Larry and his brothers grew up in odessa and lived two blocks from my mom and her siblings. Larry graduated from odessa high in like 65 or 66, he was the same age as my uncle Tom, yet younger than my mom. My mom was the 4th out of 6 kids. Uncle Tom and Larry got in fight one day in highschool at baseball practice over a glove. Larry ate a ton of meals at my Nanny's house (my grandma) when he was a kid. My uncle Buddy, who was elected into the Longhorn hall of honor posthumously in october, married a lady named Sandy, who was the middle school choir teacher at either Sam Houston or Crockett.... can't recall, but she taught the majority of the gatlin boys in choir.
Larry let his success go to his head for a while and developed some bad habits along the way. I know he started attending church in Westlake years ago........... not sure of the church--- but that's where he started spending time with coach royal. He got his life turned around for the better though.
He was a "baintie rooster" according to my old man, when he was in school at odessa high..... but grew into a decent man.
