12 Rules for Living

Yvonne D. Slaney was born in Goldsboro, North Carolina and grew up between Pine Level and Princeton on a farm. She had an older brother, Rudolph. Ms. Slaney excelled in school, being the high school valedictorian. She went on to attend Campbell College and later Wake Forest College, majoring in English. She taught school briefly before marrying and starting a family. The mother of five children, two girls and three boys, she embraced her role of motherhood. In 1971, Ms. Slaney returned to N...