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 (Courtesy of Bob Muncy) Bob Muncy remembers Elliott: these are photos I took in 1945 in Denton, Texas at a Bond Rally (I was 15 then). Bill Elliott, Gabby Hayes, and Anne Jeffreys were my favorites! Wore my play guns butt first, and told this story many times, not realizing that these photos were in my 98 year old mother's attic. |
 (Courtesy of Bunnie Daniel Moore) Bunnie Daniel Moore remembers Wild Bill: these are photos of my brother Jimmy and I in La Mesa, Texas in 1952. He was appearing at a rodeo there and my mother took us to find him and get our picture made with him. He was our hero and we were very excited. When we drove up behind him I shot off my cap pistol and he gave me a lecture about guns. My brother and I were around 7 and 10 years old. |
Others have also e-mailed their remembrances of Elliott:
Edith 'Edie' Woodard writes: "I waited on Wild Bill Elliott in 1958 at Pahaska Teepee in Yellowstone National Park. I knew who he was and I was so nervous, I think I spilled his coffee. Anyway, he left me a big tip. I was so thrilled. I was 18 years old at the time."
Texan Doug Bruton met Bill Elliott and recalls: "'Wild Bill' Elliott came to Denison, Texas around 1945 on a bond tour. Buy a bond and get to see his show. I didn't even have the price of a ticket let alone the price of a bond. However, he did stay out front and talk to us for a while. I also saw and met 'Wild Bill' in Monahans, Texas around 1954. He was touring with his rodeo show (I think it was his). Anyway, at that time he had one of the top cutting horses in the country and put on a demonstration. I stayed around and asked some questions after the show. He was very polite, but I did not have a camera or get his autograph."
Got an e-mail from Leta Helvey in January, 2002. Leta writes: "I was working in a cafe in Sulphur, Oklahoma in 1950 or 51 when Bill Elliott was there for our rodeo. I served him his breakfast one morning. He was a very nice, pleasant gentleman and left me a 50 cent tip, very good for those days. I lived in Scullin, Oklahoma where they kept some of the rodeo horses. A fellow taking care of them told me they belonged to Elliott and that he furnished horses for rodeos."