Burroughs Allen Waltrip

Background

Waltrip, Burroughs Allen was born on May 27, 1928 in Seguin, Texas, United States. Son of Burroughs Allen and Jessie Anna Belle (Johnson) Waltrip.

Education

BJ, University Texas, 1977.

Career

Instrumentalist, United States Navy Unit Bands, 1945-1953;

biologist's assistant, Texas Game & Fish Commission, Mathis, 1953-1954;

commercial diver, Gulf Coast Divers Company, Corpus Christi, Texas, 1953;

yard clerk, T&November ready reckoner, Austin, Texas, 1954-1956;

operator, Commercial Divers Company, 1954-1956;

instrumentalist, United States Navy Unit Bands, 1956-1960;

band leader, United States Navy Unit Bands, 1960-1965;

band officer, United States Navy Unit Bands, 1966-1972;

Executive officer, Navy School Music, Little Creek, Virginia, 1972-1974;

committee coordinator, Grumman American, Savannah, Georgia, 1977-1980;

leader own band, Bachelor of Arts Waltrip Big Band, Buffalo Gap, Texas, since 1990.

Achievements

• Burroughs Allen Waltrip has been listed as a noteworthy dance band leader, navy officer by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Prim. trumpet, arranger Abilene (Texas) Community Band, since 1982. Lieutenant United States Navy, 1945-1974, PTO, ATO, Mediterranean Theatre of Operations. Member Texas Music Educators Association, International Trumpet Guild, International Association Jazz Educators, Texas Bandmasters Association, Dallas-Fort Worth Professional Musicians Association, Navy Musicians Association (co-founder, treasurer since 1994), Fleet Reserve Association, Navy League, Retired Officers Association (lfie), Veterans of Foreign Wars (life), Silver Wings (life), Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association, Mensa, Kappa Tau Alpha.

Connections

Married Joyce Renneberg, August 30, 1975 (deceased June 1989). Children: Cynthia Kay, Jeffrey Lee, Bambi Lynn, Carla Christine, Keely Ann, Lisa Evelyn, Burroughs Allen III married Mary Frances Graham, February 13, 1990.

Father:

Burroughs Allen Waltrip

Mother:

Jessie Anna Belle (Johnson) Waltrip

Spouse:

Joyce Renneberg

Spouse:

Mary Frances Graham

child:

Keely Ann Waltrip

child:

Jeffrey Lee Waltrip

child:

Bambi Lynn Waltrip

child:

Cynthia Kay Waltrip

child:

Burroughs Allen III married Mary Frances Graham Waltrip

child:

Carla Christine Waltrip

child:

Lisa Evelyn Waltrip