Firm Roots-Strong Limbs

It takes firm roots and strong limbs to live through war, accidents, cancer, Alzheimer's disease and the death of loved ones and still have a positive outlook on life.From the 1020s to the present, Firm Roots-Strong Limbs takes us through one family's love of God, family and country, and how they deal with the joys as well as the hardships in their lives.Most readers can identify with the universal themes of Alzheimer's disease and death, breast cancer, prostate cancer, and bone cancer.Experience the pride of serving country and the joys of teaching troubled youth.

G. Ray Pharr received his bachelor?s degree from Lenoir/Rhyne College in Hickory, North Carolina, his master?s degree from Stetson University, and his doctor?s degree from UNC. He has taught in both public and private schools from fourth grade through the graduate level in North Carolina, Florida, California, Colorado, Oklahoma, New Mexico, and Arizona.He served as a Bomb Disposal Expert in World War II and has had first-hand experience with all the places and events in his book.He and his wife, Joan, now live in Fountain Hills, Arizona, and continue to teach in a community college nearby.