Cathy Snow:  

The summer of '69 was filled with work, pageant and preparing for NCSU. I loved being away at school, all the new people, challenging classes and new experiences. The "new" wore off the second year and I was totally overwhelmed. I came back home, went to work for 6 months, then moved back to Raleigh on my own. Richard was at NCSU then, so we didn't have the weekend commute to deal with. We both moved back to A'boro after about a year. We did as expected and married in '73. We stayed in Asheboro another year before moving to Clemons. Just after our first son was born (Richard,III "Richie")we returned home once again where Richard went to work in his father's business. Our second son (Jonathan) was born in '78. Raising the boys was the best thing in my life! I was very lucky with them. They were bright, talented and somehow never had the typical teenage problems. I spent several years working with Jaycettes and ended up directing the same Miss Randolph pageant that I had twice participated in. I reentered the work force in '81 learning the art of dental technology. In '86 Richard and I separated, then divorced. As was our tendency t...Expand for more