Beverly Starr:  

I lived in the Heights, on Heights Boulevard, during my junior high and senior high years, graduating from Reagan High School in 1958. After graduation I worked at Tennessee Gas, where I met Joe Starr, and married him in 1960. In 1964, we moved to Fort Worth, TX, where Joe attended Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary and graduated with a music degree. While there, I was enrolled in a few classes, audited some, was secretary to the Chairman of the Christian Ethics Department and chapel secretary, as well as being ‘mom’ to our two little boys, Jeff and Clay. We moved to Nashville, AR, where Joe was minister of music, education, and youth at First Baptist Church for 13+ years. Our home was nearly always filled with teenagers, which we loved. Hundreds of pans of brownies and pitchers of sweet tea were served during those years. Many who are now in their 60s, are still considered our ‘kids’. One of my hobbies was cooking/baking, and during that time I was named the Arkansas Poultry Cookin’ Queen. It was a busy/fun year, touring the state representing the Arkansas Poultry Federation and promoting the use of poultry and poultry products, as well a...Expand for more