Lois Wakeland (edwards):  

After being forced to leave my school to spend my last year at Davis (Boo) due to the mandatory segregation rules that went into effect that year I joined the circus. ( Yep, singing, performing acrobatic acts, traveling, getting married to another circus performer from Germany, traveling and performing in the US, Canada and Mexico, having a son). Then I got divorced. Stayed in Houston a few years, hob nobbed with the well knowns like Marvin Zindler and other personalities, record producers, and after turning down a recording contract because I wanted my son to have a stable life I settled down to a quiet life of working at Lomas and Nettleton Mortgage Co. Where I met my second husband. After having my house broken into 3 times and having my daughter with twins on the way I decided it was time to go to the country. And I mean to the country. Where slang is slang and twang is twang. Where I lost my cosmopoitan (is that spelled right?) accent and found a true east texas accent ya. Was quiet successful in the oil industry working my way up to management. After divorcing my second husband (best thing I ever did) I began raising my four children working two jobs of which one was bartending (loved it) and singing in a local club. Ran into a guy I knew from Houston who was in one of the top ...Expand for more