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Larry was born in Garden City on May 27th, 1952. He is the 

7th child of 14. 

Every since he could walk, Larry would be working. His 

parents would give him and his siblings buckets, 

having them collect cotton. He would work 70-80 

hours a week and receive $5 each week. 

Larry's family got their first television set when he was 

eight years old. His family would put their tv in the 

doorway on Sundays and have the neighbors bring 

their lawn chairs, allowing them to all watch tv 

together. His family got their first telephone when he 

was fifteen years old. 

When Larry was younger, his biggest fear was white 

men breaking into his house at night and attacking 

his family because racism was a huge and scary thing 

at this time. 

Growing up, Larry had a lot of racial controversy. The day 

Martin Luther King Jr. was killed, police officers showed up 

to his door, and told his parents that if any of the children 

were seen on the streets that night, they would be shot 

and questions would be asked later. 

Larry had other issues racially growing up, such as when a 

group of white men jumped out of a truck, beat up his 

friends and everyone left with something broken. They 

went to court for this occurrence, but everyone was 

released without charges because there was "no proof" of 

this alleged fight. 

When places in his town opened like the McDonald's or the 

movie theater, only white people were allowed. After 

joining the Marines, Larry realized that the racism was 

going to be worse than before he joined. 

Larry enlisted in the Marines because when he was younger, 

he would watch John Wayne on tv and see him die fighting. 

All he wanted to do was go fight for his country in a foreign 

battle and die fighting. His brother was being drafted into the 

Army and he did not want to go into the Army. Larry 

volunteered to fight in Vietnam. He was in Vietnam from 

January 6, 1972 through March 18, 1973. 

Several years later after seeing the September 11th attack on 

television, Larry tried to reenlist, but was denied, being "too 

old." During this time, Larry had just finished his job in the 

National Guard, repairing night vision goggles, electrical 

things in tanks, air crafts, and naval ships. 

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Larry has 8 children, 23 grandchildren, and 4 great-

grandchildren. 

Pictured, these are three of his sons, his son-in-law, 

and one of his grandsons. 

Larry's greatest achievement is writing his book "God's 

Magnificent Gifts & Manifestations." It is printed in 6 

different languages, such as Chinese, English, French, 

German, Italian, and Spanish. Larry is very proud of 

his book because of it's success, and he has been told 

it's not just a book for America, it's a book for the 

world. 

His proudest moment was when he finished the boot 

camp to become a Marine. He had wanted to be a 

soldier fighting in a foreign place since he was a little 

kid, and he was proud that he was on his way to 

completing that goal. 

Larry's biggest regret is one time when he was visiting his 

mother, he left and he should have spent more time her. 

A few months after this, his mother died. He wished that he 

could have spent more time with her and told her that he 

loved her. 

His advice to teens is even if they're going through an 

extremely hard time, they feel like they have no one to talk 

to and it seems as if nothing is going right for them, they 

can always turn to the bible for comfort.