Edith Barret in the late 1920s.

My mom and her sister Helen Faye Barrett Thomas lived with their parents in and around Beaumont for most of her childhood and adolescence. There is not much family history from this period. I know they lived in Amelia for a time and near Tyrrell Park for a time.

Mom finished Beaumont High School when she was 16. She had been advanced one year because she was so bright and there were only 11 grades at that point.