| Eight Hundred FiftyFirst in the Famous People (FP) Series - Odell McBrayer |
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Odell McBrayer was born in Lakeview, a town in Hall County in the Texas Panhandle. He grew up in Clarendon, the seat of nearby Donley County and graduated from Clarendon High School. McBrayer was a veteran of the United States Air Force, having been trained in Florida and stationed for his entire service at the former Reese Air Force Base in Lubbock.
A lawyer for thirty-three years, he served for a time as an assistant district attorney in the Fort Worth area. He ran unsuccessfully for a state district judgeship.
In 1974, McBrayer, who adapted the poster theme "Texas Must Have Odell McBrayer for Governor" ran in the party primary against the establishment choice, Jim Granberry, a dentist who had served as mayor of Lubbock from 1970 to 1972, and had been responsible for directing the rebuilding after the deadly tornadoes struck on May 11, 1970.
Granberry easily defeated McBrayer, 53,617 votes (77.6 percent) to 15,489 ballots (22.4 percent) in a low-turnout primary. As the Republican nominee in the November general election, Granberry was in turn crushed by the incumbent Democratic Governor Dolph Briscoe, a rancher, large landowner, and banker from Uvalde in the southern Hill Country.
Lakeview Memorial Cemetery hosts this cache that takes you on a short 2 stage tour of the grounds. Proceed to the flagpole and answer the question to get the final coordinates.
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| Ellis County Veterans Plaque |
| What is the Ladies Auxiliary Post number? |
| 3984 |
N32 20.152 |
W096 51.136 |
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| 3849 |
N32 20.205 |
W096 51.082 |
| 3489 |
N32 20.148 |
W096 51.066 |
| 3894 |
N32 20.175 |
W096 51.124 |
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| Final |
| Did you get to sign the log? |
| Yep, that's the rule |
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| I got lost somewhere |
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FP cemetery caches are always placed with regards to the location, so please be mindful of your presence here, watch where you step and be respectful of the residents interred here. Please carefully re-hide the container better to maintain the integrity of the cache.
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GPSr Accuracy < 7.0' at all locations |
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Avoid the use of acronym only logs and cut 'n paste logs. You must sign the log to claim the find. No exceptions, no excuses.