Elmer Lois Tarbox was an American military aviator, businessman, and politician.
11 Facts About Elmer Tarbox
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Elmer Tarbox was born in Bishop, Oklahoma on March 7,1916 to Jake Tarbox and May Tarbox.
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Elmer Tarbox was raised in the Texas Panhandle city of Higgins, Texas.
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Elmer Tarbox attended Texas Technological College and lettered in Red Raiders basketball, Red Raiders football, and Red Raiders track teams.
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Elmer Tarbox graduated with a Bachelor of Business Administration degree from Texas Tech in 1939.
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At the beginning of World War II, Elmer Tarbox enlisted in the United States Army Air Corps.
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In 1966, Elmer Tarbox ran successfully for the 76th District in the Texas House of Representatives.
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Elmer Tarbox was reelected twice to the same district and twice more in the 75th District.
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Elmer Tarbox married Maxine Barnett on March 29,1944, and they had four children before she died in 1978.
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Elmer Tarbox founded the Elmer Tarbox Parkinson's Disease Institute in 1972 at the TTUHSC, to help develop a treatment and cure for Parkinson's disease, from which he suffered.
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On November 2,1987, Elmer Tarbox died of complications of Parkinsonism and was buried at Resthaven Cemetery in Lubbock.