His mother recalled that from the age of two, at the Assembly of God church in Tupelo attended by the family, "he would slide down off my lap, run into the aisle and scramble up to the platform.
Ibunya menyatakan bahwa dari usia dua tahun, di gereja Sidang Allah di Tupelo yang dihadiri oleh keluarganya, "ia akan duduk di pangkuanku, berjalan di lorong dan mengarah ke platform.