Acquiring a dog may be the only opportunity a human ever has to choose a relative.

Her father Wyatt Johnson was a preacher and mill worker. Johnson and Carolyn Freeman. Career
Following a brief stint as secretary of the western region of the Student Young Men's Christian Association (YMCA) in 1917 he became pastor of the First Baptist Church in Charleston West Virginia.

from Morehouse College in 1911 and second bachelor of arts degree from the University of Chicago two years later. Mordecai Wyatt Johnson (January 4 1890 – September 10 1976) was an American educator. Johnson was born in Paris Tennessee the son of former slaves Reverend Wyatt J.