Merle Terrell

Whitney, TX

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Since graduating from high school, I married Joan Chance of Skellytown.  We have been married 45 years, have two children, Brenda Donaldson of Pampa - age 44, and Barry of Whitney - age 41, three grandchildren and two great grandchildren.  

We lived and worked in Pampa until March of 1999.  I worked for Cabot for 16 ½ years.  Rumor had it they were moving the R&D Department to West Virginia.  I knew I had no chance for transfer, so I quit and went to work for Texaco in the Production Department for 17 ½ years until Texaco closed their office in Pampa.  I was offered their retirement package, took it, and we sold our place in Pampa, moved to a rural security-gated development six miles North of Whitney, Texas, called White Bluff.  White Bluff has about 400 homes now, two 18 hole championship golf courses, swimming pools, tennis courts, hotel, convention center, restaurant, marina for boating and fishing and is located about 55 miles southwest of the Ft. Worth area and about 45 miles north of Waco. 

I recently went to work part time on the cart staff at the golf courses, get free golf and cart plus a little spending money.  Joan has always worked as a tax accountant and continues to commute to Cleburne, which is about 25 miles one-way, as part time bookkeeper and tax accountant.  We both enjoy playing golf.  I keep thinking about doing some fishing but haven’t yet.  

After living in Pampa and those cold, icy winters for so long, central Texas has certainly proved to be different.  With the heat and humidity, more rain than we ever had in the Panhandle, we feel like we are acclimating ourselves and becoming part of this new environment. 

Whitney is a small town, but there is not a lot you need to go further for unless you just want to.  We have chosen to commute to Cleburne for church preference. We have (super) Walmarts at Cleburne and Hillsboro, not far away.   

We have been enjoying going to Waco to the men’s and women’s basketball, volleyball and baseball games, going out to eat and movies.  Our life pace has not really slowed down yet, but we are trying to enjoy life.