My father, Lee Griffith,(1910-1953/Cancer) half Cherokee Indian, who wrote poetry and short stories but never published anything, my son, Gregory Douglas Turner,(1969-1992/murdered, who was a fabulous artist and my grandchildren . . . especially Christian Douglas "Doogie" Turner who has lived with us most of his life (1994-). Stephen King, Agatha Christie, Pearl S. Buck, William Manchester, Dean Koontz, etc.