Category Archives: G.M.C. Massey

Granddad Reflects on His Days as an Educator

Posted on June 30, 2022 by bullersbackporch

My grandfather, G.M.C. Massey, started his career as a schoolteacher in the days of the one-room schoolhouse in rural East Texas at the start of the 20th Century. He retired from teaching after nearly 20 years and started a second … Continue reading →

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Granddad Writes of his Memoirs and Retired Life

Posted on May 9, 2022 by bullersbackporch

My grandfather, G. M. C. Massey, wrote memoirs of his life in a series of manuscripts after he turned 80 in 1960. One of his daughters, my mother Dell Buller, did an excellent job editing some portions of the material … Continue reading →

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Granddad on Qualifications for Educational Leaders

Posted on April 12, 2022 by bullersbackporch

A bit of a follow-up on my most recent post from my grandfather’s memoirs about his days teaching in Snyder. Here he tells why he turned down the offered chair of the mathematics department at Snyder High School, as well … Continue reading →

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Granddad’s Solves a Math Problem in Snyder

Posted on April 9, 2022 by bullersbackporch

My grandfather, G.M.C. Massey, started his career as a teacher in East Texas but eventually taught many places around Texas, notably a memorable year in Asherton in South Texas as well as the West Texas town of Snyder, as described … Continue reading →

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G.M.C. Massey, Rural Texas Educator, 1900-1918

Posted on March 22, 2022 by bullersbackporch

My grandfather, G.M.C. Massey, worked as an educator in rural Texas over a hundred yeas ago. I’ve shared a number of his stories here on the blog, including the early episode that earned him a reputation as an effective disciplinarian, … Continue reading →

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Granddad Stranded on the Road to Sonora

Posted on March 3, 2022 by bullersbackporch

Granddad often wrote more than one account of the same incident in his memoirs. As he explained, he just wrote whatever came to mind when it came to mind, so some repetition is to be expected. This is another instance … Continue reading →

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Granddad Witnesses a Wedding — That Wasn’t

Posted on February 6, 2022 by bullersbackporch

  As a lay minister, my grandfather, G.M.C. Massey, would perform a few marriages during his life. Witnessing one scene of wedding vows going wrong impacted him enough as a young man to write about it years later in his … Continue reading →

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Hard Winter for Granddad

Posted on January 10, 2022 by bullersbackporch

Born in 1880, my grandfather, G.M.C. Massey, wrote memoirs describing his life in Texas. The winter of 1918-1919 saw him facing new hardships in San Angelo after he moved his family there to take a Star Mail contract. His first … Continue reading →

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Granddad Loses a Leg

Posted on December 11, 2021 by bullersbackporch

I have very few specific memories of my grandfather, G. M. C. Massey. He was very old when I was very young and he lived hundreds of miles away in San Angelo, so we only visited infrequently. I don’t even … Continue reading →

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Granddad’s Days as a West Texas Cattle Rancher

Posted on September 30, 2021 by bullersbackporch

Granddad wrote of his many endeavors from farming in east Texas as a young man to teaching in multiple rural schools across Texas to running a Star mail route to hustling highway work when he found himself suddenly out of … Continue reading →

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