Leaving a Legacy, Building a Future
In 1919, L.T. and Lizzie Middleton moved to Lamesa in far west Texas. As their family grew, they acquired more and more farmland in Dawson County. They would eventually have eight children, and each child was given a house and 240 acres of farmland when he or she married. L.T. and his oldest son, I.V. Middleton, were charter members of Bryan Street Baptist Church in Lamesa, a BMAT church that was organized in 1919. At one point in time, L.T. and Lizzie and all eight children
