Marlene Elmore-Arnold:  

Life We moved to Texas in 1963 and have made our home here ever since. We have three sons that also live in this area. On June 14, 2001, our youngest son, James Marlin, died of a massive heart attack. He was 43 years old. He was an amazing young man and will be missed by the entire family. We have three living grandchildren and four great-grandchildren, and two more on the way. I retired after 21 years with the same company in 1997, then was called back to work temporary, which lasted almost 6 (six) years. I may be retiring again soon. On March 15, 2005 Ray was diagnosed with lung cancer. He did have surgery and had 1/3 of his left lung removed along with the cancerous mass. Hopefully all the cancer was removed and he will make a full recovery. After over 52 years together it is impossible to imagine life without him. He is currently at home recovering from the surgery. On October 16, 2005 we were happy to have our 6th Great-grandchild come into the world. We now have 3 boys and 3 girls. I did finally retire from all work outside the home last April. Ray's cancer has now gone into his spine and hip so working would be impossible for me. He is pretty much bed-fast and the prognosis does not look good. He has lost...Expand for more