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Junior Joyce Arterburn
Team Play
by Don Arterburn teaching job in Denver, Colorado.
They stayed in touch and would see
each other whenever they could.
he first time Joyce Davis met
Junior Arterburn was at an
Tice cream shop when she was One time, Junior sent a letter, and
in high school and he was playing Joyce’s dad let Joyce know it was
football at Texas Tech. A few months waiting for her at the house. Her
later Junior’s parents drove up from dad told her he had hidden it, and
Ranger, Texas to watch him play, she would have to find it if she
and after the game, they went on a wanted to read it. She looked all
double date to a movie. Joyce and over the house and finally plopped
Junior dated some more after that down on the couch, only to look up Don was born three years later, and
but did not get serious about their and see the envelope in the light Joyce and Junior huddled up and
relationship until a few years later. fixture above her. Her father was worked together as a couple - like a
Junior went into the Navy and was a fun and wonderful man who good zone defense, as man to man
stationed at Great Lakes, where eventually gave Junior permission to coverage was no longer possible.
he played football and coached marry his daughter. Joyce once told David that she
boxing. He would occasionally Over the last 62 years, there have was going to discipline him when
visit Lubbock, and he and Joyce been lots of fun and wonderful they got home for the way he
would go on dates and keep up experiences as these two individuals misbehaved at the grocery store.
with each other. Junior was drafted have learned how to make a life For some reason, she forgot or
by the Chicago Cardinals to play together. Junior has four older changed her mind by the time they
professionally and, after a few years, brothers, and when they all get got home. When Dad arrived later,
started coaching at Oklahoma State together, there is always delicious David bragged to his dad that mom
University. During this time, Joyce food, usually out of Mother and had forgotten, but he soon found
graduated from Tech and got a Dad Art’s garden, and they always himself getting punished by Junior
find a way to and thinking, “You might as well
square dance or just give me a few more licks for
play cards and thinking you two would ever be
dominos. divided on any issue!”
Diana was the .
first child born to Joyce and Junior were known as
Joyce and Junior, Mr. and Mrs. Art to thousands of
followed 50 college students over the years at
minutes later by Texas Tech and through the college
her twin brother, ministry at First Baptist Church.
David. He always They became the “adopted” parents
said he let her go and grandparents of students, and
first because “I many have stayed in contact after
was a gentleman they graduated. Joyce was the
and held the original sponsor of a women’s spirit
door for her.”
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