M.L. & his idential twin brother H.L. were born in Gorman Texas on Nov 16, 1922 & grew up in Ranger, graduating from Ranger High School in May 1939 at the age of 16.
In Nov 1927, two days after the twins fifth birthday, they and their mother were hit by an eastbound passenger train in their Ford sedan at the Prairie Crossing in Ranger. H.L. was seriously injured and unconscious for several hours & in the hospital for several days. M.L. had an ugly cut on his forehead. Myrtle was only slightly injured.
M.L. & H.L. were both attending the University of Texas but withdrew and joined the Navy when World War II began. They were both telegraph operators, but on different ships.
M.L. married Jeannie Reeves in Odessa, Texas in 1957. They had two sons: M.L. Jr., known as Mark, born May 1, 1958 and Roy Cecil, born Oct. 16, 1961.
M.L. worked for Gulf Oil for many years in West Texas as a telegraph operator. He died in Houston at the age of 48 & was buried in Ranger next to his mother, Myrtle Louise Clement Baskin.
M.L. & his idential twin brother H.L. were born in Gorman Texas on Nov 16, 1922 & grew up in Ranger, graduating from Ranger High School in May 1939 at the age of 16.
In Nov 1927, two days after the twins fifth birthday, they and their mother were hit by an eastbound passenger train in their Ford sedan at the Prairie Crossing in Ranger. H.L. was seriously injured and unconscious for several hours & in the hospital for several days. M.L. had an ugly cut on his forehead. Myrtle was only slightly injured.
M.L. & H.L. were both attending the University of Texas but withdrew and joined the Navy when World War II began. They were both telegraph operators, but on different ships.
M.L. married Jeannie Reeves in Odessa, Texas in 1957. They had two sons: M.L. Jr., known as Mark, born May 1, 1958 and Roy Cecil, born Oct. 16, 1961.
M.L. worked for Gulf Oil for many years in West Texas as a telegraph operator. He died in Houston at the age of 48 & was buried in Ranger next to his mother, Myrtle Louise Clement Baskin.
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