Debbie Liles | Oral History

Debbie Liles

OH 1923A

For the Weatherford Oral History Project. Sister and brother sharing childhood memories growing up in a family of eight children in Weatherford, TX during the Great Depression.

OH 1923

For the Weatherford Oral History Project. Childhood memories growing up in a family as one of eight children in Weatherford, TX during the Great Depression.

OH 1934

For the Weatherford Oral History Project. Family background and stories of his four daughters working at Six Flags Over Texas in the Wild West Show, trick-riding and trick-roping. His interest in a stagecoach at the show launching his business, J. Brown Stagecoach Works, in designing and building stagecoaches for Wells Fargo and the movie industry. Touring his shop in Weatherford, TX and explaining the process for hand-crafting stagecoaches.

OH 1779

For the Weatherford Oral History Project. Longtime Weatherford resident. Childhood in Parker County, Texas; memories of World War I; Weatherford in the 1920s; the Great Depression; World War II; medical history.

OH 1887

For the Weatherford Oral History Project. Trick rider and longtime resident of Weatherford, Texas. Childhood and family history; trick riding; performing with various stage shows; move to Weatherford; modern rodeos.

OH 1883

For the Weatherford Oral History Project. Longtime resident of Weatherford, Texas. Childhood in Weatherford and Spring Creek, Texas; farming in Spring Creek; memories of the Great Depression; ranching; tenure as sheriff.

OH 1704

For the Weatherford Oral History Project. Longtime resident of Weatherford, Texas. Family history; birth, childhood and education in Weatherford; Depression-era struggles; father's work with the Works Progress Administration; Weatherford during World War II; marriage to Norman Towles; family's switch from Democratic loyalty to Republican; personal evolution on race issues; religious devotion.

OH 1712

For the Weatherford Oral History Project. Weatherford resident, school administrator, and mayor. Childhood in Memphis, Tenn., and various other locales including Weatherford; education in Weatherford public schools, Weatherford College, and North Texas State College; career as teacher, principal and superintendent in Aledo and Weatherford ISDs; racial integration of Weatherford schools; career as interim superintendent at various North Texas ISDs; experience as mayor

OH 1701

For the Weatherford Oral History Project. Family history; Parker County farming history; childhood and education in Weatherford; Depression-era struggles; enlistment in U.S. Navy; World War II service; studies at Weatherford College, Duke University, and Duke Law; legal career with FBI, in private practice in Weatherford, and as Parker County District Attorney; career as land developer; political career on Weatherford City Council and Weatherford College Board of Regents; involvement in state party politics; integration of Weatherford schools.

OH 1687

For the DFW Metroplex Immigrants Oral History Project. Childhood and education in Brandenburg an der Havel and Graudenz, Germany; escape to Berlin from advancing Soviet army in 1944, and again from Berlin to Bavaria in 1945; family’s experiences with occupying U.S. Army forces; marriage to an America GI; memories of first trip to U.S.; travel due to husband’s various deployments across U.S. and Germany; decision to settle in Weatherford; struggle to pass on German language and culture to children and grandchildren; family history.