I Am Wilshire

I Am Wilshire: Ann Hill

Hometown: Bellmead (outside Waco) Present City: Dallas Education: Baylor University Profession: Banking and Administration Tell us about your family. My ancestors moved from Arkansas to Texas just after the Civil War. I was born in Pursley Community outside Corsicana,...

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I Am Wilshire: Jen Lovejoy

Hometown: Dallas; Present City: Dallas; Education: MS; Profession: Teacher; Tell us about your family. I have two sons, Charles, 8, and William, 7. My mother lives with us. I am a widow. How about your work or volunteer life? I teach sixth grade at Merriman Park...

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I Am Wilshire: Jim Walton

Hometown: Dallas; Present City: Dallas; Education: UNT, Biology; UNT, Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine; Michigan, MBA. Profession: Physician (internist), health care executive; Tell us about your family. I’ve been married to Rhonda for 43 years. We raised four sons:...

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I Am Wilshire: Dorothy Burrus

Hometown: Tulsa; Present City: Dallas; Education: Doctorate in education, Oklahoma State University; Tell us about your family. My husband, Hershel, and I met in college at OSU. We got married in 1941, and he left shortly after to serve in the Army during World War...

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I Am Wilshire: Gina Waterman

Hometown: Lake Hopatcong, New Jersey; Present City: Garland; Education: B.S. Technical Communication, Rochester Institute of Technology; Profession: Grief recovery specialist/coach; Tell us about your family. I am mom to Kenneth, 19. He attends the Notre Dame School,...

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Preparing for Worship

What has been before will continue to be, and what has been done before will continue to be done — there’s nothing new under the sun! —Ecclesiastes 1:9 Sometimes we feel just like the writer of Ecclesiastes. We get stuck in our daily routine. Everything seems...

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I Am Wilshire: Laurie Diffee

Hometown: Dallas; Present City: Dallas; Education: B.S. in education, Baylor University; Profession: IT Engineer at GuideStone Financial Resources (formerly the Annuity Board of the Southern Baptist Convention); Tell us about your family. My husband, Mike, and I have...

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I Am Wilshire: Mary Lu Hare

Hometown: Dallas; Present City: Fort Worth; Education: B.A., Marketing, Texas Woman’s University; M.P.A., Texas A&M University; I start my M.P.H. online this fall with Boston University. Profession: Senior manager for scientific sessions program at American Heart...

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I Am Wilshire: Rhonda Walton

Hometown: Fort Worth; Present City: Dallas; Education: B.A. in English from Texas Christian University; M.D. from Wright State School of Medicine, Dayton, Ohio; Residency in Pediatrics at Dayton Children’s Hospital; Profession: Pediatrician (retired); Tell us about...

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I Am Wilshire: David Beck

Hometown: Paducah, Texas; Present city: Justin, Texas; Education: UT–Austin, Business; Profession: Business Management; Tell us about your work. For 26 years my family has operated a restoration service business, cleaning buildings after water and fire damage losses...

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