Del Rio, Texas

Donna was born in Brownwood and graduated from high school there in 1972. She attended Texas A&M before receiving her degree in elementary education from Howard Payne University in 1977. Donna taught for 15 years at St. James Episcopal School in Del Rio, alternating between kindergarten and preschool. Currently, she is a substitute teacher and a member of the First United Methodist Church. She is active in the Fine Arts Club and Cactus Thorn Garden Club, and is currently renovating their historic home. She enjoys spending the summer in Creede, Colorado during the brutal Del Rio summers. John was born in San Saba, Texas and graduated from Sonora High School in 1973. He graduated Summa Cum Laude from Texas A&M in 1977 with a B.S. in Range Science. He is currently self-employed with interests in real estate development, ranching, assisted living and commercial construction. John is chairman of the Del Rio Friends of Scouting and Director for Texas Southwest Council of Boy Scouts of America, a director of the Texas Sheep and Goat Raisers Association, a director for Texas Community Bank and a director for the Val Verde County Transportation Committee. Donna and John have been married for 37+ years and they are the parents of Bryan Weston (wife – Niki ’99) and Alyssa Villarreal (husband, Ernesto). Both daughter and daughter-in-law are former teachers.