Helen Bessalee (Sluder) Lambert

Helen Sluder married Richard Lambert August 23, 1947 just after graduating from Kermit High School. Her yearbook said she would go on to teach and she did. She taught high school until she retired in 1986. She taught at Hirschi High School in Wichita Falls, TX when she retired. She loved teaching typing, English and accounting. Robert Frost was her favorite poet. She lived in Texas, Kansas, Tennessee and West Virginia during her life. She attended Midwestern State University where she got her Masters of BA and she attended West Texas State University in Amarillo, TX. Her father was Herbert Sluder and her Mother was Maude Preece Sluder. Her mothers family has been in KY and West Virginia since the 1600s. She had 2 brothers, Lloyd Ray and William (Bill) Sluder. She has 2 sisters Artlene Boyter and Mary Louise Mart. She and Richard enjoyed travelling to all 50 state capitals which was on her bucket list and she always enjoyed visiting Las Vegas. She had two children Richard Lambert Jr and April Lambert. She also had 3 grandchildren she never met. Her teaching career allowed her to encourage kids and change the world. She was cremated and her ashes were spread in the Sluder Family plot at the Warfield Cemetery in Inez, KY.