Mary Windsor Archives - Bill Windsor

Mary Windsor celebrated her 47th Mothers Day in Heaven

Mary Garnett Johnson Windsor in 1943 – age 18

Mary Windsor celebrated her 47th Mothers Day in Heaven.

Bill Windsor’s Mother was born in 1925, and she died of misdiagnosed breast cancer on December 23, 1977.

She was the best mother ever!

Bill Windsors First Job was a Dream Job

Bill Windsors First Job was a Dream Job. At the age of 16, when I got my driver’s license, I managed to get a summer job delivering prescriptions for Security Pharmacy in Lubbock, Texas.

Nothing could have been better than getting to drive all day! I was so past ready to get my driver’s license. I got my license later than my friends because we moved from Louisiana to Texas. I had to wait to take driver’s ed.

Mary Windsor and the infamous green Valiant

I, Bill Windsor, used to drive up and down our short driveway. We had an ugly green Valiant with push-button transmission. This is my Mom standing in front of the infamous green Valiant at our home at 3109 40th Street in Lubbock, Texas.

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Billy Windsor Began School 1954

Billy Windsor and Tony Windsor with life preservers at the pool in 1954.
Billy Windsor, Tony Windsor, and Wendy Windsor at her highchair in 1954.
Billy Windsor and Tony Windsor sharing a chair in 1954.
Billy Windsor was still taller than his brother Tony in 1954.
Billy Windsor Report Card 1954-55
Billy Windsor Report Card 1954-55
Billy Windsor Report Card 1954-55
Billy, Tony, and Wendy Windsor at Grandma and Grandpa Johnsons House in Danville Virginia in 1954.
Billy Windsor and Wendy Windsor in a stroller in 1954.

I attended five of my six years of elementary school in Texarkana Texas; that is where Billy Windsor Began School 1954. I started at age 5 in the first grade at Oaklawn Elementary School, and I turned age 6 after two months. I did not attend Kindergarten. I don’t believe we had it back then.

My parents both had beautiful handwriting, but my hand simply would not cooperate. I tried. First-grade teacher, Lois Roy, was being kind when she gave me a B+ in Penmanship. Billy Windsor Began School 1954.

My first memories are from 1954. We were a family of five.

My Dad, Walter, was quite a presence. He was 6-feet three-and-a-half inches tall. That made him a giant back in those days. My Dad had the best male speaking voice ever, very deep.

My Mom, Mary, was the sweetest and best mother ever to live.

I adored my baby sister, Wendy.

Billy Windsor was still taller than his brother Tony in 1954.

My brother, Tony, and I were inseparable until school separated us.

I remember seeing and loving Pinocchio.

I remember it was a big deal to go to Furr’s Cafeteria on Sundays for dinner.

I walked to and from Oaklawn Elementary School. Dad was the General Manager of KCMC-TV on the other side of town, and Mom did not have a car or a driver’s license.

My Dad was always a celebrity. That was cool. My Mom was always the best. That was cool.

Billy Windsor does drawing on KCMC-TV in 1954.

I first appeared on TV in 1954. I believe this was a drawing for Queen for a Day.

I remember going to a classmate’s birthday party. They served cupcakes. I had never seen a cupcake. It was in a paper “cup.” I ate it all and then feared I would die from what I realized was paper. I lived.

One of my least fond memories is that I was too shy to ask permission to use the rest room, and I pooped in my pants and sat in it until I mercifully got to walk home. I’m sure it had to stink, but no one said anything. Billy Windsor Began School 1954.

We moved to 4105 Rio Grande Avenue in Texarkana, Texas, and that’s where I attended second grade and received my only report card with Straight A’s. Thank you, Mrs. Kolb.

Billy Windsor in 1949 – Months 4 to 15

Someone holding Billy Windsor in air
Walter Windsor pulling Billy in little red wagon
Smiling Billy Windsor on pillow - 1949
Billy Windsor smiling but blurry in 1949
Billy Windsor with punch toy in 1949
windsor bill 1949 Portrait of Billy 1949
Billy Windsor held by mother Mary January 1949
Billy Windsor in walker in 1949
Grandpa Johnson holding Billy Windsor with Grandma Johnson
Billy Windsor floating - 1949
Blurry Billy Windsor 1949
Billy Windsor with daddy Walter Windsor in yard in 1949
Billy Windsor strolling in 1949
Billy Windsor propped up as if sitting in 1949
Billy Windsor on his stomach on couch in 1949
Billy Windsor on dark blanket on grass in 1949
Billy Windsor on blanket in 1949
Billy Windsor looking up from stroller in 1949
Billy Windsor in stroller in 1949
Billy Windsor in crib in shade in 1949
Billy Windsor in crib in 1949
Billy Windsor in 1949 with father Walter Windsor at 8-months 18-days
Billy Windsor held up by father Walter Windsor in 1949
Billy Windsor being pushed in stroller by mother Mary Windsor in 1949
Baby Billy Windsor in 1949
Baby Billy Windsor on couch in 1949
Baby Billy Windsor on pillow and blanket in 1949

Billy Windsor in 1949 – Months 4 to 15.

It was a very good year.

Walter Windsor and Mary Windsor were The Best Parents Ever

Mary Windsor holds smiling Billy in 1948.
Walter Windsor holds baby Billy outside in Columbus in 1948.
Newborn Billy Windsor October 1948
Is this Billy Windsor shooting the finger in 1948
Infant Billy Windsor with giant bottle October 1948.
Infant Billy Windsor on blanket in yard in 1948
Infant Billy Windsor in diapers with blankets 1948
Bill Windsor 1948 birth Front page of New York paper October 1948
Profile of Billy Windsor in October 1948
Billy Windsor Baby Book 1948
Billy Windsor on chair 1948
Billy Windsor in arms of mother Mary Windsor in 1948.
Billy Windsor in hat sleeping in October 1948
Billy Windsor crying in 1948
William Michael Windsor smiling for the camera in 1948
Baby Billy Windsor on pallet on grass in 1948
Baby Billy Windsor in knitted hat in 1948.
windsor bill 1948 Billy in Marys arms 1948
Walter Windsor holds baby Billy Windsor outside in Columbus Georgia in 1948
Mary Johnson Windsor holds smiling Billy in 1948

My Mom was Mary Windsor, and she was the best mom ever! She was a stay-at-home mom.

And my Dad was Walter Windsor. He was the best father ever! Walter Windsor and Mary Windsor were The Best Parents Ever

I was the first-born child. My brother and two sisters followed.

I was a very lucky boy. My siblings and I could not have had a better childhood. My Dad wasn’t paid what he was worth as the manager of television stations while I was a child. I always thought we were “rich.” We weren’t, but we had a very comfortable life.

I, William Michael Windsor, was born in Columbus, Georgia. My Dad and Mom had just driven to Columbus from California with my Mom almost nine months pregnant. Dad became the General Manager of WGBA Radio in Columbus.

We were living in a motel when Mom went into labor. Dad didn’t want his son to come home from the hospital to a motel room, so he raced out and rented this home at 2222 Buena Vista Road, Columbus, Georgia.

Walter Windsor and Mary Windsor were The Best Parents Ever.