David C YocumDavid C. Yocum was born in St. Louis, Missouri but a city boy he was not. He loved the outdoors and the Missouri woods. His family's frequent trips to the country around Warrenton encouraged that love. While in Missouri, he attended Heoch Junior Highand later, Ritenour Senior High School. When he and his family moved to Idaho Falls, Idaho, he attended then graduated from Bonneville High School. After graduation, he attended Ricks College in Rexburg, Idaho earning an Associate Degree in Elementary Education. It was also there he met and married Glenna Despain, from Kennewick, Washington. After signing his first teaching contract with the Rexford School District, the couple moved to Rexford, Montana where he taught fifth and sixth grades for two years. The couple then moved to Logan, Utah to attend Utah State University where Mr. Yocum earned his Bachelor of Science Degree in Elementary Education. He began writing short stories in 1988, sharing them with friends and family. Many of his stories were about his early years roaming the creeks and woods of Missouri and his adventures with the Boy Scouts. Glenna, his wife of forty-nine years, supported and encouraged his writing while raising the couples seven children. Now, the proud grandparents of twenty-three grandchildren try to keep up with their far-flung family, which is scattered from Graceland to Disneyland. The couple now lives in Missouri where Mr. Yocum plans to continue writing and enjoying Missouri's back wood attractions. Read More Read Less