Volume 11 , Issue 26

Floyd Huddleston Info

We heard from a son of Floyd Huddleston this week, "Well! Being that my dad is Floyd Huddleston, I have quite a bit of info on him."

The reason NW Okie is so interested in Floyd Huddleston is because back in 1938 he played in the same swing band from Kemper Military School that our Uncle Bob McGill played in during that time. We have included a photo of the band above and on the left.

This photo shows: Wm. Nelson Gibbens, Oklahoma City, OK, backrow, sax; Phillips Brooke "PB" Gentry, piano, Clarendon, TX; Floyd Houston Huddleston, left-front sax, Leland, Miss.; William Olus Greer, front-center, sax; and Robert McGill (on left-front, coronet). These fellas also played in a dance swing band in third class & tourist with my Uncle Bob aboard the "Ship Europa" during the Summer of '38 voyage to Europe.

Back in Vol. 11, Iss. 2, OkieLegacy ezine we heard from a Bob Adams who stated, "My name is Bob Adams. Floyd Huddleston and my Mom were first cousins. My Mom is still living and I am copying the picture and info that you have posted so that I might show it to her. Have you any more information on him? I knew that he had attended Kemper and that he had a fairly lucrative career in the music business. Other than that, details are sketchy. Thank you."

Bob Adams did not leave his email address. So ... we are hoping he might read this article and make a connection with Huston Huddleston @ Lummoxdung@yahoo.com.
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