James Henry Welch
What a blow. I was raised right around the corner from Martha in Alvin, Texas and I can't begin to tell you about all we did growing up in Alvin. I had a horse and Martha had a horse. We took many rides out into the country around Alvin, but mostly out on Mustang Road and back into town on Hill Street on the south side. I could talk about our rides a lot, but will mention only one; that was when we were coming back into town on Hill Street from a ride and had a race, as we usually did. We had a wreck(that's right, a WRECK) at the S curve on Hill Street. Her horse went down and my horse ran over him and I ended up in between the horses. Martha for thrown clear, but the horses got cut up pretty bad from the oyster shell that they used on the roads back then. Martha's first husband worked for the same Company I did(Phillips). I remember when Marcus got killed and how I hurt for my old "cowboy/girl" friend. My heart goes out to her family today and I regret that we did not ever have a chance to meet at a class reunion and rehash all those rides we made. Blessings to all her family. Martha was a trooper!!