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a deputy sheriff was ambushed and killed by a
gang of outlaws in 1927. All are dead now,
Foye having died in April, 1979.
My own family was Father, Hugh, Jonathan
Brazzell, Mother, Bessie C. Terry, children,
Zell, Willie Rhea, Winnie Faye (my twin), Winston
(Bink), Anna Lou, Robert (Bob) killed in
World War II in the invasion of St. Lo, Douglas,
Hugh Burl and Paula.
I married Claudine Simpson and we have
two children, Sylvia Banks and Bryan. Sylvia
and her husband married young and Bryan
grew up with their children.
My wife teaches in the Dumas school system
and I work for Phillips Petroleum Company.
By W.R. Terry
Don Thompson Family
Though the Don Thompson family has not
lived in Hutchinson County but for ten years,
perhaps this short history will provide some
valuable information for some of our descendants
75 years from now.
Donald Martin Thompson was born in the
red hills of western Oklahoma in Custer
County, 10 miles west of Clinton, on 28
August, 1936. He was raised on the farm and
attended school at Stafford where he graduated
from high school in 1954. Don had one
brother, Clarence Ray born 29 May, 1941. On
Sept. 19, 1954 Don married Sara Lou "Sallie"
Calmes. Sallie was born 3 June, 1935 in Clinton
where she was raised and graduated from
high school in 1953. She attended one year of
college at Oklahoma A. John Paul born 28 Jan.,
1927 and Chester James born 24 Sept., 1929.
Both Sallie and Don were descendants of
pioneer Oklahoma families. Their great-grandparents
came to Oklahoma years before
Oklahoma was a state when it was still Indian
Territory.
Don's parents were Eva Ariel (Robertson)
and Ted Clarence Thompson. Eva's mother
Mae (Rouse) came to Okla. from Lee Co., Virginia
when she was only a child with her parents,
Allie Fair (Harris) and Martin Henry
Rouse. They settled around Hydro and
Weatherford, Okla. in Dec. 1901. Eva's father,
Ola Cleveland Robertson, born in Ashland,
Kansas came to Okla. in April 1889 when he
was only 3 weeks old. His parents Nancy Jane
(Thompson) and Andrew Jackson Robertson
settled on a farm 8 miles west of Thomas later
moving to a farm east of Weatherford. Ted
Thompson's parents Louisa Cordelia (Estein)
and James Bascom Thompson came to western
Okla. from Walnut Springs, Bosque
County, Texas. They settled on a farm near
the Parkersburg Community west of Clinton
around 1903.
Sallie's parents were Laura (Davis) and
Chester John Calmes. Laura was born in
Paris, Texas ot Lula (Latimer) and Roy Milton
Davis. In Feb. 1897 with Laura only six weeks
old the family moved to Arapaho, Okla. Laura's
grandfather, Alexander Hamilton Latimer
was already living there as he had settled a
claim near Arapaho in 1893. His wife Mattie
(Warren) had died in 1883 in Paris, Texas.
Judge Latimer served as a county judge for
many years in Custer County, Okla. At the
time of his death Judge Latimer had the distinction
of being the youngest judge Texas
ever had and the oldest judge that Oklahoma
ever had. Chester J. Calmes was born in Hardin,
Raye Co., Missouri but came to western
Okla. when only four years old in the spring of
1899, where the family with eight children settled
on a farm west of Clinton. Chester's parents
were Sarah Isabel (Bogess) and Edward
Price Calmes. Both of their families had gone
to Missouri in the early 1800s from Kentucky.
Don and Sallie spent the first year of their
marriage in Clinton where Don worked forTeel Chevrolet then in Sept. 1955 they moved
to Elk City, Okla. where Don became Parts
Manager for Gene Smith Chevrolet. They lived
in Elk City for the next 13 years moving to Borger,
Texas in May 1968 where Don accepted
the position of Parts Manager at Davis Chevrolet,
later becoming Director of Parts and
Service in 1972. Don had to cut down on
some of his activities after suffering a heart
attack in March 1972. He is a past member of
the Kiwanis Club and also the Borger Toastmasters
Club.
All of the Thompson children were born in
Oklahoma General Hospital in Clinton, Okla.
Debra Diane 5 July, 1956; Carla June 5 July,
1959; Gayla Renae 12 August, 1962; Angela
Lea 4 June, 1966.
After graduation from Borger High in 1974
Debbie attended Frank Phillips Jr. College in
Borger for 2 years then attended Texas Tech
in Lubbock. She is now employed at First Savings
we learned
that wasn't so.
My Daddy, J.W. Immel, was in the house
moving business for many years in Borger,
and we lived on Tenth Street until we went to
Borger High School.
While in high school, I belonged to the D.E.
Club and worked at Barney's Pharmacy for
George and Barney Andress. I worked there
about nine years.
Nora and I went everywhere together. The
Rex and Rig were our shows, and we used to
like to ride the old narrow road that went to
Stinnett. It was a hard pull but fast and furious
coming down. Big Heart's was the hang out at
high school.
We attended Baptist churches and joined
the First Baptist Church; there we were both
to raise our families. I am now a member of
Central Baptist Church here.
I married and was a housewife for years, I
am now working at Gibson Pharmacy and
have been there five years. I have four daughters.
My oldest child, is Anita Thompson who
married Stanley Herrmann. They have two
daughters, Elizabeth, four and Sallie, three
years old.
My second daughter, Juanita Thompson,
resides in Kemah, Texas.
My third born in Angelia Thompson, who
married Stanley Mann. They also have two
daughters, Heather, four and Erica, eleven
months old at this time.
My youngest child, Linda is a junior now in
Borger High. All of my girls graduated from
Borger High School.
My twin, Nora Immel Osborne now resides
in Houston.
I have been a part of Borger for many years,
and have seen it change from a town of shot
gun houses. Daddy recalls the old days and
will talk on it for hours. No matter where I
might go, this will always spell home to me. I
only wish all towns were as safe as it was
when we were growing up. But maybe, that's
a part of growing. Submitted by Dora Thompson
Hazel Groves Thompson
Family
I, Hazel Groves Thompson was born
December 17, 1900, in Collingsworth County
near Dozier. My parents were Frank and Maggie
Groves. I had ten brothers and sisters.
Of my brothers and sisters, two boys are
still living, Richard Groves of Pringle, and Tige
Groves of Stinnett. I also have one sister living,
Faye Groves Morton, who lives in Dumas.
Faye was the first teacher when the Groves
school opened in 1911. I followed in Faye's
footsteps and entered the teaching profession.
I earned my teaching certificate at West
Texas State University and began teaching at
the same Groves School in 1918.
The Groves school was the first school in
District 9, and some twenty years later it
became the Stinnett School District. During
my teaching career, I also taught at Stinnett
and Spearman. Among my students were H.L.
Wilbank, Milton Bryan, Tige Groves, Tex Tomlinson,
Weldon Luginbyhl and R.S. Christian.
I married Orin Thompson, August 15, 1929.
Orin was a rancher and we lived near Stinnett.
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Hutchinson County Historical Commission. History of Hutchinson County, Texas: 104 Years, 1876-1980, book, 1980; Dallas, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth20204/m1/344/: accessed April 27, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Hutchinson County Genealogical Society.