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    Norman Lowell McCarver was born at Hearne, Texas, October 28, 1910, the son of Robert Marion McCarver and Centennia Barnhouse McCarver

   He attended the public schools of Hearne, and was graduated from Hearne High School with the Class of 1930.  While attending high school he was active in athletics.  He played quarterback for the Hearne Eagles Football Team in 1927, 1928, and 1929; lettered in basketball three years and captained the 1930 basketball team; and lettered in track and baseball three years.

    After completing his high school education he was employed in 1931 by the City of Hearne and worked in a construction gang.  He later was promoted to assistant to the City Manager and in 1943 was appointed City Manager of the City of Hearne.

    He married Libbie Mae Hall, daughter of Isaac David Hall and Libbie Burney Hall, December 8, 1934.  Libbie Hall McCarver was born April 15, 1912 and attended the Hearne public schools, graduating from Hearne High School in 1929 and attended Baylor University.

   Norman Lowell McCarver is a member of the Texas City Managers' Association and has served this organization as vice president.  He is also a member of the International City Managers' Association and has served on various committees and programs of this organization.

    Norman Lowell McCarver, Jr. was born December 30, 1935.  In his senior year at Hearne High School he won the Texas Interscholastic League award in essay writing.  He graduated from Hearne High School with the Class of 1954 and entered Baylor University in the fall of the same year.  In his junior year at Baylor his short story won first place in a field of seventeen southern colleges and universities competing in the Southern Literary Festival.  While a student at Baylor University he worked with Dr. Paul Baker's Baylor Theater and studied playwriting under Gene McKinney.  He graduated from Baylor University with the Class of 1958.

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