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DON'S son
Michael Don Fess
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MICHAEL DON, born September 25, 1935
in Haynesville, Louisiana, the oldest of six children.
grew up as "Mickey" and finished Magnolia, AR High School and
attended Southern State College, now SAU in Magnolia
BS in Physics Centenary College in Shreveport, LA
He married his high school sweetheart on April 25, 1955
Martha Sue Wilson, born September 30, 1936 in Magnolia
her Father - Halmon Minor Wilson
her Mother - Willie Dale Stephens
Michael and Sue eloped to Greenville, Mississippi
Lived their adult life and raised their family in Shreveport,
Louisiana until 2001, when they moved to Little Rock.
They had four children . . .
Gregory Wilson, Michael David,
Stephanie Fess Tharp, and Christopher Charles
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Michael
"Mickey" in high school as a
Senior in 1953
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"SUE"
Michael's high school sweetheart
They went "steady"
from the eighth grade.
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Michael's young family in Summer of 1964
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Michael
about age 9
Had a bicycle paper route this age
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THE FAMILY GROWS UP
Gregory adds Judith Ann.
Photo taken early 1983 at Breckenridge , Colorado
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The tennis family about 1974 at the tennis facility developed by Michael
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Michael "Mickey" as
a baby held by his
father, Don
in early 1937
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The young couple
in High School
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Michael & Sue at their home in Springlake Way,
Shreveport, Louisiana,
a residential PUD, one of Michael's developments.
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Ski at Snowmass in late 70's
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Michael Don with first
grandchild Kristen Ann
(photo taken 1988)
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Papa Mike & Mama Sue
to their fourteen grandchildren
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Michael Don, "My Three Sons"
Greg, Chris, Dad, and Michael
Photo about 1995
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Pilot Michael and
his Mooney
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Fun at the beach
Michael's family went
to Florida's Dune Allen
Beach every summer
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Michael, the sculptor,
one of his creations,
"Mr. Casual"
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Three Michaels
Michael Don, son Michael David,
and grandson Michael Gregory
(photo taken summer 2001)
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Fess cousins about 1941
Front - Barbara Ann & Frances
Back - "Mickey", David, & Helen
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Michael
still playing his cornet in 1990's
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Michael
with first two children, Greg and Michael
photo about 1960
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Brother Dave and wife, Teri, with Sue and Michael in Victoria, Canada 2002
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Michael "Mickey"
A freshman at SAU
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