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          Uniquely                                            the most uniquely    leaving to operate a Chick-fil-A



                                                              inclusive families
                                                                                   there was an opening at the store
                                                              I have ever met.     in Alabama.  They returned when
            Mulkey                                            Tom and Mitzi        closer to family in Lubbock. Not
                                                                                   on Slide, with the benefit of being
                                                              Mulkey attended
                                                                                   long after, brother Jason Mulkey
                                                              Texas Tech in the
                                                                                   family Chick-fil-A business, built
                                                              1960’s for their     and his wife Rebecca, also in the
                                                              undergraduate        a home in Vintage Township
            by Della Kramedjian                               degrees and          where Brandon and Christie were
                                                              moved to El Paso
                                                                                   living. Then, in 2013, Christie and
                                                              to raise a family.   Rebecca’s parents moved from
          When it came time for our family                    It wasn’t until      Georgia to live in a house directly
          to relocate again, this time from   their daughter, Melissa, graduated   across their Vintage Township
          Nashville, Tennessee to Lubbock,    from Tech, married Dave Blann,       alley. Yes, you read that correctly.
          it was my hope that we would        and started a family of her own that   An interesting twist to this
          all have an easy transition, even   Tom and Mitzi returned to Lubbock    delightful family is that brothers
          though our immediate family was     to pursue graduate degrees. By that   married sisters, and if you know
          still nearly five hours away. Little   time, Melissa’s brother, Brandon,   the family personally, you are
          did I know that I would be moving   and his wife Christie, made the      remiss if you don’t know the story
          right down the street from one of   move to Lubbock, only briefly        of how that came to be.





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