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Ernie Sue Davis

In Their Own

by Cindy Hardin, Rick Davis Words

& Cathy Wright

Our parents’ love story began in 1957 at McMurry College in Abilene,
Texas. As all love stories go, they are unique, but theirs is our
favorite. She was a McMurry Totem Beauty, and he was a handsome
football and track star . . . and so it began.

Sue: the cafeteria. I thought she was the Littlefield. We moved to Slaton in
“I was entering McMurry as a prettiest girl around. She had long 1965, and Sue finished her college
college freshman from Slaton, hair and blue eyes, and she always degree at Texas Tech and went on
Texas. Ernie was at McMurry on seemed happy! I played football to teach in the Slaton ISD for 30
a football and track scholarship with her brother, and when I saw years. I received my master’s degree
from Stamford, Texas. He was them together in the bookstore, I and retired from teaching/coaching
a sophomore. My brother, Ezra jumped at the chance to meet her! in 1992. We both enjoyed many,
Corley, who was also at McMurry After she went to the Library with many good years in the classroom
on a football scholarship, introduced me, I got the courage to ask her for working with young people. Staying
us in the college bookstore/post a movie date. We saw the movie, connected to education, I became a
office. My first thought about Ernie Moses. I was really trying to impress teacher evaluator over the state for
was, ‘Oh, my goodness, he is really her by my choice of movies! It five years. I also worked at Trinity
cute!’ didn’t take me long to fall head over Church as a counselor for about five
heels in love with her. years, officially retiring in 2002.”
“We chatted for a little while; then
after that, I would see him often in “We dated all that year and made She may have met him in the bookstore/
the school cafeteria. plans to get married in the summer. post office, but we always loved to hear
It all came together, and we married her tell this story:
It took him about four days to get August 23, 1957 at the First Baptist
up the courage to ask me if I would Church in Slaton. We stayed in Sue:
walk with him to the Library to Abilene, so I could continue school “Before I knew Ernie, I was on a
work on a paper. Of course, I said and play football. Sue worked at double date with a teammate of his.
yes!! After that night, we saw each a bank and had to postpone her Ernie came walking out after their
other almost every day! We both college for a while. The next year, football game in his letter jacket
attended classes, and while in Abilene, we had and leaned down into the window
he was busy with our first child, our little of the car where my date and I
football, and I had a girl Cindy. were sitting. He had dark hair and
job in the dean’s office, brown eyes. He said, “So&So (to
but we managed “After graduating from his teammate), you’re not doing too
to find time to be McMurry, I began a bad there, (referring to mom, as he
together!” long coaching/teaching/ wiggled his eyebrows)!’” She smiles
principal career. We big and still lights up when she tells this
Ernie: had two more children story!
“My first recollection along the way. Our only
about meeting Sue son, Rick, was born in We were raised in a Christian home, and
was seeing her in Cisco, and another little not only did we admire their work ethic,
girl, Cathy, was born in but we learned so much from them, not

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