HUDDLE, MARVIN L.

by Marvin Huddle

Entry F200 from the History of Hooker County Nebraska
with permission of the Hooker County Historical Society

Marvin L. Huddle was born
1946 at St. Joseph Hospital in Alliance, NE.,
son of Clifford "Bus" Huddle and Ruth
(Johnson) Huddle. Marvin has one brother,
Burton, who was born, 1939. Mar-
vin's parents built and operated the Court
Famous Motel in Mullen from 1946 to 1959
when they sold it to Roy and Pauline Bradley.
Marvin's paternal grahdparents, Charles and
Amanda (Kerns) Huddle, homesteaded in
Hooker County, northwest of Seneca, NE.
Marvin's maternal grandparents, Albert and
Adela (Machmuller) Johnson, homesteaded
north of Mullen in Cherry County.

Marvin attended elementary and high
school in Mullen and graduated from Mullen
High School in 1964. In the fall of that year,
he moved to Omaha and entered National
Barber College, graduating in July of 1965.
He moved to North Platte, NE. and began
working as a barber in August of 1965.

On December 23, 1965, he was drafted into
the Army and served two years on active
duty, with 14 months being spent in the Asian
Theater. He reached the rank of Sgt. E-5 and
was discharged in 1967. After leaving the
Army, he went to work in Chadron, NE. as
a barber. Later, he moved to Rushville, NE.
and worked a little over two years in a barber
shop owned by Lloyd Taylor.

In August of 1970, he enrolled at North
Platte Junior College and graduated May 20,
1971. Following that he entered Kearney
State College, and graduated May 10, 1974
with a B.A. in Education.

Marvin taught school in Stapleton, NE. for
two years. He taught History and Geography
for grades 7-11.

In 1978, he moved to Imperial, NE., where
he met his wife, Janice Martin, and worked
for a contractor as a carpenter. In 1979,
Marvin and Janice were married in Imperial
and purchased a home that same year. They
have a son Rick Martin and a daughter Jodi
Huddle. They are all members of the Lu-
theran Church - Missouri Synod.

In 1982, Marvin started his own business,
a lawn service, and he worked for many of the
are residents, providing law care and selling
fertilizer and other chemicals.

Marvin is proud to call himself a
"Sandhiller" and will always call the san-
dhills home.