George Burnice Lawrence and Nita Mae Scott married April 14, 1935, at the Rockwood Baptist Church, born March 6, 1917 in Melvin, the only daughter of John Thompson and Vera Bernice (Higgins) Scott (see John T. Scott).  She attended school at Melvin and Gouldbusk, graduated from Melvin High School in 1933.  She also attended John Tarleton College at Stephenville.  They lived on the Kennedy place for several months after they were married.  That summer he worked at the Dolph Smith thresher.

In October 1935, the Lawrences bought 112 acres of land at Fisk, from Freeman Lindsley Investment Company of Fort Worth.  Burnice owned some pretty white-face cows and calves and sold them to make a down payment on the land.  The farming was done the first year with Mr. Scott’s team and plows.  During the second year, Burnice bought a W C Allis Chalmers tractor to do the farming.  They raised a good garden each year and did lots of canning.  They raised chickens to eat, kept laying hens and sold eggs to the hatchery, and raised turkeys for market in the fall.  Through the years they bought cows and sold milk and cream each week. Eventually sheep were added on the farm. In 1942, Burnice and Nita bought 108 acres of land from the Crowder Estate and moved over on the Fisk-Mozelle Road.  After a tank was dug, running water was piped to the house.  In 1947, they built a new home where the old one had stood.  The Lawrences bought 338 acres of land two and one-half miles southwest of Gouldbusk from hen parents, when they retired from farming.  In 1966, another 971 acres of land which joined the land at Fisk was purchased.  This was the Nell Rude Place.  Through the years, Burnice leased more land and bought more cattle and sheep.  He bought several combines.  These he used to combine his own grain, and also combined for the public for a number of years.

On April 26, 1938, Patsy Jo was born; twins, Melba Jean, a daughter, and Melvin George, a son, were born November 23, 1941, all in Overall-Morris Memorial Hospital.  Patsy Jo started to school at Brown Ranch in 1945.  Miss Dora Kirkpatrick was her first grade teacher.  Melba and Melvin started to school at Mozelle in 1948, since the Brown Ranch School had closed and all students were transferred to Mozelle.  The school years passed fast. Patsy, Melba and Melvin were all involved in church, 4-H and school activities.  They all participated in sports, and fed lambs for the Mozelle Livestock Show.  Patsy and Melba had cooking and sewing projects for 4-H and homemaking.  Melvin was involved in FFA activities.  All were active members of the Harmony Baptist Church; Patsy and Melba were both pianists for the church for several years. Patsy graduated from Mozelle High School in May 1956, attended Howard Payne College, Brownwood, one year, and received a B.S. Degree in Vocational Home Economics Education from North Texas State in Denton, in August 1959.  Melba and Melvin graduated from Mozelle High School in May 1960.  They both attended Tarleton State College, Stephenville.  Melba also attended and graduated from Draughn’s Business College in Abilene.  Melvin attended an electronics school in Abilene.

Patsy’s first job was Home Demonstration Agent for Menard County.  She and Larry Eugene Gilder of Coleman, were married November 14, 1959 at Thalia.  Larry was in the Air Force and served two years in Germany.  On his return to the states, they moved to Vernon, where he was stationed at Altus Air Force Base in Oklahoma.  Upon his discharge, they moved to Coleman where they purchased a new house.  Larry worked for his dad at Gilder Garage and for the Coleman County Farm Bureau as an insurance agent for nearly two years.  About eighteen years ago, he became an insurance agent for American National Insurance Company.  After a few years, he was promoted to Staff Manager.  He worked as staff manager for several years and then returned to the position of ANICO agent in Coleman.  Patsy taught homemaking at Mozelle High School for four years, and is currently starting her seventeenth year as homemaking teacher at Talpa-Centennial High School at Talpa.  In 1967, they purchased their present home in Coleman.  They have one son, Douglas Andrew, October 23, 1968.  Doug attended kindergarten and the first five years in the Coleman Schools.  He has attended the Talpa-Centennial Schools the last three years, and will be a freshman at Talpa in 1983-84.  He is very active in school and 4-H activities.  He especially likes basketball and tennis.  In 4-H he likes Shooting Sports and does a lot of trapshooting and hunting.

Melba Jean and Delmar Paul Medders of Aurora, Colorado, married August 20, 1961 in Aurora.  He has worked for General Motors Acceptance Corporation for 24 years in Denver, Colorado; Cheyenne, Wyoming; Dallas, and presently in Dayton, Ohio.  Melba has worked in a number of banks in the various places and sold real estate while living in North Richland Hills.  They have two sons:  Randall Scott, May 10, 1966 in Cheyenne, Wyoming, and Mickey Lee, May 8, 1968 in Irving.  Both are attending high school in Dayton.

Melvin George and Linda Joyce Broyles of Coleman married July 20, 1962.  They lived on Home Creek, south of Santa Anna, for about thirteen years.  He worked for Albert Adkinson Oil Company for 12 years and did farming and ranching.  They then bought a house and moved southeast of Fisk, where he is still farming and ranching.  They have five children, two girls and three boys.  (1) Melonie Marie, February 22, 1963 in Coleman, started to school at Santa Anna, graduated from Mozelle High School in May 1981, and attended Cisco Junior College for one year.  On June 19, 1982, she and Christopher (Chris) Koulovatos were married at the Central Baptist Church in Coleman.  Chris was manager of the Coleman Country Club.  In June 1983, they moved to Wichita Falls, where he is the manager of the Wichita Falls County Club.  (2) Todd George, April 16, 1964 in Coleman, also started to school at Santa Anna and graduated from Mozelle, May 1982.  He was active in sports and had pig projects for the livestock shows while in school.  He boxed for several years with the Coleman Boxing Club.  After graduation, he helped with the farming and ranching before moving to Fort Worth in April where he is employed with a plumbing company.  (3) Ladd Eric, September 12, 1967 in Coleman, will be a sophomore at Mozelle High School during the 1983-84 school year.  He also started to school in Santa Anna.  He has been active in sports, likes golf, especially.  He also had a pig project for the livestock shows.  (4) Scotty Wade, March 15, 1970, Coleman, will be in the eighth grade at Mozelle in the fall of 1983.  He likes boxing and is active in sports.  He has shown pigs as well as rabbits in the livestock shows.  (5) Amanda Mae, January 29, 1978 in Coleman, will be in kindergarten at Mozelle in 1983-84.

Burnice and Nita Lawrence lived in the Fisk Community for almost 47 years before they bought a lot in Coleman and had a house built at 500 West College Avenue.  They moved to Coleman in July 1982, and are enjoying their new home.