Herbert Andrew Stancil

• Born March 13, 1905
• Died April 7, 1972 Texas
• Buried in Llano Cemetery, Amarillo, Randall, TX
• Married Julia Lillian Derrington on June 25, 1926
• Married Beulah "Billie" M. Garnett Parker in 1952

Herbert Andrew Stancil was born March 13, 1905, and died April 5, 1972. He married Julia Lillian "Lil" Derrington on June 25, 1926. He married Beulah "Billie" M. Garnett Parker in 1952.
Herb's children with Julia Lillian Derrington
Patricia Ann Stancil Reed March 9, 1927 FL-Oct. 6, 1995 MA; Buried in Wyoming Cemetery, Melrose, Middlesex, MA
Beverly Joyce Stancil Wing Sept. 18, 1931 Alameda, CA,-April 15, 2004 New Wilmington, PA; Buried in Nashannock Cemetery, New Wilmington, PA
Barbara Marie Stancil Matheson Bradley May 12, 1928 Melrose, MA-Oct. 6, 1995 Potter, Texas; Buried in Memory Gardens Cemetery, Amarillo, Randall, TX
Linda Louise Leimbrock Blair Feb. 22, 1940 Wichita, KS-April 16, 1980 Dallas, TX
Ronald "Ronnie" Glenn Stancil Dec. 4, 1959 Potter, TX-March 13, 2023 Amarillo, TX

Herbert Andrew Stancil, son of Josiah and Minnie Sasser Stancil, was born March 13, 1905, in Johnston County, North Carolina.

Nicknamed "Hub" or "Herb" grew up working on the farm. He was the youngest of four sons and older brother of two sisters Leafy and Mozelle. Tobacco was the main money crop. Hub never liked the confinement of school. He quit school.

Hub joined Navy about 1922. He graduated from flight school in Pensacola, Florida. It was here that he met Lil.

Herb received an honorable discharge. He went to work for Western Air Express. Western Air Express was founded on July 13, 1925.

Daughter Patricia Ann was born March 9, 1927.

Western Air Express merged with Transcontinental Air Transport in 1930 and became Transcontinental and Western Air (T & WA).

Beverly Joyce was born on Sept. 18, 1931, in Alameda County, Calif.

Barbara Marie was born Aug. 18, 1934, while Herb was working at the Winslow, Ariz., airport.

Ralph and Ethel met Hub, Lil and children for a photo opportunity at the Gorman Chinese Theater in Hollywood, California in the summer of 1935.

Tragedy struck the family when Herb’s older brother Harry Lester Stancil Sr., step-son Chuck and friend, went missing on Nov. 11, 1935, while fishing off the rocks in San Francisco Bay. Bodies were never recovered. His grief stricken widow Laura was also pregnant. Family members stepped up to help out.

Minnie and Josiah flew free to California when they both visited in 1935.

In the summer of 1936, Herb's nephew, Harry Lester Jr., went to live with Herbert and Lil in Arizona.

In January of 1937, Ralph and Ethel Stancil, stopped by Winslow, Ariz., and visited Herb and family on their way to Florida. Harry was still living with them. Following the visit, Ralph and Ethel boarded the Greyhound bus for Marion County, Florida. Ethel’s father had died in the 1936 and her mother was having it tough. In reality so was Ralph’s mother. His father died in the fall of 1935.

By mid-1940, Herbert and Lil had separated. Lil went back home to Massachusetts. They divorced.

Herbert met and married Beulah "Billie" M. Garnett Parker in 1952. Herb adopted her daughter Linda, born in 1940, when she was 9 years old. Beulah was born Oct. 13, 1900, in Webb City, Jasper, Missouri.

Herbert began climbing the corporate ladder at TWA.

In February of 1954, Hub was transferred to Denver, Colo. Hub was district sales manager for TWA.

Laura, Harry’s widow, visited Hub on her way to visit family, including Ralph and Ethel Hales Stancil in Ocala, Florida. She expected to be in Florida by May. Laura took the train from Denver to Detroit and then planned to rent a car.

In 1959, Hub moved to 5511 Brinkman in Amarillo. He and Billie were active members of the St. Luke's Presbyterian Church. Hub was elected as an elder.

In August of 1960, Ralph, Ethel, Renn, Hale, Harold and Mamie (Ralph’s sister) visited Herb and Billie in Amarillo, Texas. Billie’s daughter Linda was there with her baby, Ronald "Ronnie" Glenn born Dec. 4, 1959. Herb and Billie adopted Ronnie and raised him.

Herbert was an executive with TWA. He showed them the tapestry woven by their grandma Delaney Catherine Sasser Stancil in 1858.

Herbert kept the tapestry safe, passing it down to his daughter Barbara. His three daughters, Pat, Beverly and Barbara agreed to give it to Leafy's son Bill. Bill died on Sept. 21, 1998, six days before the Stancil Reunion. The tapestry was presented to the Tobacco Farm Life Museum in Kenly, NC.

Herb, Billie and Ronnie frequently visited Bill in San Diego. Bill owned a nursery at one time and had beautifully landscaped gardens behind his home. Ronnie was an active curious boy and loved to spent time exploring the gardens and searching out insects and lizards.

Herb made several trips back home to the Reunion. He attended in 1961,1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1968 and 1970. Ronnie was there in 1964. 1965, 1968 and 1970.

At John Thomas' sale in 1923, Herbert's father Josiah bought Tom and Delaney's 12 stools and the purple, brown and white tapestry hand loomed by his mother when she was 16 and the clock John Thomas gave his bride Delaney.

Herb joined the Masons as did his brother Bill plus many cousins. He was a member of the Scottish Rite Consistory in Wichita, Kansas, and a member of the Khiva Temple of the Shrine.

In August of 1967 Renn spent the night with Herbert and Billie on her way to teach school in Phoenix. Hub took her to his downtown office for a tour.

When Herb retired just a month later from TWA in September 1967, he was the district sales manager. He had worked for them for over 37 years. He worked his way up from airline mechanic to executive. He was working in Amarillo from 1959 to 1967.

Herbert died of a heart attack on April 5, 1972, in Amarillo at home. He was just 67 years old.

At the time of Herb’s death, step daughter, Linda Lyon lived in Oklahoma City. Daughter Pat Reed was in Canyon, Texas. Barbara Bradley lived in Perryton, Texas, and Beverly Bradley lived in New Wilmington. His brother Bill lived in San Diego, sister Leafy lived in Kenly, NC, and sister Mozelle lived in Newport News, Va.

Billie and Ronnie began life without Herb. Ronnie graduated from high school.

Billie died at 89 on March 19, 1993.

— Renn Stancil Hinton