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==Background==

==Background==

Staggs was the son of Frank Wilson Staggs (1895-1974), an oil field supervisor, and the former Gertrude Vivian Frizzell (1906-2001),<ref>Frank Wilson Staggs (1895-1974) - Find a Grave Memorial, accessed December 26, 2022.</ref> a music teacher at Mirando City, near Laredo, Texas, from which Staggs graduated in 1950. Although his family lived in different towns in Texas over the years, he spent most of his formative years in Mirando City. He received a Bachelor of Science degree in Education from Texas A & I, Kingsville, now Texas A&M-Kingsville. In 1953, he procured a [[Master of Arts]] in Educational Administration and Speech Education from the University of Northern Colorado in Greeley, [[Colorado]]. He enlisted in the [[United States Army]] and was a sergeant on a medical ship in the [[Pacific Ocean]]. Thereafter, he was a second lieutenant with the Texas National Guard until 1959.<ref name=obit/>  

Staggs was the son of Frank Wilson Staggs (1895-1974), an oil field supervisor, and the former Gertrude Vivian Frizzell (1906-2001),<ref>Frank Wilson Staggs (1895-1974) - Find a Grave Memorial, accessed December 26, 2022.</ref> a music teacher at Mirando City, near Laredo, Texas. Although his family lived in different towns in Texas over the years, he spent most of his formative years in Mirando City. He received a Bachelor of Science degree in Education from Texas A & I, Kingsville, now Texas A&M-Kingsville. In 1953, he procured a [[Master of Arts]] in Educational Administration and Speech Education from the University of Northern Colorado in Greeley, [[Colorado]]. He enlisted in the [[United States Army]] and was a [[sergeant]] on a medical ship in the [[Pacific Ocean]]. Thereafter, he was a second lieutenant with the Texas National Guard until 1959.<ref name=obit/>  

On May 28, 1952, he wed the former Maria Julieta Farias (1925-2015), a native Laredoan, educator,  and a descendant of the founder of Laredo, Don Tomas Sanchez. <ref>Maria Julieta Farias Staggs Obituary 2015 - Hillside Funeral & Cremations, accessed December 26, 2022.</ref> and they had  two sons, Frank "Pancho" Staggs, Jr., a retired civil litigation attorney in [[Houston, Texas|Houston]] and [[Fort Lauderdale]], [[Florida]], and Raul Staggs, a casting director and actor in Studio City, [[California]].<ref name=obit>Frank Staggs, Sr. | Obituary | Laredo Morning Times (lmtonline.com), accessed December 26, 2022.</ref>

On May 28, 1952, he wed the former Maria Julieta Farias (1925-2015), a native Laredoan, educator,  and a descendant of the founder of Laredo, Don Tomas Sanchez. <ref>Maria Julieta Farias Staggs Obituary 2015 - Hillside Funeral & Cremations, accessed December 26, 2022.</ref> and they had  two sons, Frank "Pancho" Staggs, Jr., a retired civil litigation attorney in [[Houston, Texas|Houston]] and [[Fort Lauderdale]], [[Florida]], and Raul Staggs, a casting director and actor in Studio City, [[California]].<ref name=obit>Frank Staggs, Sr. | Obituary | Laredo Morning Times (lmtonline.com), accessed December 26, 2022.</ref>