Bill S. Burleson

Bill S. Burleson
719 Weeping Oak Ln
Spring, TX 77388
281 719 0650
bburleson001@comcast.net

What happened after graduation?
After grad went -went wild for awhile.  Then, I worked for Cleco Air Tools for 2-3 years as Machine operator.  Enlisted army reserves and trained to be a machinist.
 
In '62 I joined  Millwright Union #2232 and worked for 36 years.  I retired at 62 in 2002.  Somewhere along the way I became a real estate broker and co-owned a real estate office. Millwright work required long hours 6-7 days a week and some days were 12-16 hours long.  No time for selling houses. Closed the office.  Was able to take many summers off. Some work we did was too hot at time of year.  What a way to work.  I loved it.



Family

Married Johnnie Lee Smelley in 1962--Divorced 18 years later

Married Sylvia Jean Stewart in 1988-- grad Furr in 1967.  Sylvia worked for Reed Tool on Navigation for over 30 years.  The company was sold to National Oil Varco located across from Greenspoint on Beltway 8.  She has worked for a total of 34 years, mostly as a payroll analyst.

Johnnie and I had 3 beautiful girls.  We have 5 granddaughters and 1 grandson.  He is the smartest grandson I've ever seen--his first words when he was 1 week old were:  "Pa Pa Bill".

Children and grandchildren
Kristie Leigh---1963

Jill Lynn (Mitchell) shown above-------1966
AnnNell--------1971
Kristie graduated Aldine in 1981 Married Mike Folk an Aldine grad.
They have a daughter
Page Folk attends Spring High she is a JR.
Jill attended Aldine but didn't grad has 3 daughters
Chelsea Luna
Trenity Mitchell is 15 and goes to Oakridge High
Sheyanne Mitchell is 11 and attends Robinson Elementary

AnnNell attended Aldine but grad from Channelview. She has a daughter and a son
Taylor Stinson
Luke Garner
They live in Windsor, CO.
Jill's oldest daughter Chelsea Luna attended Houston High School Of Performing And Visual Arts and finished in the top 25 in the nation for the Presidential Scholarship Award. She now attends California College Of Arts in San Francisco
 
Kristie's daughter had the lead part in Cinderella in September. She had the lead part in Mid Summer Nite Dream, and a play coming up. She attends Spring High School and is a junior. Has ambition to be an actress. I figured that when she was 3. 

I never thought I would…set any boundaries.  Impossible for me to do that.  I was diagnosed with ADD when I was 55.  It answered why to a lot of things.  Energy was endless, creativeness abounded, start things and don't quite finish, don't organize well.  Ritalin for a month slowed me down and allowed me to focus. That wasn't me so I junked ritalin.  If your grandkids have ADD let them create.  They are lucky.

Rewarding events since 1958
My kids and my grand kids. I am so proud of them.
My lovely and bubbley wife.  She still smiles all the time.  Hasn't changed from day one.  I have mowed the grass maybe a dozen times in 20 years and never edged once.  She likes  to do it.  Even helps me work on things.  I don't know what an angel is, I just know she is one.  I am not the only one that thinks so.  Lucky me, we celebrated our 20 year anniversary April 23rd.

What I would do differently
Lots and lots. Wish I had seen things as I see them now.  I couldn't change so I don't dwell on it.

Special interests or hobbies

Oil painting pictures, restoring cars, cooking.  I repair air conditioning and anything and everything.  Always wanting to know what makes things work.  I like remodeling and country dancing to name a few.

Favorite vacation spot(s)

Bayfield. CO--Lake Vallecito
Ouray, Silverton, Royal Gorge, Great Sand Dunes--- Cal.--Sacramento.  Canada--Calgary, Banff - Hawaii

Additional thoughts and comments

Didn't get say hello to everyone at the reunion. I will next year.  I came from Wichita Falls TX. in my mid JR year and looked out at field of weeds.  I had no idea that I would buy a house in that field and raise my family there.  Greenridge North Subdivision