Texas Ranger Chief Homer Garrison Jr(1901-1968) LBJ Signed Photograph Lady Bird/

Description: Texas Ranger Homer Garrison Jr LBJ Signed Photograph Lady Bird/Lyndon Baines
Johnson. Extremely rare and Authentic from the estate of the descendants of
Homer Garrison Jr. I have another photo similar to this signed from LBJ and lots
of books from the estate signed and given to Homer Garrison Jr and his
descendants listed separately. This was given to Homer by LBJ and Lady Bird on
Homer Garrison's last Christmas on earth. Still in original frame untouched.
Genuine signatures, note written by Lady Bird and LBJ's signature as shown. I'd
bet my life against $1 it's authentic. This is far more important than the
"average" LBJ signed photo with the Texas ranger/dps association. Really it's a
museum piece. 14" x 12" total frame and all, clean with no issues, vibrant
signatures and photo.

This Photo/signature and other related items I'll be listing shortly are from
the estate of multiple descendants of Homer Garrison Jr.

GARRISON, HOMER, JR. (1901-1968). Homer Garrison, Jr., Texas Ranger chief and
director of the Texas Department of Public Safety, son of Homer and Mattie
(Milam) Garrison, was born in Kickapoo, Anderson County, Texas, on July 21,
1901, the eldest of nine children. After graduation from Lufkin High School he
went to work in the office of his father, who was district clerk in Angelina
County. Garrison received his first experience as a law officer at nineteen,
when was appointed a deputy sheriff of Angelina County. In 1929 he became a
state license and weight inspector for the Texas Highway Department, and he
joined the Texas Highway Patrol when it was organized in 1930.

When the Department of Public Safety was founded in August 1935 Garrison became
the first assistant director. Among his initial duties was the task of
developing a training program for DPS officers. At the request of the governor
of New Mexico, he was sent to that state to help organize the New Mexico State
Police. During World War II he was offered an appointment by Gen. Douglas
MacArthur to reorganize and supervise the Japanese national police system for
the War Department, but he declined in deference to his duties as director of
the DPS and chief of the Texas Rangers.

Among the many honors bestowed upon him during the nearly thirty years he served
as the head of the state law-enforcement agency was the presentation of the
sixth Paul Gray Hoffman Award, conferred annually by the Automotive Safety
Foundation for distinguished service in highway safety. In 1963 Governor John
Connally appointed Garrison director of civil defense and disaster relief for
the state of Texas and chairman of the State Defense Council. The same year the
governor also named him director of the Governor's Highway Safety Commission. In
May 1966 he was elected chairman of the resolutions committee and a member of
the steering committee of the Southern Region Highway Policy Committee of the
Council of State Governments; in January 1967 he was named a member of the
National Motor Vehicle Safety Advisory Council.

Colonel Garrison became director of the Department of Public Safety and chief of
the Texas Rangers in 1938. Under his leadership numerous major programs were
developed, and the organization grew to a total of some 3,400 employees. The
programs included crime control, police traffic supervision, driver licensing,
vehicle inspection, safety responsibility, accident records, safety education,
defense and disaster service, and police training.

Garrison married Mary Nell Kilgore on June 1, 1939, and they had one son.
Garrison died on May 7, 1968, and was buried in the State Cemetery, Austin. A
Texas Ranger museum at Fort Fisher was named for him.

BIBLIOGRAPHY: Ben Procter, "The Texas Rangers: An Overview," in The Texas
Heritage, ed. Ben Procter and Archie P. McDonald (St. Louis: Forum, 1980).
Vertical Files, Barker Texas History Center, University of Texas at Austin.
Bill Carter

"GARRISON, HOMER JR." The Handbook of Texas Online. [Accessed Wed Aug 7 11:36:57
US/Central 2002].