Rịba ama amaokwu a dị n'okpuru ma zaa ajụjụ ahụ mgbe e mesịrị n'otu asụsụ ahụ dị ka amaokwu ahụ:  Passage: A mụrụ Witherspoon na Machị 22, 1976 na Southern Baptist Hospital, na New Orleans, Louisiana, ebe nna ya, Dr. John Draper Witherspoon, bụ nwa akwụkwọ na ụlọ akwụkwọ ahụike na Mahadum Tulane. A mụrụ Dr. Witherspoon na Georgia ma jee ozi dị ka onye agha na United States Army Reserve. Ọ nọ n'ọrụ onwe ya dịka dọkịta otolaryngologist ruo n'afọ 2012. Nne ya, Dr. Mary Elizabeth "Betty" (née Reese), si Harriman, Tennessee. Dr. Betty Witherspoon nwetara akara ugo mmụta ise n'ozuzu, gụnyere Ph.D. n'ịgwọ ọrịa ụmụaka. Ọ ghọrọ prọfesọ nọọsụ na Mahadum Vanderbilt. Witherspoon ekwuola na ọ bụ nwa John Witherspoon, onye Scotland mụrụ, onye bịanyere aka na Nkwupụta Nnwere Onwe nke United States; agbanyeghị, ndị Society of the Descendants of the Signers of the Declaration of Independence genealogists enyochaghị nkwupụta a. Ndị mụrụ ya ka lụrụ di na nwunye n'ụzọ iwu kwadoro, n'agbanyeghị na ha kewara na 1996. A zụlitere Witherspoon dị ka onye Episcopalian, ma kwuo na ọ bụ mpako maka "azụlite ndịda na-enweghị atụ" nke ọ natara. O kwuru na o mere ka ya "nwee mmetụta nke ịbụ onye òtù ezinụlọ na onye na-eme omenala" ma kụziere ya "ịdị na-echebara mmetụta nke ndị mmadụ echiche, ịdị na-akwanyere ndị ọzọ ùgwù, ịdị na-eji ihe akpọrọ ihe, na ịghara iji ihe i nwere ná ndụ gị egwuri egwu". Mgbe ọ dị afọ asaa, a họpụtara Witherspoon ka ọ bụrụ onye nlere anya maka mgbasa ozi telivishọn nke onye na-ere okooko osisi, nke kpaliri ya ịmụ ihe nkiri. Mgbe ọ dị afọ iri na otu, o nwetara ebe mbụ na Ten-State Talent Fair. Witherspoon nwetara akara ugo mmụta dị elu n'ụlọ akwụkwọ, nwee mmasị n'ịgụ ihe, ma na-ele onwe ya anya dị ka "nnukwu onye nzuzu nke na-agụ ọtụtụ akwụkwọ". Mgbe ọ na-ekwu banyere mmasị o nwere n'akwụkwọ, o kwuru, sị, "M na-agba ara n'ụlọ ahịa akwụkwọ. Ọ na-eme ka obi na-akụ m kpum kpum n'ihi na achọrọ m ịzụta ihe nile". A kọwaala ya dị ka "multi-achiever" ma nye ya aha otutu "Little Type A" site n'aka nne na nna ya. Witherspoon gara ụlọ akwụkwọ sekọndrị na Harding Academy wee gụchaa akwụkwọ na ụmụ nwanyị niile Harpeth Hall School na Nashville, n'oge ọ bụ onye na-agba ume. O mechara gaa mahadum Stanford...  Ajụjụ: Olee ebe a mụrụ Witherspoon?
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