Career
He joined American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers in 1949, and his other popular-song compositions include "Brush Those Tears From Your Eyes", "I Wish I Had Never Met Sunshine", "Tho" I Tried", "Pretty Mary", "Texas Polka", "Honey Child", "Vic"try Train", "Last Mile", and "Texans Never Cry". Haldeman was born in California, the son of Catherine (Oakley) and Clarence Edward Haldeman.