Carter Mooney Dibrell by Carter M. and Virginia
Dibrell
From A History of Coleman County
and Its People, 1985 edited by Judia and Ralph Terry, and
Vena Bob Gates - used by permission --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Carter
Mooney Dibrell, one of eight children of J.
C. and Maggie Dibrell, was born June 17,
1893 in Coleman (see William Carter
Dibrell). He married Lucy McDermett on June
17, 1917 (see J. C. McDermett). Their only
child, Carter M. Dibrell, is present owner
of the C.M. Dibrell Ranch. Carter died
November 2, 1946 and is buried in Coleman.
He was a registered
Hereford breeder, a member of the American
Hereford Assoication, the Texas Cattle
Raisers Association, Texas Hereford
Association, Coleman County Fair, Coleman
County Farm Bureau, the Breeder-Feeders
Association, and worked with the FFA, 4-H
and other agriculture programs. Carter
was instrumental in mapping and cutting the
right of way lines for the REA in Coleman
County.
Lucy was born July
17, 1895 on the McDermett Ranch. She
was graduated from the Cross Plains High
School and attended C. I. A. in
Denton. After her marriage, she was a
talented homemaker, member of a Home
Demonstration Club, helped girls in 4-H,
belonged to the Shakespeare Club, the
Presbyterian Church and the Parent-Teacher
Association. She died October 22, 1980, and
is buried in Coleman.
Carter (born March
28, 1923) attended the Echo School and
graduated from Coleman High School in
1941. He volunteered for army duty in
1942; spent 28 months in combat in the
European Theatre. October 1, 1946,
Carter married Virginia Dibrell (born May
26, 1922) in the First Methodist Church in
Weslaco. She is the daughter of
Raymond Allen and Virginia Lillard
Dibrell. After his marriage, Carter
received his B. A. from Texas A & M
College and his M. S. from Southwest Texas
State University. Prior to his
retirement, he received the highest honor
that can he bestowed on a Vocational
Agriculture teacher: the Honorary American
Farmer Degree. Carter Mooney, Jr. was
born September 19, 1947 in Weslaco.
March 5, 1973 he was married to Sue
Hupe. Their children are Raymond
Carter, Jennifer Dawn, and Brian
Christopher: they live in Texas City.
James Crockett was born in San Angelo on
September 19, 1952. He died in San
Marcos on May 16, 1954, and is buried in
Coleman. Sam Clark Dibrell was born in
Austin on July 2, 1956, on his great-great
grandfather Dibrell's birthday.
(Images to be added)
Carter, Carter, Jr., and J.C.
Dibrell with J. C. Dibrell home in the
background-1928