Flora Katherine Stevenson Savage MacDonald Ingram born February 7, 1935 in Hope Mills, North Carolina to Ruth Savage Stevenson MacDonald and Kenneth Angus MacDonald.
She has older brother Lauchlin who will celebrate his 80th birthday soon.
Read this letter her father wrote to her when she was at Merridith College:
Raeford, NC October 19, 1955
Dear Katherine,
I am so glad at at least you have decided what you want to do. Best of all I'm glad that you have decided to be a teacher and a primary teacher.
I have always felt , ever since you were a little tad, that you would make a good primary teacher. You have always loved helpless things. As a little girl, you wouldn't pass a stray dog without giving it a pat, if a stray cat came to the door, it had to be taken in, you couldn't stand it otherwise.
You love children and they love you. and I am confident that if you learn the techniques required, you will make a good primary teacher.
To me, teaching is the greatest calling next to the ministry. I believe that God calls a dedicated teacher as much as he calls the consecrated minister. A teacher deals with souls just as much so as the preacher. Sometimes I think more so. You will get to influence good numbers of little children, or young souls, which ever way you wish to look at it, long before a minister can hope to. to reach them.
You may wonder why I say this, but in my long experience, I have found that the teacher who can touch a soul of the little child can also teach him more 'readin, writin. and rithmetic' than one who only touches his bottom.
To me, and I think to you, there will be nothing so heart warming as a room full of eager little faces looking to "teacher' for help guidance and love. The day will be good for them because the 'Teacher' is there.
I thank God that you have come to this decision. I have prayed for a long time that God will guide you in choosing the right career.
Love,
Daddy
