The JOHN
F. and PEG A. HOWERTON
Home Page
This is a personal Homepage I am attaching to the Howerton Heritage Homepage. It seemed easier to do this than having two disconnected homepages. At the present, I have no idea what I will put on this page. It will link to the Howerton Heritage Website and include anything else that interest me. Just keep checking to see what I add.
PERSONAL LIFE
My name is John F. Howerton (this link will take you to a page that has my life history ) and since 30 January 1929 life has been a wonderful adventure. As a youth, I lived for fifteen years in and around Paris, Texas. More than half of those years were spent on a cotton farm where I chopped and picked a lot of cotton. My elementary education was in several small country schools. My High School experience started in Deport, Texas, where I also worked for a small grocery store and for the DEPORT TIMES, a weekly newspaper. In 1944 we moved to Prescott, Arizona, where I completed High School and worked for Sam Hill Hardware. In September 1946, I entered the United States Marine Corps and following boot camp at the Marine Corps Recruit Depot (1946, San Diego, California), I saw service at:
Moffit Field (1946-1947, Mountain View, California);
First Marine Division in Tiensin and Tsingtao, China (1947-1949);
Camp Pendleton (Oceanside, California, 1949-1950);
First Marine Division in Korea , including the Inchon Landing and the Chosin Reservior withdrawal (1950-1952);
Marine Supply Depot, 100 Harrison Street (San Francisco, California, 1951-1953);
Inspector-Instructor Staff, 96th Special Infantry Company, USMCR (Pueblo, Colorado, 1953-1954).
After the Marines, I attended:
Grand Canyon University (Phoenix, Arizona, 1954-1957, B.A.);
Arizona State University(Tempe, Arizona, 1957-1958, M.A.);
Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary (Kansas City, Missouri, 1959-1962, M.Div.);
additional studies at Arizona State University and the University of Arkansas(Fayetteville, Arkansas).
PROFESSIONAL LIFE
My professional life has included serving as the pastor of four small Baptist churches (one on two occasions). After several different semesters in the dual role of pastor and a visiting instructor in History at Grand Canyon University in Phoenix, in 1966 I became a full time teacher where I remained until May 1994, completing thirty years of service. Now, I spend my time doing research on the Howerton family and working at the Cathedral of the Valley, Church of God where I attend and teach an Adult \line Bible Class.
FAMILY LIFE
I am married to Peg F. Farmer, a Chemistry Teacher at Cortez High School in Phoenix, Arizona. We have been married since June 1981. Peg will join me in retirement in May 2000. Peg has two sons:
Thomas "Carl" Seals who works in the food services industry in Cleveland, Ohio, and
Gary "Craig" Seals who also lives in Ohio and is a Manager for a food service company.
My children are:
Eudora Mae "Dorie" Anderson, the wife of Jeff Anderson, lives in Phoenix, Arizona. She has Curtis Donald "Donnie" Lee, a former U.S. Marine who lives in Phoenix. "Donnie" has one daughter, Ashley Lovejoy-Lee ; Amanda Tamara "Mandi" Lee who is married to Bruce Waters. They live in New Zealand and have one daughter, "Abby"; Devani Lee is married to Rob Knapp and live in Peoria, Arizona; Jeffery Anderson, in elementary school. Donna Delight Futrell, the wife of Joseph "Joey" Futrell, salesman for Don Sanderson Ford and live in Phoenix, Arizona. Donna is the senior investigator for the Arizona State Department of Insurance. Her daughter, Jessica Futrell, is in her final year at the Valley Cathedral elementary school. John Franklin Howerton, Jr. is unmarried, works in construction and lives in Phoenix, Arizona. He has a son, Matthew Jacob Howerton, who lives in Glendale, Arizona, and Ashleigh Howerton who lives with her mother in Quincy, Illinois.
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