July 1, 2011
Glenn Dale “Popsy” or “Bubba” Claybourn Jr. passed away on June 23, 2011, in League City, Texas. He was 87 years old.
Glenn was born on October 11, 1923 in Dallas, Texas to Glenn Dale and Clara Claybourn. Glenn’s family moved to Palacios, Texas in 1933 where he went through school. He was drafted in to the U.S. Army January 27, 1943. Glenn was inducted at Fort Sam Houston in San Antonio, and was transferred to Camp Joseph T. Robinson in Little Rock, Arkansas for basic training. In June of 1943, he was transferred to Camp Fannin in Tyler, Texas, where he served in the motor pool. While at Camp Fannin, he met, fell in love with, and married Gladys Davidson on April 30, 1944. He served in World War II in the 2nd Armored Division 41st Armored Infantry, Company F. He was wounded in the arm on October 6, 1944 in Aachen, Germany and spent the remainder of his tour in El Paso, Texas until his discharge in September of 1945. He was a recipient of the Purple Heart.
Glenn worked for Houston Natural Gas in Palacios for many years. Throughout his career he was transferred to Beeville, Dickinson, Silsbee, Victoria, Clear Lake City and the circled back to Victoria, Texas where he went to work for Houston Pipe Line. He retired from Houston Pipe Line in 1984, and moved to their retirement home in Wimberley, Texas where they enjoyed sitting on the front porch, greeting neighbors as they rode by, while enjoying the beautiful scenery of the Texas Hill Country and watching the deer come out in the mornings to feed. 25 years later they moved to Kemah, Texas to be closer to their family.
For more than 30 years, Glenn and Gladys traveled the country in their RV enjoying the scenery, attractions, making new friends and meeting up with old friends along the way. Some of their favorite camp sites were in Branson, Missouri; Blue Spruce Campgrounds at Bayfield, Colorado; Campgrounds in the Nevada and New Mexico areas and Canyon Lake, Texas to name a few. He enjoyed playing Scrabble and Upwords, reminiscing about jitterbugging with Gladys, tinkering around the house fixing things with duct tape, WD-40 and Velcro, and “watching movies (Mostly Westerns) on the back of his eyelids.” Glenn most recently attended Clear Creek Community Church in League City, Texas.
He is survived by his daughter, Jan Alexander and son in law, Richard Alexander of Dickinson, Texas; grandchildren: Samy Mears and husband Aaron of Dickinson, Texas, Dona Rowe and husband Corey of Pearland, Texas; great grandchildren: Reagan and Alexander Mears, and Gracelynn Rowe; Special family friends & neighbors: Christie Johnson of Wimberley, Texas, and Dorothy Malinson of Kemah, Texas. He was preceded in death by his wife of 62 years, Gladys; and his parents Glenn Dale and Clara Claybourn, and his sister, Irene "Buffy" Buffaloe, and brother in law Glenn Buffaloe.