DAD WAS BORN IN  HELENA,TEXAS IN 1922...SERVED IN THE US ARMY IN TH E 40`S....MARRIED MOM IN 1945...LATER MOVED TO KARNES CITY WHERE HE LIVED ALL HIS LIVE....WORKED WITH THE TEXAS HIGHWAY DEPT..IN KARNES CITY FOR 33 YEARS...DAD ENJOYED DANCING,FISHING,AND B Q IN HIS BACK YARD....HE LOVED SPORTS ESPECIAALY BASEBALL...LOVED THE TEXAS RANGERS...HE WAS A GREAT AND VERY FRIENDLY MAN...RIP