------- Bill flew west on Wed, Dec 20, 2023, at the age of 90 Notes Of Remembrance He is buried at Potosi, Texas An enlargement of his obituary photo His pic from grade school A picture of him as a teenager Radio mechanic Jack Curtis was his first cousin Bill began working at Central Airlines on Feb 4, 1957 ------- He got fired the next year and didn't get his job back for over six years, until the U. S. Supreme Court ruled in his favor. The ruling in his case by the U. S. Supreme Court His MCI ID card from the 1970s Bill was promoted in Aug 1971 One of his best photographs An undated shot of him and his motorcycle Jack Curtis (R) and Bill strumming a tune His 25th service anniversary was in Feb 1982 Bill was a regular at the FYV-FSM Reunions This pic from Aug 2007 His photo from the Jul 2008 DFW maintenance reunion ------- He is shown at the Aug 2008 FYV-FSM gathering Bill with the FYV-FSM bunch in Aug 2009 An Aug 2011 shot of Bill and reunion friends Rusty Lambert (R) and Bill at the Sep 2012 reunion Harold Maxwell (L) and Bill at the Sep 2013 reunion He attended the Nov 2013 DFW maintenance reunion ------- Sam Warriner (R) with him at the 2013 DFW event Bill and his daughter Wendy in Apr 2014 Bob Matlock (L) and Bill at the Sep 2014 gathering Bill's grandsons in the background A birthday tribute from his son Mark in 2015 An article about him from the Fall 2015 Frontier News Christmas with Bill's family in 2015 Bill looks full of memories in this Sep 2017 photo He and buddy Paul Farris at the Aug 2018 FYV-FSM Reunion ------- A Jun 2020 pic of him and his guitar Bill turned 89 on Oct 25, 2022 Birthday greetings to Bill on his 90th birthday Oct 25, 2023 -------

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David Grogg created these simulations in honor of his grandfather, CN/FL pilot Hal Grogg.

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GONE WEST BUT NOT FORGOTTEN!!!