Nita Lear:  

Life After high school I attended West Texas State College in Canyon, Texas. One weekend in August I met my husband to be in Olton. He was in the Army about to be sent to Germany. We wrote the 22 months he was there and I met him at the plane when he returned home. We married 4 months later. We have made our home in around Monahans since we married, living in such exciting places as Goldsmith, Texas, Jal, N.Mex., Ft.Stockton, Texas, and Coynosa, Texas. As of October 2009, my husband, James Lea,r and I, have been married 45 years. We are both retired, and still live in Monahans. James retired from El Paso Natural Gas 14 years ago. He has retired from 2 other business since then, and I think just likes to keep busy. I retired from teaching (23 years) Art to 3rd and 4th graders for 21 years, the last 4 also inculded 1 class at Jr. High School daily. Prior to finishing my degree I was an aid in a Special Ed. class. After I completed my degree, my first year of teaching was in a regular 3rd grade class room, which I loved. I was very fortunate that the art position open in the same school where I worked the following year. Since this was a position I knew would not b...Expand for more