Norma Strait, George Strait’s First Love
George Strait’s wife Norma Strait was born in 1954 and grew up in Pearsall, Texas, in Frio Country, southwest of San Antonio, and attended the same high school with George. They could have easily become high school sweethearts; unfortunately, for several reasons, the two drifted apart.
George took Norma on a first date, however, he did not ask her out again for a very long time. Luckily, the country music legend realized he is making a big mistake and Norma opened up her heart in welcoming George back into her life.
“Norma was the first girl I ever loved. We knew each other forever, growing up in a small town,” George told 100.3 The Bull, a Houston-area radio station. “I never really even thought anything about her, but then one day I asked her out and we went on a date. We didn’t see each other for a long time after that. Then one day, I thought, ‘I’m missing the boat here,’ and we started dating again.”
The two did not wait long to begin their lives together, George and Norma eloped in Mexico on December 4, 1971; they were just 19 then. To satisfy their parents and in order not to throw tradition to the wind, the small-town high school sweethearts had a formal ceremony in a church in Pearsall a couple of weeks later.