Billy Nave:  

My Life has been good. My Kids Shelley Lives in Houston, TX Chris Lives in Oklahoma City, Ok Kyle Lives in Littleton, Co. Pat and I currently own a retail store "As Seen on TV and More" in the Stonebriar Mall in Frisco, TX. Frisco is in the Dallas FortWorth area near Plano/McKinney, TX. I have had a good life since we graduated. I taught school for a couple years after graduating from La. Tech. teaching was not something I enjoyed so we moved to Houston. I worked for the Greater Houston YMCA for about 10 years.. We were starving to death with 3 kids so when one of the presidents for BAKER Hughes, who was a member of the YMCA, offered me a job in the oil field I decided to leave the YMCA which I loved but couldn't turn the opportunity down even though what I was doing with the "Y" was so enjoyable. I went to for Lynes, Inc. a division of Baker Hughes in 1974 and stayed for 12 years. I traveled all over the world, if there was oil wells being drilled any where in the world I have been there. What a great job. I never thought I worked a day during the 12 years while the job required you to be on call 24 hours a day 7 days a week, For once I wasn't starving doing something that I loved. I thought I wanted to be in upper management with the third largest oilfield service company in the world but the politics got to be something I did not enjoy the farther you got up the ladder. So what do you do when the job gets to be a JOB? You move on. So my wife Pat and I bought a convenience store, motel, and rentals in Durango, CO. We bought the oldest operating business in Durango "Elmore's Store. The store was on a landmark corner in the state of Colorado, named, of course, Elmore's corner. It is still called that in all the newspaper articles in the Durango. What a great place to live! We stayed there for 10 years when Pat decided she wanted to leave Durango. When the word got out that we might be interested in selling CONOCO made us an offer we could not refuse. We had 3 prime acres on the busiest corner in the four corners area. So we retired bought a motor home and set out to see this country together since during all my travels Pat was stuck at home which she loved. The old saying of "absence make the heart grow fonder" was one that was really true for us. She loved her time alone, when we were together we enjoyed each other a lot more. The wheels and white lines were to be to much for Pat, she wanted a home that didn't move. So when we got to Trinity, TX to visit my dad we boug...Expand for more