The son of a Presbyterian minister, author David Estes grew up in the cotton fields of Oklahoma and Texas. The 86-year-old served with the Marines in the South Pacific during World War II, and earned a BA degree from Drury University in Springfield, Missouri. He left his big city job in radio, TV and advertising in Kansas City to move back to the farm where his wife was born near Springfield. Estes and his wife, Maxine, have three daughters, four grandchildren and five great-grandchildren spread across the country. ?The kids believe that Christmas doesn?t happen anyplace except at Grandma?s? and spend that week at the farm.
The son of a Presbyterian minister, author David Estes grew up in the cotton fields of Oklahoma and Texas. The 86-year-old served with the Marines in the South Pacific during World War II, and earned a BA degree from Drury University in Springfield, Missouri. He left his big city job in radio, TV...