He was known as E.B. "Blue" Templeton. He was a fair-haired, blue-eyed child and his older sisters called him "Little Boy Blue" after the nursery rhyme. As he grew older, the name was shortened to "Boy Blue" and when he grew older still, it was shortened to simply "Blue." Few other than family knew his true given name.
He was born near Silver Valley, Coleman County, Texas, and went to school there. He milked cows before and after school to help support the family. And he worked hard from the time he was 14 when he had to quit school to help support his mother and sisters. He apprenticed with his brother-in-law J.I. Street to become a plumber and he worked as a plumber in Pecos, Big Spring, Odessa, and Midland before joining the U.S. Navy as one of the "Fighting Seabees." After the war and his discharge from the Navy in 1945, he married Wynnette Reece and they set up house in Odessa, Texas, for a couple of years before moving to Midland. On a fishing trip to the south Texas coast, he found the Winter Garden area of south Texas and decided to return to his roots: farming.
He moved his family to a farm near La Pryor, Texas, in 1953 and farmed that land for a number of years before creating a business to lay underground pipe lines, first for gas companies, then irrigation pipelines for farmers.
In 1970, his kids all being away from home, he and Wynnette moved to Del Rio, Texas, and opened Fisherman's Headquarters at "the Y" on the way to Lake Amistad west of Del Rio. There were few things he liked better than fishing and Fisherman's put him in the thick of it.
The things he enjoyed most were the people he loved, family and friends. He had a soft spot in his heart for the elderly, especially those in nursing homes. He was known to hold fish-frys for various nursing homes in Del Rio.
He was honest, fun-loving, hard-working, and a patriot.
He was born near Silver Valley, Coleman County, Texas, and went to school there. He milked cows before and after school to help support the family. And he worked hard from the time he was 14 when he had to quit school to help support his mother and sisters. He apprenticed with his brother-in-law J.I. Street to become a plumber and he worked as a plumber in Pecos, Big Spring, Odessa, and Midland before joining the U.S. Navy as one of the "Fighting Seabees." After the war and his discharge from the Navy in 1945, he married Wynnette Reece and they set up house in Odessa, Texas, for a couple of years before moving to Midland. On a fishing trip to the south Texas coast, he found the Winter Garden area of south Texas and decided to return to his roots: farming.
He moved his family to a farm near La Pryor, Texas, in 1953 and farmed that land for a number of years before creating a business to lay underground pipe lines, first for gas companies, then irrigation pipelines for farmers.
In 1970, his kids all being away from home, he and Wynnette moved to Del Rio, Texas, and opened Fisherman's Headquarters at "the Y" on the way to Lake Amistad west of Del Rio. There were few things he liked better than fishing and Fisherman's put him in the thick of it.
The things he enjoyed most were the people he loved, family and friends. He had a soft spot in his heart for the elderly, especially those in nursing homes. He was known to hold fish-frys for various nursing homes in Del Rio.
He was honest, fun-loving, hard-working, and a patriot.
He was known as E.B. "Blue" Templeton. He was a fair-haired, blue-eyed child and his older sisters called him "Little Boy Blue" after the nursery rhyme. As he grew older, the name was shortened to "Boy Blue" and when he grew older still, it was shortened to simply "Blue." Few other than family knew his true given name.
He was born near Silver Valley, Coleman County, Texas, and went to school there. He milked cows before and after school to help support the family. And he worked hard from the time he was 14 when he had to quit school to help support his mother and sisters. He apprenticed with his brother-in-law J.I. Street to become a plumber and he worked as a plumber in Pecos, Big Spring, Odessa, and Midland before joining the U.S. Navy as one of the "Fighting Seabees." After the war and his discharge from the Navy in 1945, he married Wynnette Reece and they set up house in Odessa, Texas, for a couple of years before moving to Midland. On a fishing trip to the south Texas coast, he found the Winter Garden area of south Texas and decided to return to his roots: farming.
He moved his family to a farm near La Pryor, Texas, in 1953 and farmed that land for a number of years before creating a business to lay underground pipe lines, first for gas companies, then irrigation pipelines for farmers.
In 1970, his kids all being away from home, he and Wynnette moved to Del Rio, Texas, and opened Fisherman's Headquarters at "the Y" on the way to Lake Amistad west of Del Rio. There were few things he liked better than fishing and Fisherman's put him in the thick of it.
The things he enjoyed most were the people he loved, family and friends. He had a soft spot in his heart for the elderly, especially those in nursing homes. He was known to hold fish-frys for various nursing homes in Del Rio.
He was honest, fun-loving, hard-working, and a patriot.
He was born near Silver Valley, Coleman County, Texas, and went to school there. He milked cows before and after school to help support the family. And he worked hard from the time he was 14 when he had to quit school to help support his mother and sisters. He apprenticed with his brother-in-law J.I. Street to become a plumber and he worked as a plumber in Pecos, Big Spring, Odessa, and Midland before joining the U.S. Navy as one of the "Fighting Seabees." After the war and his discharge from the Navy in 1945, he married Wynnette Reece and they set up house in Odessa, Texas, for a couple of years before moving to Midland. On a fishing trip to the south Texas coast, he found the Winter Garden area of south Texas and decided to return to his roots: farming.
He moved his family to a farm near La Pryor, Texas, in 1953 and farmed that land for a number of years before creating a business to lay underground pipe lines, first for gas companies, then irrigation pipelines for farmers.
In 1970, his kids all being away from home, he and Wynnette moved to Del Rio, Texas, and opened Fisherman's Headquarters at "the Y" on the way to Lake Amistad west of Del Rio. There were few things he liked better than fishing and Fisherman's put him in the thick of it.
The things he enjoyed most were the people he loved, family and friends. He had a soft spot in his heart for the elderly, especially those in nursing homes. He was known to hold fish-frys for various nursing homes in Del Rio.
He was honest, fun-loving, hard-working, and a patriot.
Inscription
Back: "A good name is more desirable than great riches. To be esteemed is greater than silver or gold." Proverbs 22:1
Front: Loving son, husband, father
Gravesite Details
His grave is next to his mother's grave. Both are at the foot of her father, Bethel Baker.
