![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Throughout her childhood, her father would often attempt to foretell current events as he compared the Bible’s prophecies with the newspaper. Her mother was a Congregationalist and her father a member of the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. Similar to Weaver, Jordison had also been raised with conflicting religious teachings. Jordison was a year younger than Weaver and had grown up in Fort Dodge, Iowa, on a farm just 50 miles north of Weaver's childhood home. Following a school dance, the two started dating and grew very close. Graduating from high school in 1966, Weaver enrolled in Iowa Central Community College, where he met fellow student Vicki Jordison. He professed his faith in Jesus at age 11, but recently stated at a news conference for Ed and Elaine Brown: "I ain't afraid of dying no more. As Weaver grew up he earned decent grades in school and enjoyed a variety of sports. The Weavers were deeply religious and had a difficult time finding a denomination which matched their views hence they often moved around among Evangelical, Presbyterian, and Baptist churches. Randy Weaver was the only boy of four children born to Clarence and Wilma Weaver, a farming couple from Villisca, Iowa. Randall Claude Weaver (born January 3, 1947) is a former Green Beret who was at the center of a deadly confrontation with U.S. ![]()
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