Titus County, Texas History - Historical Roster of the Mount Pleasant Fire Department

The historical roster below lists members of the Mt. Pleasant Volunteer Fire Department whose surnames begin with letters A-L. The roster contains all that we could document, but is incomplete due to some missing and inconsistent historic records. Dates of service begin in the 1904 organizational meeting minute book, and names were then added from all other sources available, including fire department meeting minutes, run books, and the Mt. Pleasant Fire Department's current (2007) files regarding membership.

The list is the most complete that we could compile from available historic and current records. Historic records are very incomplete and inconsistent. Source documents needed to research many years were apparently destroyed and are not available for research. In other documents, men were sometimes listed only by first name, at other times only by surname. It becomes very confusing when trying to track two men across several years of overlapping service that were known to have the same first or last name. Therefore, while the following list is the most complete historic list available, we cannot guarantee that some people who once served were unintentionally omitted due to those inconsistencies, or that service periods be incorrect due to name confusion in the records.

Starting and ending dates are as accurate as we could compile from the information available, but we know some entries are incorrect. Some men began their service as volunteers, then became full-time, paid engineers after gaining experience as a volunteer. We noted volunteers who later became full-time Engineers or officers, who are City employees. These members remained members of the Mt. Pleasant Volunteer Fire Department longer than the End Date shown, but were not listed in fire run logs after becoming paid City employees. Since they became regular City employees, the correct End Date of their service would be contained in the City's confidential employee records, which we did not try to research.

If you know of someone who served as either a paid or volunteer fireman on the Mt. Pleasant Fire Department whose name is not listed, please contact us so we can add them.

** 1950 Run book is missing. Therefore, a "Start Date" may have actually been 1950 instead of 1951. Likewise, an "End Date" may have been 1950 rather than 1949.

LAST NAME	FIRST NAME	START DATE	END DATE	COMMENTS

Abston	Trey	1998, November	2002, January
Adams	Eric Scott
Alberts	William "Bill"
Allen	Danny	1966-08-18	1973
Allen	Jackie	1977		Became a full-time Engineer, was still on dept. in 1979
Amonette	George	1944	1944
Anderson	W. T.	1904	Unknown	Charter Member
Bailey	Vernon	1943	1968
Barnett	Jeff	1989, October	1992, March
Barnett	Rusty	1971	1973
Barrett	Aubrey	1959-02-05	1964
Barrett	Aubrey	1966-04-21		Joined again
Barrett	J. W.	1943	1943
Beard	Danny			Became a full-time Engineer, still active
Bell	Jerry	1969	1971
Binnion	T. M.	1904	Unknown	Charter Member
Blackburn	Jack	1954	1970
Blackstone	J. W.	1942	1943
Blair	Greg	1991, October	1994, December
Blankenship	Warren	1904	Unknown	Charter Member
Blythe	Hollis	1904	Unknown	Charter Member
Blythe	William "Hamp"	1959-02-05	1966-03-17
Bokemeyer	Kendyle Keith
Bowden		1969	1969
Bowen	Kevin
Bowers	Brent	1988, February	1994, August
Box	Ted	1976
Bradley		1956	1956
Bradley	Alton	1943	1943
Bradley	Charles	1959-02-05	1976
Bradley	Colton	1944
Bradley	Ricky	1977
Bragg	Robby	1994, January		Paid engineer, still active
Bright	Fred, Jr.	1951 **	1973
Bright	Fred, Jr.	1975
Brown	Phillip Ray		1987, June
Buck	Gary	03-13-1967	1968
Burnaman	Gary
Burris	O. F.		1913-05-06	Resigned as City Fireman
Butterfield	Micheal
Butterfield	Richard
Byram	Marvin "Cotton"	1946	1954
Calloway	Jeffie	1992, April	1992, May
Cameron	Larry	1991, March	1992, March
Campbell	Gene	1969	1976
Cano	Pedro	1991, February	1992, November
Carnes	Johnny	1970	1974	Became full-time engineer
Carnes	Patsy
Chambers	Keith
Chamness	Ricky
Chataman		1943
Clark	Edward	1957	1969	Edward Clark and Ernest Clark entries may be mixed
Clark	Ernest	1951**		Edward Clark and Ernest Clark entries may be mixed
Clark	Otis
Clement	Kevin		1991, June
Clement	Odric	1904	Unknown	Charter Member
Clements	Eric		1988, April
Coker	Tom B.	1951**
Coleman	J. V.	1941	1948
Collins	John	1994, January	1994, April
Counts	Daniel "Bo"	1974	1975
Counts	Nolan	1974, June	1994, September
Crane	Horace	1941	1942
Cronemeyer	Tim
Crooks	Robert	1941	1942
Crooks	Robert	1945
Cutler	Ralph	1968		Became full-time Engineer
Davis	Ben
Davis	Matt	1993, July
Dees	Drue	1973	1974	Became full-time Engineer, then Chief
Delton		1943
Dennison	Mike
Derrick	Charles	1969	1969	Became full-time Engineer
DuBose	David	1973
Dubrey	Raymond	1994, January	1994, April
Duffie	Alan	1910-02-03		Appointed by Chief Dan Stith
Duncan	Stanley	1992, September	1994, June
Eakins	Wendell	1985, February		Currently active
Easterling	Ronnie			Became full-time Engineer
Eubanks	Brad	1992, March	1993, August	Became full-time Engineer, currently active
Falls	Otis C.	1941	1967-12-31	Became last volunteer chief
Falls	L (Ferrell?)	1974	1974
Fikes	William (Bill)
Foster	Mike	1974	1974
Franklin	Jimmy	1974	1974
Franklin	Raymond	1952	1953
Freeman	Johnny
Freeman	Larry	1974
Fridell	Greg	1994, August	1994, December
Fuller	R. Henry	1904	Unknown	Charter Member
Garner	James		1989, January
Gaskins	Richard	1991, November	1992, November
Gauntt	Mike	1977
Gauntt	W. A. "Bill"	1952	1973
Gautney	John
Gibreath	Charles	1968	1968
Gilmore		1956	1957
Graham	Gary			Full-time Engineer
Grisham	Jim	1972	1972
Grisham	Jim	1977		Became full-time Engineer
Hamilton	L. L.
Hampton	John	1993, June	1994, July
Hanes	Sid	1904	Unknown	Charter Member
Hanes	Will	1904	Unknown	Charter Member
Hardy	David
Hardy	Hubert	1945
Harper	Sidney	1966-03-17	1966-09-01
Harper	Sidney	1974
Harvey	Curtis
Harvey	Jerry	1972
Haynes	Robert
Hays	Charley	1970
Herschberger	Larry	1959	1972
Hill	David	1969	1970
Hill	Louis	1973	1976	Became a full-time Engineer
Hinson	Bud	1904	Unknown	Charter Member
Hinton	Jason Rex	1992, November	1993, February
Hinton	M. G.	1967-10-19	1968
Hinton	M. G.	1968
Hobbs	Tom	1941
Hodges	Tom	1943	1943
Holcomb	Young	1904	Unknown	Charter Member
Hollingsworth	Lloyd	1970
Hollingsworth	Rocky	1976
Hollingsworth	Rusty			Became a full-time Engineer
Homer	Rickey	1974	1974
Huffman	Jerry	1968	1970
Hughes	Gerald
Hughes	Ollie	1949	1953
Hunter	Tony
Ingram	Mike
Ingram	Randy
Irvin	S. W. "Pete"	1941	1942
Irvin	S. W. "Pete"	1945	1968	Was once a volunteer Chief
James	Tommy
Johnson		1948
Johnson	Mark	1993, July	1993, November
Johnson	W. A.	1904	Unknown	Charter Member
Julian	W. S.	1904	Unknown	Charter Member
Kain	Jim	1989, September	1994, March
Kaiser	Roy	1968	1971	Became a full-time Engineer
Kennedy	Bob		1989-12-26
Kennedy	R. Ben	1941
Kerridge	Bob			Became a full-time Engineer
Kirkwood	Michael	1994, January
Kittle	Chris
Knechtel	Fritz	1941	1961	Was once a volunteer Chief
Knox		1972	1972
Lancaster	Larry	1972
Lancaster	T. J.	1966-11-16	1972
Lang		1960	1961
LaRue	Curtis	1993, December	1995, March
Larrison	Tony
Latham	Steve
Lee		1966
Lee	Jewel	1965-01-20
Lee	Jewel	1972-11-23
Legg	Will	1913-05-06		Appointed as City Fireman to replace O.F. Burris
Lewis	David	1991, November	1993, August
Lewis	Larry
Lide	Charles O.	1904	Unknown	Charter Member
Lindley	John	1943	1947
Litchfield	Kenneth
Lloyd	Jeff
Logan	Royce	1971	1971	Became full-time Engineer
Logan	Royce	1973	1973	Became full-time Engineer, still active in 1979
Lyle	Tom