My Mom told me her Dad used to give her rides on his back as a little girl, singing a song about how she was going to marry “a cowboy who never road a horse”. I haven’t found that song, if it was a hit or not during those days, still looking, …but I wrote one ;-). Anyway, the bizarre thing she told me, was granddad turned out to be a prophet.

Sometime in late 1956 or early 1957 she met my dad. Apparently he went to a movie with a friend and saw her in a restaurant after coming out. He found out where she worked and somehow found himself needing to goto the pharmacy a lot over the next few days.

It seems shortly thereafter he was a part of the family. There were a lot of pics with everybody having a good time it seemed.

It was about that time my Grandmother also moved to So. California, and my Dad did a good job winning her over as well.

So he didn’t ride horse, but he did have a nice car. My dad said he and my mom went to the drive-in theaters a lot during that time.

I am pretty sure it was love at first sight, they were married within the year.

p.s. see comment, I found the song... 😉