BILLY FRANK IS MY FIRST COUSIN. HIS FATHER IS TRUMAN FRANK ANTHONY AND HIS MOTHER, MY AUNT FANNIE HUMPHREY. THE FAMILY LIVED IN BRECKENRIDGE, TX. BILLY'S AMBITION WAS TO BE AN ARCHITECT. TO ACCOMPLISH THIS AMBITION HE STARTED HIS COLLEGE STUDIES AT TEXAS A&M COLLEGE AROUND THE YEAR 1942. DURING HAZING EVENTS AT THE MILITARY SCHOOL, WATER AND SAND PENETRATED HIS EARS AND RESULTED IN ALMOST TOTAL DEAFNESS. HE WITHDREW FROM A &M AND TRANSFRED TO TEXAS TECH WHERE HE FINISHED HIS EDUCATION. THEN HE BEGAN AS AN AERONAUTICAL ARCHITECT WORKING FOR LING-TEMCO-VAUGHT WHERE HE CONTINUED UNTIL RETIREMENT.HE MARRIED PATSY RUTH INGLIS ON JUNE 1, 1949 IN ANTON, HOCKLEY CO., TX. THE COUPLE HAD THREE CHILDREN, JAMES, CAROL, AND MARK. BILL LOVED TO PLAY GOLF. ONE DAY ON THE COURSE HE TOOK A GOOD SWING. WHEN HE DID HE FELT GREAT PAIN IN HIS RIB CAGE. HIS FRIENDS TOOK HIM TO THE ER WHERE THEY DISCOVERED SEVERAL BROKEN RIBS. HE WAS DIAGNOSED WITH MALIGNANT BONE CANCER AND DIED ABOUT 3 MONTHS LATER.
BILLY FRANK IS MY FIRST COUSIN. HIS FATHER IS TRUMAN FRANK ANTHONY AND HIS MOTHER, MY AUNT FANNIE HUMPHREY. THE FAMILY LIVED IN BRECKENRIDGE, TX. BILLY'S AMBITION WAS TO BE AN ARCHITECT. TO ACCOMPLISH THIS AMBITION HE STARTED HIS COLLEGE STUDIES AT TEXAS A&M COLLEGE AROUND THE YEAR 1942. DURING HAZING EVENTS AT THE MILITARY SCHOOL, WATER AND SAND PENETRATED HIS EARS AND RESULTED IN ALMOST TOTAL DEAFNESS. HE WITHDREW FROM A &M AND TRANSFRED TO TEXAS TECH WHERE HE FINISHED HIS EDUCATION. THEN HE BEGAN AS AN AERONAUTICAL ARCHITECT WORKING FOR LING-TEMCO-VAUGHT WHERE HE CONTINUED UNTIL RETIREMENT.HE MARRIED PATSY RUTH INGLIS ON JUNE 1, 1949 IN ANTON, HOCKLEY CO., TX. THE COUPLE HAD THREE CHILDREN, JAMES, CAROL, AND MARK. BILL LOVED TO PLAY GOLF. ONE DAY ON THE COURSE HE TOOK A GOOD SWING. WHEN HE DID HE FELT GREAT PAIN IN HIS RIB CAGE. HIS FRIENDS TOOK HIM TO THE ER WHERE THEY DISCOVERED SEVERAL BROKEN RIBS. HE WAS DIAGNOSED WITH MALIGNANT BONE CANCER AND DIED ABOUT 3 MONTHS LATER.
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