George,
My family is ALL from Muskogee, Oklahoma. My granddad was the mayor there for two terms in the late forties and early fifties. I am an Oklahoman by blood, but my Dad was career military (Army Air Corps/Air Force) and was stationed at Columbus AFB from about 1959 till 1963. We lived in and remained in West Point, MS from '59 till '67. We moved to Memphis, TN in '67 and I attended high school, college, met and married my wife, etc. My earliest and happiest memories are my West Point days. Most of the time we were there we lived on a small three acre "country estate". We had about a one acre garden, raised chickens and I wandered for hours on end in the woods and fields that surrounded us. Like I said, I'm an Oklahoman by blood, a Texan by choice, but deep in my heart I'm still a Mississippi/Tennessee boy.
Jim