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.