Early Life
Willingham was the son of Ladelle (née Speights) and Noble Henry Willingham, a railroad worker and a farmer.
He was born in the small town of Mineola, in Wood County east of Dallas, Texas. After graduating in 1953 from North Texas State University in Denton, he earned a master's degree in educational psychology from Baylor University in Waco, Texas.
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