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Submitted: 6/22/21 • Approved: 6/22/21 • Last Updated: 6/25/21 • R430231-G430229-S3
E. B. “Tex”
1914-2004
Please see military marker
Marjorie J.
1922-2009
Eternally Together
Photo/information, courtesy of Edith Guynes Stanley
*Obituary E. B.
BORGER - Esther Bryan "Tex" Hanna, 90, died Saturday, Sept. 18, 2004.
Memorial services will be at 4 p.m. Tuesday in First Baptist Church with the Rev. Winfred Moore and Gerald Meyers officiating. Private burial will be in Highland Park Cemetery by Brown Funeral Directors.
Mr. Hanna was born June 21, 1914, near Throckmorton. When he was 12, his family moved to Borger. They were a poor family and at first lived in a two-room, half dugout house. As a child, he worked in a local bakery, at a grocery store and as a dishwasher. Tex was washing dishes in a restaurant one day when the truant officer saw him and realized that Tex was not attending school. That was the end of Tex's full-time job as a dishwasher and the beginning of a lifetime career in education. Chances are that his hard life as a child is why he had so much empathy for others that were having trouble in their lives.
Upon graduating from Borger High School in 1934, Esther attended Amarillo College on a scholarship, where he played football under Windy Nicklaus. He later attended Altus Junior College and went to the University of Florida, where he played football as a Florida Gator for three years. He was what was known in those days as a crashing fullback. This postition resulted in his getting his nose broken numerous times resulting in the unique Tex Hanna nose. He graduated from Eastern New Mexico University and served as assistant coach there. Later, he received his master of education degree from West Texas State University.
After his marriage to Marjorie Dennis on July 6, 1941, they moved to Borger, where Tex served overseas in the Battle of the Bulge and was a tank commander under General Patton's command. He served in the Army until March 1946. He returned to Borger in 1946, where he and Marge made their home and raised their three sons. Tex worked again for Borger ISD as an assistant football coach, golf coach and later the head basketball coach of the Borger Bulldogs, where he had 414 wins and 111 losses.
During that time, the Bulldogs won or shared district six times and three times they advanced to state. In 1966, he became the assistant principal for Borger High School. He retired from BISD in 1984, but returned immediately to serve as part-time attendance officer until 1998. During all those years, Tex spent endless hours in encouraging and helping young people who needed a strong arm to lean on. He often took his own time and finances to help many disadvantaged families in this area making sure they had their children in school and that they did not have to do without utilities and the necessities of life. When necessary, he went to his friends or local organizations to get financial help for anyone who desperately needed it.
Tex not only worked hard, he played hard too. He spent countless hours on the golf course. His tee-off time on Sunday was 1 o'clock and the preacher had better not preach too late. He always bragged that in golf he could shoot his age and finally as he grew older he could shoot below his age.
He also loved playing dominoes and played them for many hours upon retirement. His pastimes brought him many friends. He was especially close to one group of friends that met each Friday and ate lunch together at Lorene's Mexican food restaurant. They called themselves the "Mafia," but were truly a group of good hearted, fun, loving, generous gentlemen.
The family of Tex Hanna dearly loved him. Family gatherings were always looked forward to with the anticipation of food, fun, jokes and good times to be had by all. Many times those gatherings included well loved aunts, uncles and cousins. For years, Marge and Tex, the three boys and their families worshipped together each Sunday taking an entire row on the north side of First Baptist Church.
Finally, life's journeys sent the families on different paths. Tex always said that once the family left home, he and Marge just sat and waited, listening for the car doors to slam announcing the arrival of some of the kids coming home for a visit. Those visits will always be cherished memories by all the Hanna family.
The life of Tex Hanna yielded many accomplishments and awards. He was Basketball Coach of the Year in 1960, Texas School Administrator of the Year in 1977, and inducted into the Panhandle Sports Hall of Fame in 1984. In 1983, the new Borger High School Gymnasium was dedicated to E.B. "Tex Hanna." He was elected to serve on the board of directors for Cal Farley's Boys Ranch and Girlstown in January 1990.
He was athletic director of American Legion Texas Boys' State for 45 years. He was honored with a resolution from the Texas House of Representatives for his contribution to Texas Boys' State in 1990. He was submitted for the Seven Who Care award in 1993 by Juanita Kitchens. In 1997, Borger Chamber of Commerce named Tex Citizen of the Year.
He will be greatly missed by all of his family and friends.
He was preceded in death by his parents, George and Celia Hanna; three sisters; and four brothers.
Survivors include his wife of Amarillo; three sons, Bryan Hanna and wife, Kandy, of Waco, and George Hanna and wife, Rossetta, and Randy Hanna and wife, Becky, all of Borger; eight grandchildren, Casey Hanna, Angela Trent, Chris Hanna, David Hanna, Brandon Hanna, Dane Hanna, Wesley Wilkins and Jessie Wilkins; and three great-grandchildren, Megan Hanna, Jonathan Hanna and Mason Trent.
The family suggests memorials be to Cal Farley's Boys Ranch; or Alzheimer's Association.
Amarillo Globe-News, Sept. 19, 2004
*Obituary Marjorie
BORGER - Marjorie Jean Hanna, 86, died Friday, Jan. 30, 2009, in Amarillo.
Burial will be at 10 a.m. Tuesday in Highland Park Cemetery by Brown Funeral Directors of Borger. Services will be at 11 a.m. Tuesday in First Baptist Church with Andy Dietz of the church officiating.
Marjorie was born March 25, 1922, in Las Vegas, N.M., the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Sid Dennis. Mrs. Hanna had an identical twin sister, three other sisters and two brothers. She married E.B "Tex" Hanna on July 6, 1941, and they had three boys, Bryan, George and Randy.
Mrs. Hanna owned and ran a private kindergarten and day care center in Borger for about 30 years. During those years, she touched and influenced many lives, both young and old, while living and working in Borger.
She was preceded in death by her parents, three sisters, two brothers, her husband, Tex, and a son, Randy.
Survivors include a sister, Linda Morrow of Capulin, N.M.; two sons, Bryan and wife Kandy of White Deer and George and wife Rossetta of Borger; eight grandchildren, Casey, Chris, David, Angela, Brandon, Dane, Wes and Jessica; and 11 great-grandchildren.
Casket bearers will be her grandchildren.
The family will be at 303 Loma Linda Lane.
Leave online condolences at www.brownfuneraldirectors.net.
Amarillo Globe-News, Feb. 2, 2009
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