NO LONGER CAN YOU HEAR THE HUM FROM THE TIRES ON THE BUSES THESE DRIVERS HAVE
DRIVEN FOR A COMBINED, 40 MILLION MILES OR MORE. NO LONGER DO THEY HAVE THE
AWESOME RESPONSIBILITY OF MAKING THEIR TRIPS A SAFE ONE. THEIR WHEELS NO LONGER
TURN NOW, SO THE HUM OF THEIR TIRES ARE; FOR NOW, AND FOREVER, SILENT.
A SPECIAL TRIBUTE
to:
BOB WATERHOUSE
A MAN WITH MANY FRIENDS
WHO GAVE HIS LIFE TO A SCAB DRIVER, DURING THE STRIKE, ON A SATURDAY MORNING,
MARCH 3, 1990 WHEN HE WAS CRUSHED TO DEATH BETWEEN THE SIDE OF A GREYHOUND
BUS AND THE BRICK WALL, ON THE NORTH SIDE OF THE REDDING, CALIFORNIA DEPOT.
ARVIL SPENCER
HERMAN WALKER
RICHARD BONNEY
CECIL PINKERTON
CHESTER STOKES
AL MAINARD
AL BUEKER
RALPH BIGGS
BUD WATSON
BUD CAGLE
JIM KEY
BILL HAFLICH
TOMMY THOMPSON
JIM MACHADO
DANNY DUBOIS
JIM JOLLY
DON SEEDALL
GEORGE SHAW
GLEN PRICE
MERLE MACKENZIE
AL MAXON
IN MEMORY OF
ALL THE STOCKTON DRIVERS THAT I HAVE HAD THE PRIVILEGE OF
LAUGHING AND WORKING WITH THROUGH OUT THE YEARS OF MY
GREYHOUND CAREER. THEY ARE NO LONGER WITH US TODAY, AS
THEY HAVE REACHED THEIR FINAL DESTINATION. NOW, MAY
THEIR SOULS REST IN PEACE.
PAUL HOEFLICKER
FLOYD CARLSON
FRANK PARKER
RAY THURMAN
JESS CARLISLE
JOE DIMPERIO
GEORGE DUTRA
RUBIN MEYER
VON SMITH
OTTO HARRISON
CLIFF DYER
ELMER DYER
ROLAND BLACK
RUSS BUELL
ART PFIFEL
ROGER UMALI
BOB SYMONS
NOLAN SHORES
ANDY MASON
BOB CURLANIS
HIRAM GRABINSKE
If I have overlooked anyone, I apologize, Notify me and I will add them to my list.
gradyhall@yahoo.com
This list is not in the order of their deaths