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Exceptional
SENIORS
Finding
a Calling
ONE
STEP
AT A TIME
Bev Byers
by Bev Byers
lorence Nightingale is known paying job was pulling cotton; the College accepted me, and I took
as the founder of modern cotton field was across the road two Bible courses and a history
Fnursing. Born in 1820 to a right in front of my house. course my first semester. After
wealthy family, she pursued what four years, I graduated with an
she called her “God-given calling” 1962 was an exciting year as I associate’s degree. I had enjoyed
of nursing. As a professor of graduated from Lubbock High school so much that I did not know
nursing at Lubbock Christian School in May and married Ronny I could have graduated two years
University, I have found that many Byers in a beautiful wedding on earlier! I took music and art classes,
of the nurses pursuing advanced August 30. Ronny was a cotton along with the prerequisites for
degrees agree that nursing is in farmer, and we loved farm life, Methodist/Covenant School of
their hearts as a calling. even more when we had our three Nursing. I began to feel like a
daughters. Lorri, Paige, and Kasey “real nurse” while a student at
Personally, nursing was always made our family life complete! Methodist.
“in” me. As I look back, I was born
to be a nurse; there was a “calling” I have been a nurse for 40 years, I became a registered nurse in
deep within. I felt like a nurse as I and as I look back, I am surprised the summer of 1981 and began
took care of my dolls and dogs. at how it all happened. working in the surgery department
at Methodist. We moved to
My education began at Arnett We lived on a farm south of Anton. Lubbock about the same time.
Elementary and continued through When our daughters were all in
Matthews Junior High School and grade school in Anton, I felt a need An opening for the student health
Lubbock High School. My first to go to school, too. South Plains nurse opened at Lubbock Christian
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