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Mike Holland
Clearing up information about James Garner and family:
Linda Bumgarner (Lippe) is John Bumgarner's daughter (class of '67), and she gave me this information last week about the Bumgarner family which I thought worthy of sharing with you guys. Note Linda has a sister Mary June Bumgarner Joseph (class of 65).
John was the principle at McKinley grade school where I attended grades 3-6. He was the first principle at West Jr. High where I attended grades 7-9 along with many of our classmates. John left West and went back to McKinley and retired about 1982. John had five siblings Betty, Helen, Mary Ann, Robert and Phillip. He was first cousins with James Bumgarner (Garner) and his two siblings, Charles and Jack. They all grew up together in the home of John's father and mother due to unusual circumstances.
Charles (Bum) was oldest of his siblings and was the maintenance superintendant at Norman Public Schools. He had a daughter named Susy B some of you may remember. Jack was the middle child and became a pro golfer and also changed his last name to Garner. James was the youngest and they were all about two years apart. John was two years older than James. Jame's mother died when they were very young and because of a "wicked stepmother" they were taken in to live with John's family. John's father John Lee Bumgarner Sr. and Jame's father William Bumgarner were brothers. So the children of the two were often mistaken for brothers since they all grew up together in the home of John Bumgarner Sr. and Leona Elizabeth Stogner Bumgarner.
John was in WWII and Jim served in Korea. Most of the boys went to war.
Linda Bumgarner Lippe has lived in Austin since 1972 and was married to John Ward (class 66). She is divorced from John and married to Dennis Lippe whom she met in Austin. My first job out of college was in Austin at Texas Instruments, and my good friend John Ward and wife Linda soon followed after I told him about an opening there.
I hope this clears up some confusion. It did for me.
Mike Holland
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