In 1985 Verble wrote a brief accounting of his life after graduating from Amherst High School in 1933.
a. After graduation in 1933 he attended Lippert's Business College in Plainview, Texas for a few months completing a course in bookkeeping,
b. In 1934 he joined the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) and worked for several months buliding a Ranger Station in Colorado,
c. In 1936 he attended Coyne Electrical & Radio School in Chicage for a few months,
d. In 1937 he and Brena got married and settled on a rented farm east of Amherst and near his father's farm,
e. He farmed this place for the next 10 years, but during the fall each year he also worked at local cotton gins to suppliment his income,
f. In 1944 he became manager of Producer's Coop Gin in Amherst, and in 1947 he left the farm and moved his family into the town of Amherst and devoted full-time to his gin job,
g. In 1952 the family moved to Artesia, NM where he he worked as office manage for the Artesia Alfalfa Growers Assoc.,
h. In 1954 the family moved to Pecos, Texas where Verble took over the management two cotton gins owned by a Mr. Locker,
i. a couple of years later, after these gins sold, he became manager of Pecos Gin Co., where he remained for the next 14 years,
j. In 1970, after 35 years in the gin business, he retired and he and Brena moved to Odessa, Texas where he purchased a small grocery store on the Andrews Hwy near the outskirts of town,
k. After about 1 1/2 years he sold the grocery store and went to work for Rexene Polymers in Odessa in their parts dept. The company, which manufactured raw plastics, eventually became a part of El Paso Products Co. He worked there for about 9 years before retiring in 1981.
He and Brena seemed to have had several years of nice trouble-free retirement. They traveled some and always kept their grandkids for a few weeks in the summer. Then in the late 1980's Verble, who had along history of heart problems, had to undergo a heart bypass operation. He came through the operation just fine, but suffered a stroke while in the recovery room. This really adversely affected his health, actually for the remainder of his life. Then Brena died in 1992, and this weighed heavily on Verble who was not in the best of health at the time. Not long after Brena died, Verble sold his house and most belongings and moved into an assisted living facility (Lincoln Towers) in Odessa, Texas. He was in and out of the hospital a few times during this period, but always seemed to pull through. He even remarried in 1995 (Oct 16), to Hester Clovis Hampton who was also living at the retirement center. Their marriage was short lived, however, in that she died about 2 months (15 Dec 1995) after their marriage. Just prior to her death, Verble suffered another stroke-like episode which hospitalized him for a good while including a fairly prolonged stay in a rehab facility in Midland. Eventually, however, he recovered enough to be able to return to the assisted living facility in Odessa where he remained until his death in 1996.
a. After graduation in 1933 he attended Lippert's Business College in Plainview, Texas for a few months completing a course in bookkeeping,
b. In 1934 he joined the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) and worked for several months buliding a Ranger Station in Colorado,
c. In 1936 he attended Coyne Electrical & Radio School in Chicage for a few months,
d. In 1937 he and Brena got married and settled on a rented farm east of Amherst and near his father's farm,
e. He farmed this place for the next 10 years, but during the fall each year he also worked at local cotton gins to suppliment his income,
f. In 1944 he became manager of Producer's Coop Gin in Amherst, and in 1947 he left the farm and moved his family into the town of Amherst and devoted full-time to his gin job,
g. In 1952 the family moved to Artesia, NM where he he worked as office manage for the Artesia Alfalfa Growers Assoc.,
h. In 1954 the family moved to Pecos, Texas where Verble took over the management two cotton gins owned by a Mr. Locker,
i. a couple of years later, after these gins sold, he became manager of Pecos Gin Co., where he remained for the next 14 years,
j. In 1970, after 35 years in the gin business, he retired and he and Brena moved to Odessa, Texas where he purchased a small grocery store on the Andrews Hwy near the outskirts of town,
k. After about 1 1/2 years he sold the grocery store and went to work for Rexene Polymers in Odessa in their parts dept. The company, which manufactured raw plastics, eventually became a part of El Paso Products Co. He worked there for about 9 years before retiring in 1981.
He and Brena seemed to have had several years of nice trouble-free retirement. They traveled some and always kept their grandkids for a few weeks in the summer. Then in the late 1980's Verble, who had along history of heart problems, had to undergo a heart bypass operation. He came through the operation just fine, but suffered a stroke while in the recovery room. This really adversely affected his health, actually for the remainder of his life. Then Brena died in 1992, and this weighed heavily on Verble who was not in the best of health at the time. Not long after Brena died, Verble sold his house and most belongings and moved into an assisted living facility (Lincoln Towers) in Odessa, Texas. He was in and out of the hospital a few times during this period, but always seemed to pull through. He even remarried in 1995 (Oct 16), to Hester Clovis Hampton who was also living at the retirement center. Their marriage was short lived, however, in that she died about 2 months (15 Dec 1995) after their marriage. Just prior to her death, Verble suffered another stroke-like episode which hospitalized him for a good while including a fairly prolonged stay in a rehab facility in Midland. Eventually, however, he recovered enough to be able to return to the assisted living facility in Odessa where he remained until his death in 1996.
In 1985 Verble wrote a brief accounting of his life after graduating from Amherst High School in 1933.
a. After graduation in 1933 he attended Lippert's Business College in Plainview, Texas for a few months completing a course in bookkeeping,
b. In 1934 he joined the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) and worked for several months buliding a Ranger Station in Colorado,
c. In 1936 he attended Coyne Electrical & Radio School in Chicage for a few months,
d. In 1937 he and Brena got married and settled on a rented farm east of Amherst and near his father's farm,
e. He farmed this place for the next 10 years, but during the fall each year he also worked at local cotton gins to suppliment his income,
f. In 1944 he became manager of Producer's Coop Gin in Amherst, and in 1947 he left the farm and moved his family into the town of Amherst and devoted full-time to his gin job,
g. In 1952 the family moved to Artesia, NM where he he worked as office manage for the Artesia Alfalfa Growers Assoc.,
h. In 1954 the family moved to Pecos, Texas where Verble took over the management two cotton gins owned by a Mr. Locker,
i. a couple of years later, after these gins sold, he became manager of Pecos Gin Co., where he remained for the next 14 years,
j. In 1970, after 35 years in the gin business, he retired and he and Brena moved to Odessa, Texas where he purchased a small grocery store on the Andrews Hwy near the outskirts of town,
k. After about 1 1/2 years he sold the grocery store and went to work for Rexene Polymers in Odessa in their parts dept. The company, which manufactured raw plastics, eventually became a part of El Paso Products Co. He worked there for about 9 years before retiring in 1981.
He and Brena seemed to have had several years of nice trouble-free retirement. They traveled some and always kept their grandkids for a few weeks in the summer. Then in the late 1980's Verble, who had along history of heart problems, had to undergo a heart bypass operation. He came through the operation just fine, but suffered a stroke while in the recovery room. This really adversely affected his health, actually for the remainder of his life. Then Brena died in 1992, and this weighed heavily on Verble who was not in the best of health at the time. Not long after Brena died, Verble sold his house and most belongings and moved into an assisted living facility (Lincoln Towers) in Odessa, Texas. He was in and out of the hospital a few times during this period, but always seemed to pull through. He even remarried in 1995 (Oct 16), to Hester Clovis Hampton who was also living at the retirement center. Their marriage was short lived, however, in that she died about 2 months (15 Dec 1995) after their marriage. Just prior to her death, Verble suffered another stroke-like episode which hospitalized him for a good while including a fairly prolonged stay in a rehab facility in Midland. Eventually, however, he recovered enough to be able to return to the assisted living facility in Odessa where he remained until his death in 1996.
a. After graduation in 1933 he attended Lippert's Business College in Plainview, Texas for a few months completing a course in bookkeeping,
b. In 1934 he joined the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) and worked for several months buliding a Ranger Station in Colorado,
c. In 1936 he attended Coyne Electrical & Radio School in Chicage for a few months,
d. In 1937 he and Brena got married and settled on a rented farm east of Amherst and near his father's farm,
e. He farmed this place for the next 10 years, but during the fall each year he also worked at local cotton gins to suppliment his income,
f. In 1944 he became manager of Producer's Coop Gin in Amherst, and in 1947 he left the farm and moved his family into the town of Amherst and devoted full-time to his gin job,
g. In 1952 the family moved to Artesia, NM where he he worked as office manage for the Artesia Alfalfa Growers Assoc.,
h. In 1954 the family moved to Pecos, Texas where Verble took over the management two cotton gins owned by a Mr. Locker,
i. a couple of years later, after these gins sold, he became manager of Pecos Gin Co., where he remained for the next 14 years,
j. In 1970, after 35 years in the gin business, he retired and he and Brena moved to Odessa, Texas where he purchased a small grocery store on the Andrews Hwy near the outskirts of town,
k. After about 1 1/2 years he sold the grocery store and went to work for Rexene Polymers in Odessa in their parts dept. The company, which manufactured raw plastics, eventually became a part of El Paso Products Co. He worked there for about 9 years before retiring in 1981.
He and Brena seemed to have had several years of nice trouble-free retirement. They traveled some and always kept their grandkids for a few weeks in the summer. Then in the late 1980's Verble, who had along history of heart problems, had to undergo a heart bypass operation. He came through the operation just fine, but suffered a stroke while in the recovery room. This really adversely affected his health, actually for the remainder of his life. Then Brena died in 1992, and this weighed heavily on Verble who was not in the best of health at the time. Not long after Brena died, Verble sold his house and most belongings and moved into an assisted living facility (Lincoln Towers) in Odessa, Texas. He was in and out of the hospital a few times during this period, but always seemed to pull through. He even remarried in 1995 (Oct 16), to Hester Clovis Hampton who was also living at the retirement center. Their marriage was short lived, however, in that she died about 2 months (15 Dec 1995) after their marriage. Just prior to her death, Verble suffered another stroke-like episode which hospitalized him for a good while including a fairly prolonged stay in a rehab facility in Midland. Eventually, however, he recovered enough to be able to return to the assisted living facility in Odessa where he remained until his death in 1996.
