Robert McSpadden:  

Life After graduating from High School I went immediately to North Texas State University in Denton, Texas for a very short stint. My primary purpose for going was number one; it gave me a favorable draft status and number two; it was not in Odessa. After two semesters of higher education, most of which took place outside the classroom, I returned to my hometown, Odessa. I got a job and settled down to a pretty levelheaded bachelor life. I had a job as an oil field electrician / control specialist. (Thank you Mr. Tackett and the electronics I learned at Odessa High) Then one night at Pizza Hut I met my best friend and future wife Clara. (Midland High Class of 1970). She was my dance partner and we also got each other blind dates. Once she introduced me to a really fine looking redhead and I fell head over heals in lust. Clara didn't like that much. Clara and I were married in November of 1974. In April of 1976 my daughter Bonnie was born. In 1977 we moved to McCamey, Texas when I got a job with Shell Oil Company. In 1979 my son Matthew was born. We spent...Expand for more