Toni French

Born Toni Lynn French in Spokane, Washington, to Dorothy "Joyce" Finch and Phillip Norman French. Toni's mother grew up on a cattle ranch in Wyoming, raised a grand champion steer at State Fair, and graduated as Valedictorian of her High School Class. She then received a full scholarship to the University of Wyoming, but chose to give it up and put herself through college and Nurses Training in Washington State. Her father graduated from high school early with honors and joined the Air Force. It was not until he was in his 40s that he learned he had been awarded an appointment to West Point. Her parents met while both were training to become missionaries at the Navigator Headquarters in Colorado Springs. Toni's mother is of English and Welsh ancestry, and her father is of Scottish, Irish, Dutch, German, Choctaw Indian and Israeli descent. In fact, Toni's mother's ancestor may be descended from or related to Anne Parr, one of King Henry VIII wives. One of her paternal great grandmother