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Deborah Baker Pixton

Started at BHS as Debbie Baker and left as Mrs. William Pixton. We just celebrated our 50th anniversary. 32 of those years I was a proud Army Spouse. I was not allowed to accompany Bill to Viet Nam but I and our 3 children were part of all the other duty stations. Oddly enough we never were assigned over seas. I wore all the wife/mom hats while he was a helicopter pilot for the first 4 years. Then it was back to school before returning to the Army Nurse Corps. We have called 10 states home, some of them multiple times.

When the kids were old enough to all be in school I went to work at various independent insurance agencies. When military life was finished I had been licensed in 6 states and was pretty good at both personal and commercial lines insurance. I have experience in both sales and service.

Our two daughters each attended 3 large high schools. I don't think either of them will ever attend a HS Reunion. Our son was able to pretty much grow up in Texas. We were there for 9 straight years at Ft. Sam Houston. His graduating class was less than 40 and he had been there to see all of them move in and many also move out to be replaced by new ones.

We settled in GA in 2002. I once again found a family owned agency to work in while my favorite male nurse went to work for the GA prison system. (I think he just liked his patients in some sort of uniform.) Our oldest daughter, Nancy, had also been an Army nurse but changed to civilian status after 8 years of active duty. By then we had 6 grandchildren, 4 of them were hers and they had settled in Georgia. Atlanta offered warmer winters than the other grandkids in Illinois. Daughter number 2, AnJanette, (also a nurse) has now moved to Arizona and winters in Georgia have gotten colder. We hope to relocated to AZ by the winter of 2018. Our son, Burdette, is now married and has added 4 more grandchildren. They live in Utah. I see warm AZ winters in my future with some summer time in UT and trips back to GA whenever possible.

Hard to grasp that those 10 grandchildren range in age from 5 to 27. Two have finished college and one is almost married.

I am working on learning American Sign Language (ASL). I love it but wish I had stumbled on it 40 years ago when the memory cells were still all up to speed. Thankfully my deaf friends are patient with me.

We are loving retirement. Our days are full of Service Missionary work. We are completing our 3rd Service Mission. This type of mission allows lots of flexibility to maintain our home and be part of our community too. So far our heath is good. I feel like the same girl pictured in the yearbooks and can't figure out where the old lady in the mirror came from.



Five years later - July 2023
Shortly after our reunion in 2018 we did sell our home near Atlanta, GA and relocate to Phoenix, AZ. We love it here - even the very hot summers. It was hard to leave a daughter and grandchildren in GA, but thankfully they have been able to visit us in our new location. Growing up in Blackfoot I never considered I'd live in an area where most of us have backyard pools. Life here is very different with no grass to mow.
We have had the opportunity to travel quite a bit over the last 5 years. We spent a wonderful week in Paris and have gone on a few cruises. I wish we had discovered cruising sooner.

Our health is pretty darn good considering all our parts are getting older. Bill has had the opportunity to participate in a significant medical trial. Several new drugs are being approved that should improve memory issues for many people. I even got in on the act and they used some skin tissue for Parkinsons. They needed samples from subjects they knew didn't have the disease.

The biggest part of our lives now and for the foreseeable future is providing daycare 3-4 days a week for toddler twin great grandsons. This keeps us entertained as well as super busy and moving. They are 19 months old and about 30lbs each. They provide weightlifting work outs multiple times a day.

We are looking forward to welcoming another great grandchild to the family in January 2024. Sadly, that one will be living in Georgia. We have a granddaughter here in Phoenix getting married in October. Our son, Burdette, has a son, William Pixton, Starting his mission for our church on July 10, 2023.
Obviously our lives revolve around our family.
We are happy and feeling very blessed.

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