Thomas Whitehurst
Pillar of Bastrop Tx community: As a young man he loved working on the farm, as a teenager if he wasn't helping out on the farm he could be found play baseball.
It was in his earl teen years that his passion for baseball grew strong. You could always find a baseball glove in one hand and a ball in the other hand. she also worked at the Lumber yard for Arthur Edwards as an employee of Robert Jenkins.
He played in many military leagues, And in San Antonio Texas. It was noted as being the best player in the Southern version of the Old negro League. This is where he began to live up to his nickname "Cat", For being so quick on the field.
during the older years of his life in Bastrop, you could always find him at Church.
His church home was Macedonia and he was famous for being an usher,
"THE DOOR KEEPER". It isn't unusual to find a door keeper in a church but,
Cat face was one of a kind, he took his position very seriously and was known around Texas for being the door keeper for many miles. His home at 602 martin Luther king jr. Bastrop TX. was built in 1869. it was his home from 1950 till 1984.
his home was transferred to him for $1.00
It was in his earl teen years that his passion for baseball grew strong. You could always find a baseball glove in one hand and a ball in the other hand. she also worked at the Lumber yard for Arthur Edwards as an employee of Robert Jenkins.
He played in many military leagues, And in San Antonio Texas. It was noted as being the best player in the Southern version of the Old negro League. This is where he began to live up to his nickname "Cat", For being so quick on the field.
during the older years of his life in Bastrop, you could always find him at Church.
His church home was Macedonia and he was famous for being an usher,
"THE DOOR KEEPER". It isn't unusual to find a door keeper in a church but,
Cat face was one of a kind, he took his position very seriously and was known around Texas for being the door keeper for many miles. His home at 602 martin Luther king jr. Bastrop TX. was built in 1869. it was his home from 1950 till 1984.
his home was transferred to him for $1.00
