the black sheep, so to speak, of my family.  As I look back I can see many times how God worked in my life.  You see, God has a plan for all of us, if we will just seek the Kingdom of God.  Well, at age 20, I knew the Spirit was working in me and I received Jesus into my heart.  I was not at church but at friends' house.  I was water baptized fortunately by a preacher that read to me about baptism from Romans chapter 6.  Did I understand this?  Certainly not completely.   But, at least I had a starting place.

Through my years in high school, I was involved in athletics.  As a result, I won a scholarship in track and field to East Texas State University.  The Fall before I graduated, I met Kay my wife.  We were married in August of 1966.  We have 3 children Coy (wife Anisa), Ty(wife Kelli), and Kit.  Now we have 9 grandchildren, from 2 to 16 years of age.

The first 14 years of our marriage, we attended a couple of Baptist churches where I was a deacon for several years.  I was a Sunday school teacher and was involved in a singing group that traveled around the South and gave mini concerts. At age 37 we realized we were getting nothing out of "church".  At about the same time, I became very oppressed by the Devil.  I went through some very heavy deliverance and overcame a great deal.  I knew I was missing something and I knew what it was.  It was the baptism of the Holy Spirit.  I received the baptism about midnight in May of 1980.  Shortly thereafter I met Doyle Davidson and started attending Water of Life Ministries.  From that point on, Jesus began to change my life and has continued to do so ever since.

Through this Web site I hope to share with you many of the overcomings of the past and present, as well as other things the Spirit leads me to speak.