Etia Ree Speech

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The climate in northern California during the sixties was a blend of political change, social acceptance, Rock and Rock and Motown. Meanwhile, in the backwoods of Oklahoma a foundation was being built on family, church, gospel music, higher education and hard work. These two worlds would collide when a young soldier was stationed at an air force base in Altus, Oklahoma. Shortly after his arrival, his leave took him to Oklahoma City where he would meet an unsuspecting Oklahoma University fraternity girl. Six years and sixteen hundred miles away, this young couple would welcome a baby girl that was uniquely named Mytia Rene’, meaning deeply loved and reborn. The soundtrack of my life was metaphorically set by gospel star Mahalia Jackson