Wayne was an exceptional person! He was a true friend to many of us that knew him well!! He was so much fun to be around. I really looked forward to seeing him everytime our class got together. So much fun reminiscing about our growing- up years in Lake Jackson. He and Leland were always thick as thieves their entire lives as I recall. He will be greatly missed the next time we get together as a class for sure!! RIP dear friend😢❤️👍✌️
It was a sad day when Wayne moved to Houston during our pre-teen era. He and Leland and Ben Hardin lived just down street from me (Magnolia street). We all spent a lot of time going back and forth on Saturdays (after TV cartoon time) which was our Cowboy and Indian time. Always had a grin especially when he was the cowboy shooting us as the Indians. I remember trying tackle him on one of those occasions but just being a skinny runt...he pinned me down and sat on me until I gave up...we just laughed and laughed. However, I did out run him most of the time but paid the price when he cought me.
Wayne was alway good friend and very kind and considerate of others. Wish i had kept closer touch with him...I sure will miss him as well as the others....
I did not know W ayne in his Lake Jackson years. However, I did run into at a corporate hunting weekend in the hill country around 1983. He was very friendly and he soon realized that I was Brazosport grad. He was very excited about it and told me about his Lake Jackson experiences.He said he had many old friends in LJ
This was a deer hunting trip for people in the oil and gas industry. But I soon discovered that Wayne had no interest in killing Bambi. He really only wanted to shoot his rifle. He was a gun collector. He had a fully auto rifle of military configuration. These guns are not normally owned by civilians.
He did get to shoot his gun after the hunting was over. It was very entertaing for everyone, Quite loud.
I never saw Wayne again after the weekend, but I never forgot about this interesting guy from Lake Jackson.
A few things I remember about Wayne...one I remember how much he liked ice cream when we were growing up. He never met an ice cream truck he did not like....he did like his ice cream. We played on the 6th grade flag football team from A.P.Beutel school. Coach Girourd was our coach and we had to run a few plays over again and again as he and I were next to each other...he played right tackle and I played right end on offense. That 34 reverse cross block was not that easy for us....well what can I say. One of the biggest things I remember about Wayne was how he cracked me up one time....Robert Dinkfeld and I took tap dancing lessons in like the 4th or 5th grade from Miss Valoris. He and I did not know about the "Recital" at the end of the year. About 3 weeks before the "Recital" we found out about it and that we would have to wear a costume....we kinda protested, but our parents said we would do the "Recital" or pay back the cost of the dance lessons....well we said ok. Now It was Robert and I and two girls and we had worked on our routine for months before we even knew about the "Recital". We were ready for the recital and got all dressed up in our costumes....then the thing that boys do not want....they said they were going to put make up on us and lipstick and rouge to brigthen our faces....we almost walked out...but didn't. We go on stage with Curtains closed and then they open the curtains and started our music and routine....here is where Wayne comes in....we are in our dance routine about 5 seconds and Wayne is on the front row and starts laughing big time....he is calling out our names and pointing and saying...they got make up on!!!! It ruined my concentration and pretty well screwed up the routine. I never forgot that incident....Wayne's reaction will stay with me....I still laugh about it now and then. I was glad to see Wayne at the Reunions that he came to....he was a hoot. On a side note...at one of the reunions Wayne and I had a good discussion on weapons. Wayne had a fully automatic M-60 that he did enjoy shooting. Glad to have known Wayne in our growing up years
When I was in Vietnam in 1969 I kept seeing this guy that I sure thought I knew. I stopped him one day and asked who he was. When he introduced himself I was flabbergasted. It was a small world. There was a lot of water under the bridge since I last saw him. He was the same as I remembered him. He was quiet spoken and very much a gentleman.
Donnie Malone
Wayne was an exceptional person! He was a true friend to many of us that knew him well!! He was so much fun to be around. I really looked forward to seeing him everytime our class got together. So much fun reminiscing about our growing- up years in Lake Jackson. He and Leland were always thick as thieves their entire lives as I recall. He will be greatly missed the next time we get together as a class for sure!! RIP dear friend😢❤️👍✌️
Vivian Boggs (Ferreira)
I remember Wayne from our elementary years. Such a sweet boy, always so kind. The world is poorer because he is no longer in it.
Thomas (Sydney) Garrett
It was a sad day when Wayne moved to Houston during our pre-teen era. He and Leland and Ben Hardin lived just down street from me (Magnolia street). We all spent a lot of time going back and forth on Saturdays (after TV cartoon time) which was our Cowboy and Indian time. Always had a grin especially when he was the cowboy shooting us as the Indians. I remember trying tackle him on one of those occasions but just being a skinny runt...he pinned me down and sat on me until I gave up...we just laughed and laughed. However, I did out run him most of the time but paid the price when he cought me.
Wayne was alway good friend and very kind and considerate of others. Wish i had kept closer touch with him...I sure will miss him as well as the others....
Sydney
Joe McKay
I did not know W ayne in his Lake Jackson years. However, I did run into at a corporate hunting weekend in the hill country around 1983. He was very friendly and he soon realized that I was Brazosport grad. He was very excited about it and told me about his Lake Jackson experiences.He said he had many old friends in LJ
This was a deer hunting trip for people in the oil and gas industry. But I soon discovered that Wayne had no interest in killing Bambi. He really only wanted to shoot his rifle. He was a gun collector. He had a fully auto rifle of military configuration. These guns are not normally owned by civilians.
He did get to shoot his gun after the hunting was over. It was very entertaing for everyone, Quite loud.
I never saw Wayne again after the weekend, but I never forgot about this interesting guy from Lake Jackson.
RIP
Bill Marshall
A few things I remember about Wayne...one I remember how much he liked ice cream when we were growing up. He never met an ice cream truck he did not like....he did like his ice cream. We played on the 6th grade flag football team from A.P.Beutel school. Coach Girourd was our coach and we had to run a few plays over again and again as he and I were next to each other...he played right tackle and I played right end on offense. That 34 reverse cross block was not that easy for us....well what can I say. One of the biggest things I remember about Wayne was how he cracked me up one time....Robert Dinkfeld and I took tap dancing lessons in like the 4th or 5th grade from Miss Valoris. He and I did not know about the "Recital" at the end of the year. About 3 weeks before the "Recital" we found out about it and that we would have to wear a costume....we kinda protested, but our parents said we would do the "Recital" or pay back the cost of the dance lessons....well we said ok. Now It was Robert and I and two girls and we had worked on our routine for months before we even knew about the "Recital". We were ready for the recital and got all dressed up in our costumes....then the thing that boys do not want....they said they were going to put make up on us and lipstick and rouge to brigthen our faces....we almost walked out...but didn't. We go on stage with Curtains closed and then they open the curtains and started our music and routine....here is where Wayne comes in....we are in our dance routine about 5 seconds and Wayne is on the front row and starts laughing big time....he is calling out our names and pointing and saying...they got make up on!!!! It ruined my concentration and pretty well screwed up the routine. I never forgot that incident....Wayne's reaction will stay with me....I still laugh about it now and then. I was glad to see Wayne at the Reunions that he came to....he was a hoot. On a side note...at one of the reunions Wayne and I had a good discussion on weapons. Wayne had a fully automatic M-60 that he did enjoy shooting. Glad to have known Wayne in our growing up years
REQUIESCENT IN PACE WAYNE
Larry Phelps
When I was in Vietnam in 1969 I kept seeing this guy that I sure thought I knew. I stopped him one day and asked who he was. When he introduced himself I was flabbergasted. It was a small world. There was a lot of water under the bridge since I last saw him. He was the same as I remembered him. He was quiet spoken and very much a gentleman.