Blanche Hudson was a Christmas baby, born Dec. 25, 1922. to Daniel and Martha (Taylor) Kesler, the ninth child born to the couple. Her birth took place in the family farm house near Trousdale, Oklahoma, and she lived there with her family until she was married.

She met the love of her life, Fay Hudson, when he was teaching at Ivy, a one room school across the road from where the Keslers lived. They were married April 23, 1938, at Sulphur, Oklahoma, and were lifelong residents of southern Po...