TABLE OF CONTENTSPROLOGUE 1TIMELINE 2EARLY YEARS (1931 – 1945) 4HIGH SCHOOL YEARS (1946 – 1949) 9BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY (1949 – 1953) 17COURTSHIP AND MARRIAGE (1951 – 1953) 21SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS (1954 – 1956) 30DETROIT, MICHIGAN (1956 – 1965) 32TUCSON, ARIZONA (1965 – 1974) 39IDAHO FALLS, IDAHO (1974 – 2017) 44CABINS, CONDOS, AND TOWNHOMES 62SPANISH FORK, UTAH (2017 – PRESENT) 65TRADITIONS IN MUSIC 68FAVORITE SCRIPTURES 73REFLECTIONS ON MY ANCESTRY 77MY BROTHERS AND SISTERS 91MY SWEETHEART, NEWELL KAY 96OUR SIX CHILDREN 103TRIBUTES FROM OUR CHILDREN 121WRITINGS FROM PAST YEARS (1998 – 2014) 135FAMILY GROUP PICTURES 166APPENDIX 1 – FHA ORIGINAL MUSIC COMPOSITION (1948) 177APPENDIX 2 – LETTER TO PARENTS (1964) 179APPENDIX 3 – LETTER FROM DADDY COOK (1965) 181APPENDIX 4 – LETTER FROM MOMIE COOK (1972) 184APPENDIX 5 – NKR EXPERIENCE WITH THE ADVERSARY (1950) 187APPENDIX 6 – RUFFATTI ORGAN RECITAL IN REXBURG, ID (1990) 189APPENDIX 7 – "TO BE CALLED HIS PEOPLE" MUSIC (2007) 190APPENDIX 8 – DALLIN'S DREAM ABOUT THE FUTURE (1976) 193APPENDIX 9 – NEWELL KAY'S FUNERAL PROGRAM (2019) 196LIST OF FIGURES 199INDEX 203