Storyteller: Bill Huffman

Interviewer: Bertalot, Lorretta

Date: 02/01/2019

Language: English

Initiative: Tulsans Talk

Description: Bill Huffman grew up in and around Tulsa and, as a child, had many experiences with famous (and infamous) Tulsans. After graduation from Webster High School, he signed up for the draft but was not selected so attended Tulsa University for two years. He then spent 30 years as a trucker. He and his wife, Dixie, traveled all around the USA in an 18-wheeler until her death in 2010. He is now retired and enjoys helping others and staying busy with projects.

Subjects: Morning Side Hospital (Hillcrest), Oakhurst, Rose Hill Cemetary, Sunray DX strike in 1938, scabs, Dad was a Union Man, Cecil and Cleo Epps, Carbondale Church, Webster High School, CB handle was Flat Top, Red Fork, Tommy Martin, motorcycle races, Myrtle Robinson, Lester Pugh, borrowed dynamite from Cleo Epps, Tulsa County District Judge Fred Nelson and bombing, Arles Delbert Self, Watkins.