My parents, Nellie Beard and T.W. Daniels Jr., should never have met. She was 2½ years older and, before he was on the scene, had planned an elopement that was foiled by car trouble. T.W. didn't attend 71st High School in Fayetteville, N.C., until his junior year. He had skipped a grade somewhere along the line, so he was only one year behind his future wife at that time.
During what should
