Willie Private (Willie Chappell)

Tahoka High School

Class of 1937

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Willie Chappell - Class of 1937 - Tahoka High School

First Name	Willie
Last Name	Private
Maiden Name	Chappell
Graduation Year	Class of 1937
Gender	Female
City	N/A
State/Province	TX
Country	United States
Occupation	Owner of an oil field specialized equipment corporation in Midland.
Married	Widowed
Favorite School Memory	Some friends and I rode in a coupe with the top down to Odessa one night. We got to Odessa, looked around for a few minutes and drove back to Tahoka. We had to be home before midnight. It was a fun night of just riding in the coupe with friends. My favorite teachers were: Mr Babb-Math Mrs Tunnell...(read more)
About Me	Married Harold Thomas Sewell 7 Sep 1921 Fisher County, Texas and he was killed on a hospital ship 24 Jun 1944 near Honolulu, I met a man by the name of Dee and after both of us survived TB in the late 1940's, we were married August 19, 1950. We celebrated 50 years of marriage in 2000. I lost Dee in 2011. Dee and I started our own business in Mdiland in 1972. I am still on the board with the company and we are celebrating our 40th year of being in business on Friday September 7. Dee and I had a winter home in Alamo Texas where we would go to every winter after we retired in the 1990's. During our marriage, we traveled by motor home and visited every state in the United States. And I learned Texas is still the best place to call home! I worked with a personal historian from Midland, Marianne Karth and recently completed a book about Dee and I. In the beginning I thought the book would be pamphlet size. By the time it was completed, it became a book with over 3oo pages! A struggle at times trying to get the book written, but was so worth the time and effort when the book was finally written and the story of my life and Dee's life was put ...(read more)