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I grew up in Rowan County here in North Carolina

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in a little crossroads called Enochville,

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which is near Salisbury, Kannapolis, China Grove area.

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It was great, small community. Most people in our area were either farmers or textile workers. That's generally what you did.

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My dad had retired from the service at that time and he worked at the VA hospital in Salisbury

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and my mom worked at Cannon Mills in Kannapolis, so I guess she worked there for about thirty years.

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But it was great. They didn't go to college and none of my immediate aunts or uncles did

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but it was important for my parents to make sure that I did and so I'm first generation.

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My sister actually went to nursing school but even though she's older she did that a little bit later in life,

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so I was technically the first person to go to college in my family.