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==Background==
==Background==
Isett was born in Breckenridge in Stephens County in north central Texas,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://action.au.org/au/bio/id/8349|title=Rep. Carl Isett, R-TX 84th District|publisher=Americans United for Separation of Church and State|accessdate =December 29, 2008}}</ref> and was reared in [[Massachusetts]] and [[El Paso]], Texas. His father, Dr. Philip E. Isett (born April 24, 1934), resides in Edmond, [[Oklahoma]]. His mother, the former Lu Nell Hawkins (1934–2006), a native of [[Wichita Falls]] and a [[Lutheran]], authored two [[Christian]] books, ''Jonathan Oh Jonathan'' and ''Color Me Legitimate.'' At the time of her death Lu Nell Isett, who had worked in the field of health administration, was residing with her husband in Edmond. She is interred at Resthaven Cemetery in Lubbock.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://lubbockonline.com/stories/061306/obi_061306050.shtml|title=Lu Nell Isett obituary|publisher=''Lubbock Avalanche-Journal,''|date= June 13, 2006|accessdate=July 6, 2012}}</ref>
Isett was born in Breckenridge in Stephens County in north central Texas,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://action.au.org/au/bio/id/8349|title=Rep. Carl Isett, R-TX 84th District|publisher=Americans United for Separation of Church and State|accessdate =December 29, 2008}}</ref> and was reared in [[Massachusetts]] and [[El Paso]], Texas. His father, Dr. Philip E. Isett (born April 24, 1934), resides in Edmond, [[Oklahoma]]. His mother, the former Lu Nell Hawkins (1934–2006), a native of [[Wichita Falls]] and a [[Lutheran]], authored two [[Christian]] books, ''Jonathan Oh Jonathan'' and ''Color Me Legitimate.'' At the time of her death Lu Nell Isett, who had worked in the field of health administration, was residing with her husband in Edmond. She is interred at Resthaven Cemetery in Lubbock.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://lubbockonline.com/stories/061306/obi_061306050.shtml|title=Lu Nell Isett obituary|publisher=''Lubbock Avalanche-Journal,''|date= June 13, 2006|accessdate=July 6, 2012; no longer on-line}}</ref>
Isett has three brothers: James Lyndsey Isett (born 1956) and wife, Cathy, of Moorpark, [[California]], Bruce Edward Isett (born 1961) and wife, Julie Panter Isett, of Lewisville, Texas, and Daniel Mark Isett (born 1973) and wife, Christine Rosenthal Isett, of Alexandria, [[Virginia]]. A sister, Roxanne Evelyn Matlock (born 1964) and her husband, Brent Dale Matlock, reside in [[Amarillo]]. A second sister, Lourdes Isett (1955–2008), born in Mineral Wells, Texas, graduated in nursing from the Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center in Lubbock and died at Baylor All Saints Medical Center in [[Fort Worth], where she had been employed in the care of transplant recipients.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://lubbockonline.com/stories/122908/obi_371940664.shtml|title=Obituary of Lourdes Isett|date=December 29, 2008|publisher=''Lubbock Avalanche-Journal''|accessdate=December 29, 2008}}</ref>
Isett has three brothers: James Lyndsey Isett (born 1956) and wife, Cathy, of Moorpark, [[California]], Bruce Edward Isett (born 1961) and wife, Julie Panter Isett, of Lewisville, Texas, and Daniel Mark Isett (born 1973) and wife, Christine Rosenthal Isett, of Alexandria, [[Virginia]]. A sister, Roxanne Evelyn Matlock (born 1964) and her husband, Brent Dale Matlock, reside in [[Amarillo]]. A second sister, Lourdes Isett (1955–2008), born in Mineral Wells, Texas, graduated in nursing from the Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center in Lubbock and died at Baylor All Saints Medical Center in [[Fort Worth], where she had been employed in the care of transplant recipients.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://lubbockonline.com/stories/122908/obi_371940664.shtml|title=Obituary of Lourdes Isett|date=December 29, 2008|publisher=''Lubbock Avalanche-Journal''|accessdate=December 29, 2008}}</ref>