Alpine Baptist is the church we attended starting when I was 9, I believe.
Before that we were members at Calvary Baptist in North Chattanooga on Bell Ave.
Ronnie and his family went to Alpine too. He's 4 years older than me so @ age 9, I didn't even notice him.
When I was 12,after church, Ronnie was in the hallway leading out of the church.
He told me I was pretty. I remember kicking him in the shin. I guess I was embarrassed.
For about a year, as I remember, I went home with Ronnie's younger sister Karen, after church service in the morning and came back with her in the evening to meet my parents @ church and go home after.
I always thought Ronnie was so cute. But I was 12, the age a lot of girls start to pay more attention to boys.
Needless to say, I never told him I thought he was cute!
When I was 14, Ronnie ask my parents if I could go to a movie with him. They let me go! I couldn't hardly believe it. He had a nice car, it was a 64 or 65 Mustang. Red with black interior and a black vinyl top.
We came to Brainerd to a movie theatre that was where Harbor Frieght is now. I was so excited!
When I was 15, I attended Ronnie's wedding to Nancy Smith. Now @ 15 I wasn't visiting his sister anymore after church, and I was a bit older so, I definitely thought Ronnie was cute!
You know the part of the ceremony where the preacher says, speak now or forever hold your peace? I wanted to stand up and say , "Please don't marry her! Wait for me!" But, I kept quiet. I would have looked like an idiot. Now, I wished I had of stood up and spoke! :}
