Winter's Child

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First eBook Edition: August 2006

ISBN: 0-446-19861-7

1. Women judges—Fiction. 2. Missing persons—Fiction. I. Title.

For Marilyn, Linda, Nancy, Lia, Judy, and Sue—y’all know who and y’all know why (also the when, what, where, and how).

It might seem that the turbulent squall cloud is very vigorous compared with the gentle air currents which build it,but it must be remembered that the squall cloud is near theaxis of the whirl.

—Willis Isbister Milham

WINTER’S

CHILD

D E B O R A H K N O T T ’ S

F A M I L Y T R E E

(stillborn son)

Annie Ruth

1) Ina Faye

Langdon

(1) Robert

m.

2) Doris > children (including Betsy) (1)

> grandchildren

(2) Franklin

m.

Mae > children > grandchildren 1) Carol > Olivia > Braz & Val (3) Andrew

m.

2) Lois

3) April > A.K. & Ruth

m.

(4) Herman*

m.

Nadine > *Reese, *Denise, Edward, Annie Sue

(5) Haywood* m.

Isabel > at least 3, including Valerie, Stephen, Jane Ann > g’children

(6) Benjamin

m.

Kezzie Knott

(7) Seth

m.

Minnie > at least 3, including

Jessica

(8) Jack

m.

1) Patricia (“Trish”)

(9) Will

m.

2) Kathleen

m.

3) Amy > at least 2 children

(2)