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| Herschel in the Army |
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| Gerald Bud Herschel Clayton |
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| He3rschel on his horse |
Herschel liked to make shelves, and did lots of leather working.
He once hemmed his pants with hot glue!
He was buried with his new Stetson hat.
When he was 19 his sister Maude and her new husband Earl Stalcup were at the Littlefield's for dinner. Earl was quite a story teller with lots of "rigamarole" added in. He was telling such a story when suddenly Herschel stood up on his chair and would not get down. His mother asked him to get down several times. Finally she asked him why he would not sit down. He replied "I can stand it when I have to wade through it, but I am not about to let it run down my throat!"
(told to Sherry Snyder by Aunt Sis - Verdie Harris)
MJ said Herschel shot himself in the foot during WWII
From Mary Jane I don't remember saying that about Uncle Herschel being shot in the foot, but I do remember the cigar box he would bring--he would bring and let he kids pick a treasure from it--a broken watch, a piece of foil folded into a shape, a piece of rope with a knot in it. One time I picked a piece of barbwire--it was always fun to see what he brought us. It was even better when he would see me first because then I got first pickings out of it.
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