Born December 14, Albany, Kentucky, Ronald Wesley Stearns to Leah Rose Rector and Harold Stearns. 1954-1960 Kentucky, Missouri, Ohio. Sister, Rose Yvonne, born 1957. 1960 Parents divorce. 1960-1963 Dayton, Ohio.
Mother works as a waitress.
Thelma is our live-in baby sitter. Mother marries James David Tower. We move to South Florida. 1963-1973 School in South Florida. A few months in Hartford in 1963-1964.