ROGER AND MARY GREENLEE 

 

Across the Fence

 

By Arvord Abernethy

 

Many times when a couple retires and moves to Hamilton to make their home, it is because they have lived in the Central Texas area before. Such is not exactly the case with Roger and Mary Greenlee who recently bought their home and moved to 1124 E. Ross here in Hamilton . Mary was born at Eastland, but the family moved to Levelland when she was about four years old. However, she does have a sister living near Dublin and they have visited her often.

 

In their trips down this way, they had circled around through other towns, so when it came time to retire, they thought of Hamilton as being the place they would like to call home. They stated that the trees in Hamilton were a strong drawing point, and that they were careful to pick a place that had large trees around it.

 

Roger was born at O’Donnell, but his family moved to Lubbock when he was just a lad, so it is considered as being his home town.

 

For the last 29 years, Roger has been the distribution manager for the Pioneer Natural Gas Co. at Odessa, and that is where they made their home. Their son, Jerry, is a contractor in Odessa, and their other son, Don, is an accountant for Exxon in Midland. Each of their sons has two children, so you can guess where the Greenlees will be going often.

 

Roger hopes to catch up on some fishing that he has got behind over the years, as well as doing some work on their home and yard. Mary has a kiln and likes to do ceramic work along with her macramé work. They have a travel trailer, so plan to do some leisurely traveling and seeing the sights of America . They have been real busy since moving here about six weeks ago working around the house and putting up fruits and vegetables that her sister at Dublin has given them.

 

They have found themselves a church home at the Park Heights Church of Christ.

 

I had a long enjoyable visit with them as they knew some of my relatives out Levelland way and Roger knew a lot about Lubbock when it was much smaller than it is now. I could beat him on some of the tales on Lubbock as my days at Texas Tech were a little ahead of his moving to Lubbock .