Victory was one of seven children born to Thomas Edward Victory (1905-1969) and the former Currie Esther Horton (1908-1977), who are interred at Keatchie Cemetery in DeSoto Parish.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/116365151/currie-esther-victory|title=Currie Esther Horton Victory|publisher=Findagrave.com|accessdate=September 30, 2024}}</ref> In 1963, he graduated from C. E. Byrd High School in Shreveport as a member of the National Honor Society. He entered [[United Methodist]]-affiliated Centenary College in Shreveport on an athletic scholarship and graduated in 1967 with a [[Bachelor of Arts]] in history and government.<ref name=bio/> While in college, Victory worked at the former Louisiana Army Ammunition Plant west of [[Minden, Louisiana|Minden]] and as a roughneck in [[petroleum]] production.<ref name=lionsclub>{{cite web|url=http://www.northshreveportlions.org/072204.htm|title=North Shreveport Lions Club, July 22, 2004|publisher=northshreveportlions.org|accessdate=June 26, 2012}}</ref> | Victory was one of seven children born to Thomas Edward Victory (1905-1969) and the former Currie Esther Horton (1908-1977), who are interred at Keatchie Cemetery in DeSoto Parish.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/116365151/currie-esther-victory|title=Currie Esther Horton Victory|publisher=Findagrave.com|accessdate=September 30, 2024}}</ref> In 1963, he graduated from C. E. Byrd High School in Shreveport as a member of the National Honor Society. He entered [[United Methodist]]-affiliated Centenary College in Shreveport on an athletic scholarship and graduated in 1967 with a [[Bachelor of Arts]] in history and government.<ref name=bio/> While in college, Victory worked at the former Louisiana Army Ammunition Plant west of [[Minden, Louisiana|Minden]] and as a roughneck in [[petroleum]] production.<ref name=lionsclub>{{cite web|url=http://www.northshreveportlions.org/072204.htm|title=North Shreveport Lions Club, July 22, 2004|publisher=northshreveportlions.org|accessdate=June 26, 2012}}</ref> |