Marshall Mathers

Dad was very proud of his three boys.
They all 3 graduated from Masonic Home, all 3 served in the USA Military, all 3 graduated from college (one got a Master’s Degree), 2 became Certified Public Accountants, all 3 became Master Masons, later ... all 3 became Shriners. Dad was proud!

Today is Dec 10 - Dad was born on Dec 10. During the last few years of Dad's life he lived in Houston - it was amazing and wonderful to be so near Dad for those last few years. Dec 9 is Cecile's birthday .... Dec 10 is Dad's. On the evening of Dec 9 when Dad lived in Houston we would always celebrate both birthdays. That was a great celebration which we had dreamed of for so many years but had not gotten the opportunity to do until his move to Houston. It was great. Blaine would have...

I miss you both so much and think of you often, Clark is a Grandfather, twin boys Koby and Kooper. Brittany graduates at the end of the month. I talk to Craig some. Rusty just had a stroke. If you have any influence on Diane try to get her to call me Seems like just yesterday we were sitting on the back porch feeding the squirrels and drinking ice tea.

Love, TB

We had some great times with Dad during the last few years of his life. We saw the beautiful mountains of Colorado, Utah, Wyoming, Idaho and Montana. We saw deer, elk and other wildlife on those trips. We visited Yellowstone National Park, Glacier National Park in Montana (thanks to Will Long in Missoula, Mt.), Grande Coulee Dam in Washington and the beautiful city of Couer d'Alene Idaho. I enjoyed taking Dad to several football games (mainly the Dallas Cowboys) and a few Texas high-school...

Archie - Thanks for the very nice words about my Dad. I do remember his Chevy in the 50's! I also remember the roommate arrangement - the 'crackerbox' in the NW corner on the 2nd floor. My fondest memory of that arrangement was the gallon of peanut butter that you dropped in the middle of the night on that concrete floor - it made the whole building shake. I think Mr. Bodiford looked for that gallon of peanut butter for years! Thanks again for the nice words about my Dad.

In Memory of
Marshall Mathers
Such a flood of good memories comes to my mind after these nearly 50 years. This great man was the father of two of my lifelong buddies. One was my first roommate, Phillip Mathers, and the otherwas a high school classmate, Dale Mathers. Mr. Mathers owned a brand new '57' 4-door Chevrolet that was the coolest of the cool vehicles for my generation. All the good ideals we were taught at the Masonie Home and School of Texas in Fort Worth were...

Dad, Cecile, Bill and Alene Thompson on board a boat taking us on a day cruise tour of the beautiful Lake Coeur D'Alene in Idaho. Alene and Bill were "Mom and Dad" to Cecile and me when I was stationed at Hamilton Air Force Base near Petaluma, California. Dad, Cecile and I also toured the enormous and powerful Grand Coulee Dam on the Columbia River in the state of Washington. We also had a great all day tour of Glacier National Park while staying with Will Long (my classmate and buddy from...

Dad, Dale, Phil, Chris holding Nickey, Kevin and Rodney. We were on the way to see the Dallas Cowboys play at Texas Stadium. This picture shows four generations of the Mathers.

No, this is not Bonnie & Clyde. This is Mom, Dad and Blaine in 1938.