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water nor electricity. Sue Flight. Sue met her husband had not been a big deal to her
paralleled those times with the at Texas Tech, and, during her family; it was mainly to go see
recent COVID quarantines. Last sophomore year of college, they family.
spring, people were panicking got married (1967). After college,
over the shortage of toilet paper, Sue pursued a career as a teacher, Looking back on her life, some of
but she said that she would just and she thoroughly enjoyed being her biggest achievements were
make do because of what she had around kids. Eventually, she had her children because most of her
experienced as a child and the three boys of her own. life revolved around them. “My
strength it has given her in life. philosophy is that you have to
As her children got much older, keep looking forward and not
Growing up in a small town, she decided to focus more on back, you know, because every
Sue was very involved in her her career, so she went from stage of life gives you different
community and her high school. being a high school classroom twists and turns, and you can’t
During her high school days, Sue teacher to taking on the role of dwell on things. I mean, after
was a drum major in the band, on administrator. After she retired my husband’s death, I couldn’t
the Annual staff, and a member of from the school district, she went just dwell on what had already
Tri Hi Y, which was like a sorority. to work for a foundation out of happened. You can only try to
She was also Homecoming Queen Baltimore and traveled a lot. Sue look forward and stay focused on
her senior year, which really had always wanted to travel, what you’re trying to accomplish
impressed me. Her graduating so her job helped to satisfy that next; that’s kind of what has kept
class in high school was about 500. longing. After she retired from me going.” Her life’s philosophy
her work with the foundation, sounds like good advice to me.
After she graduated high school in she was able to travel a little bit After all the uncertainty of this
1965, she decided to attend Texas for pleasure, specifically on some past year, we should all look
Tech University. In college, she cruises. Before her husband’s forward and stay focused on what
was also very active and involved death, she got to go to Ireland, happens next.
in the college community. She and then after his death, she went
pledged a sorority, Delta Delta to Tuscany, Rome, and Scotland.
Delta, and she also joined Angel When she was younger, traveling

Article Submitted by
Clara Vee Dendy LUBBOCK CHRISTIAN

Clara Vee Dendy is the oldest daughter of Doug and Kristin Dendy and is a senior at
Lubbock Christian School where she has attended for nine years. She has been involved
in various athletic endeavors—cheerleading, softball, basketball, volleyball, track, and
cross country—as well as NHS, HYPE (Helping Youth Purposefully Engage), student
council, and student leadership in her church. Clara plans on attending Texas State
University in the fall and will major in psychology.

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