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leader and has stayed involved
wherever he can. Papa Bill has
been a gin manager for 30 years.
Currently, he serves as Gin
Manager at TXCOT Co-op Gins.
He was a member on the Lubbock
County Stock Show Board and
Idalou Community Stock Show
Board for many years. He was a
member of the Idalou City Council
and was a board chairman at the
local Methodist Church in Vidette,
Georgia. Bill served as a previous
director of Southern Southeastern
Cotton Ginners and director of
Texas Cotton Ginners. He is the
director of TACC, a board member
of Crosby County ARV Tax Board
and the Crosby County Stock Show
Sale Committee. shown steers, heifers, lambs and and grandchildren have taken on
pigs. Papa Bill taught our family different leadership opportunities
Papa Bill has always set the best the importance of stock showing thanks to the precedent Papa Bill
example for our family in so many and to cherish the memories we has set for us. I am very thankful I
ways. He attended and graduated make together. One of my favorite was blessed enough to grow up with
from Texas Tech University. Both memories growing up was getting to such a great role.
my parents, my siblings, and now play dominos with my Papa Bill. Our
myself are proud Red Raider alums family would sit around the table for My Papa Bill has always been one
and students. Papa Bill had a passion hours and play Chicken Foot, 42, and of my biggest supporters and has
for agriculture and majored in 84 late into the night. Everyone now continued to leave the best legacy
Agronomy. Each of his children knows how to play and has taken for my family to follow. Anyone who
and grandchildren have studied the games and taught their extended has met my grandfather knows he is
agriculture in high school and families. Along with the different a great man and has always put his
college. He bought my dad and his legacies he has started, the greatest family first; that is what makes a
sisters all their very first show pigs. are his leadership positions over great legacy.
Now, most of his grandkids have the years. So many of his children

Article Submitted by
Channing Shields IDALOU HIGH SCHOOL

Channing Shields is a senior at Idalou High School. Her parents are Brandon and Angela
Shields. She enjoys showing her steers and spending time with family and friends. She
is active in FFA, Student Council, Yearbook, and National Honor Society and plans on
attending Texas Tech University and majoring in Agriculture Communications.

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