Charles W.Haney was born on his fathers homestead outside of Appleby, Texas. His father was a rancher and farmer.He moved to Houston, Texas in 1912. In 1923 he joined the Houston Police Department and worked their until1945 when he moved to Waller, Texas and went into business with his brothers, James and Giles Haney. They had Haney Brothers Store in Waller. In 1956 he ran for Sheriff of Waller County and came in second. He had married Evelyn Harris in 1922 in the Waller County Court House back in 1922. They had five children. Four of them are buried in this
cemetery.
Dad lived to be 84 years, 9 months and 8 days old.
from our family records:
Charlie Haney was born at home next to the town of Appleby, Texas on the land his grandfather bought when he came to Texas in 1858. He went to Appleby School. They went to church at Bethel Baptist Church. He was the oldest son of Demarcus Boyd and Eliza Haney. He was raised in this community. He learned to farm and raise horse and cattle. Charlie went to find his fortune in California. He and a friend of his Willie Lawson, heard how good things were in the Imperial Valley where they were irrigating the land. Upon arriving in California, they went were soon working. They stayed a year and came back to east Texas. Charlie told me of a man who was living in the same tent with him in the valley. He said that the man came into the tent and started packing his clothes. He was asked where he was going. The man told them "That when he hired on here that they promised him a steady job and he said that for three or four hours here every night around here that he didn't have anything to do ". The man left.
In 1912, Charlie moved to Houston, Harris, Texas. He got a job as a streetcar motorman and worked at this for some time. His Uncle George Haney had moved from east Texas to Fort Bend County and got Charlie a job at Jenk's Adams' grocery store in Richmond. He learn to manage the store and he learned everything he could about the grocery business. He worked in the store about two years prior to World War I. He enlisted and served in the United States Army until the war was over. He served in the states and was never sent overseas. After his discharge from the service he came back to Houston and found a job as manager of the Star Cash Grocery on McKee Street. He worked there until he took a job as a salesman for a coffee company. From there he sold insurance for The George Woods Insurance Agency. He and Mr. Woods became friends. Mr. Woods later became Police Commissioner for the City of Houston.
In 1923, Charlie was told by his friend George Woods that he should get a job on the Houston Police Department. Charlie applied and got the job. Mr. Woods was still Police Commissioner. That same year Charlie and Evelyn Haney's first child was born on May 10, 1923. He lived on Washington Avenue just about where Yale Street came in to Washington. His second child Thelma was born at the same address in November 24, 1924. Later they moved on 1200 block of Waverly Street. Charlie served as a police officer on the Houston Police force twenty two years until 1945. He worked on the corner of Main and McKinney for a while and then began walking a beat. He was later promoted to Desk Sergeant. After the department got a police car he worked what was called "The Short Call Car". Citizens would call the station and the Desk Sergeant would send out two officers to handle what ever was going on. When they got it settled they reported back to the station and waited for another call. Later, he was promoted to Lieutenant. The Mayor, Oscar Holcombe, had opened the North side sub-station on Gregg Street just north of Lyons Avenue. Charlie worked as commander of this sub-station.
In 1936, Sheriff T. Binford decided not to run for sheriff of Harris County again. After talking with some people of influence Charlie threw his hat in the ring for Sheriff. Close to election day he took a 90 days leave of absence so he could campaign. There were seven men in the race and Charlie came in fourth. He went back to the police department as a Lieutenant. When World War II came along he was made Night Chief and served there during the war. His son J.B. Haney has a copy of his service record with the police department.
In 1945, he resigned to become a partner with his two brothers in Haney Brothers, General Merchandise, groceries and dry good and feed. They operated the business together until 1955 when they decided to divided it. Charlie took the grocery store, Jim took the feed store, and Giles operated the dry goods store. In September of 1955 J.B. Haney, Charlie's son, had returned from a four year hitch with the U.S. Air Force. Charlie took J.B. in and sold him the store. Charlie and Evelyn continued to work there and help with the business. In 1956, Charlie Haney found himself running for Sheriff in Waller County. This time there were three candidates in the race and Charlie came in second. In 1958 the store business was sold to Gene Glasco and Bill Green.
After retiring from the grocery business Charlie raised hogs for about a year on a farm that Jim Haney owned. He did pretty good at this until he hurt his leg. Then he retired, planted a garden and helped other people. My Dad was a good father to me but at the time he seemed hard nosed. Now I wish he had been a little harder on me. He love to visit Nacogdoches, Appleby and the Bethel Cemetery reunion every June. He would tell stories, shake hands, and have a good time visiting with the people he grew up with. He never met anyone who was a stranger to him. He would strike up a conversation with anyone he met. He could remember things that had happened in the past and tell me about it. I only wish I had listened more and would have had sense enough to have asked more questions. I should have written some of the things he told me down.
Some of the things I remember hearing him say:
"My mule ain't goin to kick you but if you walk behind your own mule and he'll kick you" or "Don't let your own mule kick you".
Meaning: What ever you did you did it to yourself. Don't try and blame someone else
"Every tub has to stand on it own bottom".
Meaning: Everyone should be responsible for themselves.
"It'll feel good when it stops hurting".
Meaning: You want think about it when it stops hurting
"If you just got to hit a car, hit one that I can pay for".
Meaning: When I was driving him in his car and have a close call he would tell me this:
"I ain't heard it thunder since that 1900 storm":
Meaning: He'd been hard of hearing a long time but not that long:
"When you marry, you marry off not on":
Meaning: If you're old enough to get married, then you're old enough to take care of yourself:
"Get some salve and rub on that knot between your shoulders and see if you can't bring it to a head":
Meaning: See if you can't make something of yourself:
I may have been cut out to be a carpenter ( or what ever he was doing) but I wasn't sewed up right."
Meaning: He could do most things he put his mind to but he was not a expert.
Charlie was a 32nd degree Mason. He join the Reagan Lodge # 1037, AF & AM, in Houston. He held a dual membership in the Waller Masonic Lodge # 808, in Waller, Texas. He was a member of the Scottish Rite bodies and the Arabian Temple Shrine, A.A.O.N.M.S., both in Houston, Texas. He was a President of the Waller Lions Club for one year. He was a member of the Waller County Chapter of the American Legion. He also belonged to the Waller Booster Club.
He was a member of the Bethel Baptist Church at Appleby in his youth. He later joined the West End Baptist Church in Houston. In 1945 he moved his letter to the (then) First Baptist Church in Waller. This church later became and is now the Waller Baptist Church.
At the time of his death Charlie was living in a house that he designed one block North of Waller Baptist Church. Today this home is the property of the Waller Baptist Church and is used as an additional Sunday School facility. The only wood in the house was the kitchen cabinets and the roof structure. The doors and windows were steel, the walls were hollow tile and had brick on the outside. He had steel rods run up from the slab and then he placed steel plates on top of the hollow tiles and secured them with nuts. He was very proud of this house. I wish he could have visited Alabama and Tennessee and ofcouse South Carolina where his Grandfather and Great grand father lived
The last time Charlie was able to attend a church service was at the Lazybrook Baptist Church for a Deacon Ordination service for J. B. Haney on December 2, 1975.
Submitted by J. B. Haney
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My Dad was on the Houston Police Force for many years. He was a big man, six foot one inches tall, and was short on patience and long on rules. He worked nights most of the time and had to sleep during the daytime. I found out later when I worked night duty in the hospitals that you were a different person when you didn't get sufficient rest so I could see how he must have felt. And then to have a couple of kids just like Wesley and I must have been more that he could bear at times. Mama use to say that she hoped that Wesley and I both had a couple of kids just like us when we grew up. Instead it was Betty Jo who had little Wesley and Thelma, and she was the best little kid herself. Oh well, I guess life isn't always fair. I asked Mama one time why Daddy was so irritable so much of the time. Her answer was that he was on the police force. I said "Well that's strange, Grandma Haney isn't on the police force and she acts the same way". Mama had to laugh. She didn't have an answer for that.
Submitted by Thelma Claire Haney-McCart
cemetery.
Dad lived to be 84 years, 9 months and 8 days old.
from our family records:
Charlie Haney was born at home next to the town of Appleby, Texas on the land his grandfather bought when he came to Texas in 1858. He went to Appleby School. They went to church at Bethel Baptist Church. He was the oldest son of Demarcus Boyd and Eliza Haney. He was raised in this community. He learned to farm and raise horse and cattle. Charlie went to find his fortune in California. He and a friend of his Willie Lawson, heard how good things were in the Imperial Valley where they were irrigating the land. Upon arriving in California, they went were soon working. They stayed a year and came back to east Texas. Charlie told me of a man who was living in the same tent with him in the valley. He said that the man came into the tent and started packing his clothes. He was asked where he was going. The man told them "That when he hired on here that they promised him a steady job and he said that for three or four hours here every night around here that he didn't have anything to do ". The man left.
In 1912, Charlie moved to Houston, Harris, Texas. He got a job as a streetcar motorman and worked at this for some time. His Uncle George Haney had moved from east Texas to Fort Bend County and got Charlie a job at Jenk's Adams' grocery store in Richmond. He learn to manage the store and he learned everything he could about the grocery business. He worked in the store about two years prior to World War I. He enlisted and served in the United States Army until the war was over. He served in the states and was never sent overseas. After his discharge from the service he came back to Houston and found a job as manager of the Star Cash Grocery on McKee Street. He worked there until he took a job as a salesman for a coffee company. From there he sold insurance for The George Woods Insurance Agency. He and Mr. Woods became friends. Mr. Woods later became Police Commissioner for the City of Houston.
In 1923, Charlie was told by his friend George Woods that he should get a job on the Houston Police Department. Charlie applied and got the job. Mr. Woods was still Police Commissioner. That same year Charlie and Evelyn Haney's first child was born on May 10, 1923. He lived on Washington Avenue just about where Yale Street came in to Washington. His second child Thelma was born at the same address in November 24, 1924. Later they moved on 1200 block of Waverly Street. Charlie served as a police officer on the Houston Police force twenty two years until 1945. He worked on the corner of Main and McKinney for a while and then began walking a beat. He was later promoted to Desk Sergeant. After the department got a police car he worked what was called "The Short Call Car". Citizens would call the station and the Desk Sergeant would send out two officers to handle what ever was going on. When they got it settled they reported back to the station and waited for another call. Later, he was promoted to Lieutenant. The Mayor, Oscar Holcombe, had opened the North side sub-station on Gregg Street just north of Lyons Avenue. Charlie worked as commander of this sub-station.
In 1936, Sheriff T. Binford decided not to run for sheriff of Harris County again. After talking with some people of influence Charlie threw his hat in the ring for Sheriff. Close to election day he took a 90 days leave of absence so he could campaign. There were seven men in the race and Charlie came in fourth. He went back to the police department as a Lieutenant. When World War II came along he was made Night Chief and served there during the war. His son J.B. Haney has a copy of his service record with the police department.
In 1945, he resigned to become a partner with his two brothers in Haney Brothers, General Merchandise, groceries and dry good and feed. They operated the business together until 1955 when they decided to divided it. Charlie took the grocery store, Jim took the feed store, and Giles operated the dry goods store. In September of 1955 J.B. Haney, Charlie's son, had returned from a four year hitch with the U.S. Air Force. Charlie took J.B. in and sold him the store. Charlie and Evelyn continued to work there and help with the business. In 1956, Charlie Haney found himself running for Sheriff in Waller County. This time there were three candidates in the race and Charlie came in second. In 1958 the store business was sold to Gene Glasco and Bill Green.
After retiring from the grocery business Charlie raised hogs for about a year on a farm that Jim Haney owned. He did pretty good at this until he hurt his leg. Then he retired, planted a garden and helped other people. My Dad was a good father to me but at the time he seemed hard nosed. Now I wish he had been a little harder on me. He love to visit Nacogdoches, Appleby and the Bethel Cemetery reunion every June. He would tell stories, shake hands, and have a good time visiting with the people he grew up with. He never met anyone who was a stranger to him. He would strike up a conversation with anyone he met. He could remember things that had happened in the past and tell me about it. I only wish I had listened more and would have had sense enough to have asked more questions. I should have written some of the things he told me down.
Some of the things I remember hearing him say:
"My mule ain't goin to kick you but if you walk behind your own mule and he'll kick you" or "Don't let your own mule kick you".
Meaning: What ever you did you did it to yourself. Don't try and blame someone else
"Every tub has to stand on it own bottom".
Meaning: Everyone should be responsible for themselves.
"It'll feel good when it stops hurting".
Meaning: You want think about it when it stops hurting
"If you just got to hit a car, hit one that I can pay for".
Meaning: When I was driving him in his car and have a close call he would tell me this:
"I ain't heard it thunder since that 1900 storm":
Meaning: He'd been hard of hearing a long time but not that long:
"When you marry, you marry off not on":
Meaning: If you're old enough to get married, then you're old enough to take care of yourself:
"Get some salve and rub on that knot between your shoulders and see if you can't bring it to a head":
Meaning: See if you can't make something of yourself:
I may have been cut out to be a carpenter ( or what ever he was doing) but I wasn't sewed up right."
Meaning: He could do most things he put his mind to but he was not a expert.
Charlie was a 32nd degree Mason. He join the Reagan Lodge # 1037, AF & AM, in Houston. He held a dual membership in the Waller Masonic Lodge # 808, in Waller, Texas. He was a member of the Scottish Rite bodies and the Arabian Temple Shrine, A.A.O.N.M.S., both in Houston, Texas. He was a President of the Waller Lions Club for one year. He was a member of the Waller County Chapter of the American Legion. He also belonged to the Waller Booster Club.
He was a member of the Bethel Baptist Church at Appleby in his youth. He later joined the West End Baptist Church in Houston. In 1945 he moved his letter to the (then) First Baptist Church in Waller. This church later became and is now the Waller Baptist Church.
At the time of his death Charlie was living in a house that he designed one block North of Waller Baptist Church. Today this home is the property of the Waller Baptist Church and is used as an additional Sunday School facility. The only wood in the house was the kitchen cabinets and the roof structure. The doors and windows were steel, the walls were hollow tile and had brick on the outside. He had steel rods run up from the slab and then he placed steel plates on top of the hollow tiles and secured them with nuts. He was very proud of this house. I wish he could have visited Alabama and Tennessee and ofcouse South Carolina where his Grandfather and Great grand father lived
The last time Charlie was able to attend a church service was at the Lazybrook Baptist Church for a Deacon Ordination service for J. B. Haney on December 2, 1975.
Submitted by J. B. Haney
******************************
My Dad was on the Houston Police Force for many years. He was a big man, six foot one inches tall, and was short on patience and long on rules. He worked nights most of the time and had to sleep during the daytime. I found out later when I worked night duty in the hospitals that you were a different person when you didn't get sufficient rest so I could see how he must have felt. And then to have a couple of kids just like Wesley and I must have been more that he could bear at times. Mama use to say that she hoped that Wesley and I both had a couple of kids just like us when we grew up. Instead it was Betty Jo who had little Wesley and Thelma, and she was the best little kid herself. Oh well, I guess life isn't always fair. I asked Mama one time why Daddy was so irritable so much of the time. Her answer was that he was on the police force. I said "Well that's strange, Grandma Haney isn't on the police force and she acts the same way". Mama had to laugh. She didn't have an answer for that.
Submitted by Thelma Claire Haney-McCart
Charles W.Haney was born on his fathers homestead outside of Appleby, Texas. His father was a rancher and farmer.He moved to Houston, Texas in 1912. In 1923 he joined the Houston Police Department and worked their until1945 when he moved to Waller, Texas and went into business with his brothers, James and Giles Haney. They had Haney Brothers Store in Waller. In 1956 he ran for Sheriff of Waller County and came in second. He had married Evelyn Harris in 1922 in the Waller County Court House back in 1922. They had five children. Four of them are buried in this
cemetery.
Dad lived to be 84 years, 9 months and 8 days old.
from our family records:
Charlie Haney was born at home next to the town of Appleby, Texas on the land his grandfather bought when he came to Texas in 1858. He went to Appleby School. They went to church at Bethel Baptist Church. He was the oldest son of Demarcus Boyd and Eliza Haney. He was raised in this community. He learned to farm and raise horse and cattle. Charlie went to find his fortune in California. He and a friend of his Willie Lawson, heard how good things were in the Imperial Valley where they were irrigating the land. Upon arriving in California, they went were soon working. They stayed a year and came back to east Texas. Charlie told me of a man who was living in the same tent with him in the valley. He said that the man came into the tent and started packing his clothes. He was asked where he was going. The man told them "That when he hired on here that they promised him a steady job and he said that for three or four hours here every night around here that he didn't have anything to do ". The man left.
In 1912, Charlie moved to Houston, Harris, Texas. He got a job as a streetcar motorman and worked at this for some time. His Uncle George Haney had moved from east Texas to Fort Bend County and got Charlie a job at Jenk's Adams' grocery store in Richmond. He learn to manage the store and he learned everything he could about the grocery business. He worked in the store about two years prior to World War I. He enlisted and served in the United States Army until the war was over. He served in the states and was never sent overseas. After his discharge from the service he came back to Houston and found a job as manager of the Star Cash Grocery on McKee Street. He worked there until he took a job as a salesman for a coffee company. From there he sold insurance for The George Woods Insurance Agency. He and Mr. Woods became friends. Mr. Woods later became Police Commissioner for the City of Houston.
In 1923, Charlie was told by his friend George Woods that he should get a job on the Houston Police Department. Charlie applied and got the job. Mr. Woods was still Police Commissioner. That same year Charlie and Evelyn Haney's first child was born on May 10, 1923. He lived on Washington Avenue just about where Yale Street came in to Washington. His second child Thelma was born at the same address in November 24, 1924. Later they moved on 1200 block of Waverly Street. Charlie served as a police officer on the Houston Police force twenty two years until 1945. He worked on the corner of Main and McKinney for a while and then began walking a beat. He was later promoted to Desk Sergeant. After the department got a police car he worked what was called "The Short Call Car". Citizens would call the station and the Desk Sergeant would send out two officers to handle what ever was going on. When they got it settled they reported back to the station and waited for another call. Later, he was promoted to Lieutenant. The Mayor, Oscar Holcombe, had opened the North side sub-station on Gregg Street just north of Lyons Avenue. Charlie worked as commander of this sub-station.
In 1936, Sheriff T. Binford decided not to run for sheriff of Harris County again. After talking with some people of influence Charlie threw his hat in the ring for Sheriff. Close to election day he took a 90 days leave of absence so he could campaign. There were seven men in the race and Charlie came in fourth. He went back to the police department as a Lieutenant. When World War II came along he was made Night Chief and served there during the war. His son J.B. Haney has a copy of his service record with the police department.
In 1945, he resigned to become a partner with his two brothers in Haney Brothers, General Merchandise, groceries and dry good and feed. They operated the business together until 1955 when they decided to divided it. Charlie took the grocery store, Jim took the feed store, and Giles operated the dry goods store. In September of 1955 J.B. Haney, Charlie's son, had returned from a four year hitch with the U.S. Air Force. Charlie took J.B. in and sold him the store. Charlie and Evelyn continued to work there and help with the business. In 1956, Charlie Haney found himself running for Sheriff in Waller County. This time there were three candidates in the race and Charlie came in second. In 1958 the store business was sold to Gene Glasco and Bill Green.
After retiring from the grocery business Charlie raised hogs for about a year on a farm that Jim Haney owned. He did pretty good at this until he hurt his leg. Then he retired, planted a garden and helped other people. My Dad was a good father to me but at the time he seemed hard nosed. Now I wish he had been a little harder on me. He love to visit Nacogdoches, Appleby and the Bethel Cemetery reunion every June. He would tell stories, shake hands, and have a good time visiting with the people he grew up with. He never met anyone who was a stranger to him. He would strike up a conversation with anyone he met. He could remember things that had happened in the past and tell me about it. I only wish I had listened more and would have had sense enough to have asked more questions. I should have written some of the things he told me down.
Some of the things I remember hearing him say:
"My mule ain't goin to kick you but if you walk behind your own mule and he'll kick you" or "Don't let your own mule kick you".
Meaning: What ever you did you did it to yourself. Don't try and blame someone else
"Every tub has to stand on it own bottom".
Meaning: Everyone should be responsible for themselves.
"It'll feel good when it stops hurting".
Meaning: You want think about it when it stops hurting
"If you just got to hit a car, hit one that I can pay for".
Meaning: When I was driving him in his car and have a close call he would tell me this:
"I ain't heard it thunder since that 1900 storm":
Meaning: He'd been hard of hearing a long time but not that long:
"When you marry, you marry off not on":
Meaning: If you're old enough to get married, then you're old enough to take care of yourself:
"Get some salve and rub on that knot between your shoulders and see if you can't bring it to a head":
Meaning: See if you can't make something of yourself:
I may have been cut out to be a carpenter ( or what ever he was doing) but I wasn't sewed up right."
Meaning: He could do most things he put his mind to but he was not a expert.
Charlie was a 32nd degree Mason. He join the Reagan Lodge # 1037, AF & AM, in Houston. He held a dual membership in the Waller Masonic Lodge # 808, in Waller, Texas. He was a member of the Scottish Rite bodies and the Arabian Temple Shrine, A.A.O.N.M.S., both in Houston, Texas. He was a President of the Waller Lions Club for one year. He was a member of the Waller County Chapter of the American Legion. He also belonged to the Waller Booster Club.
He was a member of the Bethel Baptist Church at Appleby in his youth. He later joined the West End Baptist Church in Houston. In 1945 he moved his letter to the (then) First Baptist Church in Waller. This church later became and is now the Waller Baptist Church.
At the time of his death Charlie was living in a house that he designed one block North of Waller Baptist Church. Today this home is the property of the Waller Baptist Church and is used as an additional Sunday School facility. The only wood in the house was the kitchen cabinets and the roof structure. The doors and windows were steel, the walls were hollow tile and had brick on the outside. He had steel rods run up from the slab and then he placed steel plates on top of the hollow tiles and secured them with nuts. He was very proud of this house. I wish he could have visited Alabama and Tennessee and ofcouse South Carolina where his Grandfather and Great grand father lived
The last time Charlie was able to attend a church service was at the Lazybrook Baptist Church for a Deacon Ordination service for J. B. Haney on December 2, 1975.
Submitted by J. B. Haney
******************************
My Dad was on the Houston Police Force for many years. He was a big man, six foot one inches tall, and was short on patience and long on rules. He worked nights most of the time and had to sleep during the daytime. I found out later when I worked night duty in the hospitals that you were a different person when you didn't get sufficient rest so I could see how he must have felt. And then to have a couple of kids just like Wesley and I must have been more that he could bear at times. Mama use to say that she hoped that Wesley and I both had a couple of kids just like us when we grew up. Instead it was Betty Jo who had little Wesley and Thelma, and she was the best little kid herself. Oh well, I guess life isn't always fair. I asked Mama one time why Daddy was so irritable so much of the time. Her answer was that he was on the police force. I said "Well that's strange, Grandma Haney isn't on the police force and she acts the same way". Mama had to laugh. She didn't have an answer for that.
Submitted by Thelma Claire Haney-McCart
cemetery.
Dad lived to be 84 years, 9 months and 8 days old.
from our family records:
Charlie Haney was born at home next to the town of Appleby, Texas on the land his grandfather bought when he came to Texas in 1858. He went to Appleby School. They went to church at Bethel Baptist Church. He was the oldest son of Demarcus Boyd and Eliza Haney. He was raised in this community. He learned to farm and raise horse and cattle. Charlie went to find his fortune in California. He and a friend of his Willie Lawson, heard how good things were in the Imperial Valley where they were irrigating the land. Upon arriving in California, they went were soon working. They stayed a year and came back to east Texas. Charlie told me of a man who was living in the same tent with him in the valley. He said that the man came into the tent and started packing his clothes. He was asked where he was going. The man told them "That when he hired on here that they promised him a steady job and he said that for three or four hours here every night around here that he didn't have anything to do ". The man left.
In 1912, Charlie moved to Houston, Harris, Texas. He got a job as a streetcar motorman and worked at this for some time. His Uncle George Haney had moved from east Texas to Fort Bend County and got Charlie a job at Jenk's Adams' grocery store in Richmond. He learn to manage the store and he learned everything he could about the grocery business. He worked in the store about two years prior to World War I. He enlisted and served in the United States Army until the war was over. He served in the states and was never sent overseas. After his discharge from the service he came back to Houston and found a job as manager of the Star Cash Grocery on McKee Street. He worked there until he took a job as a salesman for a coffee company. From there he sold insurance for The George Woods Insurance Agency. He and Mr. Woods became friends. Mr. Woods later became Police Commissioner for the City of Houston.
In 1923, Charlie was told by his friend George Woods that he should get a job on the Houston Police Department. Charlie applied and got the job. Mr. Woods was still Police Commissioner. That same year Charlie and Evelyn Haney's first child was born on May 10, 1923. He lived on Washington Avenue just about where Yale Street came in to Washington. His second child Thelma was born at the same address in November 24, 1924. Later they moved on 1200 block of Waverly Street. Charlie served as a police officer on the Houston Police force twenty two years until 1945. He worked on the corner of Main and McKinney for a while and then began walking a beat. He was later promoted to Desk Sergeant. After the department got a police car he worked what was called "The Short Call Car". Citizens would call the station and the Desk Sergeant would send out two officers to handle what ever was going on. When they got it settled they reported back to the station and waited for another call. Later, he was promoted to Lieutenant. The Mayor, Oscar Holcombe, had opened the North side sub-station on Gregg Street just north of Lyons Avenue. Charlie worked as commander of this sub-station.
In 1936, Sheriff T. Binford decided not to run for sheriff of Harris County again. After talking with some people of influence Charlie threw his hat in the ring for Sheriff. Close to election day he took a 90 days leave of absence so he could campaign. There were seven men in the race and Charlie came in fourth. He went back to the police department as a Lieutenant. When World War II came along he was made Night Chief and served there during the war. His son J.B. Haney has a copy of his service record with the police department.
In 1945, he resigned to become a partner with his two brothers in Haney Brothers, General Merchandise, groceries and dry good and feed. They operated the business together until 1955 when they decided to divided it. Charlie took the grocery store, Jim took the feed store, and Giles operated the dry goods store. In September of 1955 J.B. Haney, Charlie's son, had returned from a four year hitch with the U.S. Air Force. Charlie took J.B. in and sold him the store. Charlie and Evelyn continued to work there and help with the business. In 1956, Charlie Haney found himself running for Sheriff in Waller County. This time there were three candidates in the race and Charlie came in second. In 1958 the store business was sold to Gene Glasco and Bill Green.
After retiring from the grocery business Charlie raised hogs for about a year on a farm that Jim Haney owned. He did pretty good at this until he hurt his leg. Then he retired, planted a garden and helped other people. My Dad was a good father to me but at the time he seemed hard nosed. Now I wish he had been a little harder on me. He love to visit Nacogdoches, Appleby and the Bethel Cemetery reunion every June. He would tell stories, shake hands, and have a good time visiting with the people he grew up with. He never met anyone who was a stranger to him. He would strike up a conversation with anyone he met. He could remember things that had happened in the past and tell me about it. I only wish I had listened more and would have had sense enough to have asked more questions. I should have written some of the things he told me down.
Some of the things I remember hearing him say:
"My mule ain't goin to kick you but if you walk behind your own mule and he'll kick you" or "Don't let your own mule kick you".
Meaning: What ever you did you did it to yourself. Don't try and blame someone else
"Every tub has to stand on it own bottom".
Meaning: Everyone should be responsible for themselves.
"It'll feel good when it stops hurting".
Meaning: You want think about it when it stops hurting
"If you just got to hit a car, hit one that I can pay for".
Meaning: When I was driving him in his car and have a close call he would tell me this:
"I ain't heard it thunder since that 1900 storm":
Meaning: He'd been hard of hearing a long time but not that long:
"When you marry, you marry off not on":
Meaning: If you're old enough to get married, then you're old enough to take care of yourself:
"Get some salve and rub on that knot between your shoulders and see if you can't bring it to a head":
Meaning: See if you can't make something of yourself:
I may have been cut out to be a carpenter ( or what ever he was doing) but I wasn't sewed up right."
Meaning: He could do most things he put his mind to but he was not a expert.
Charlie was a 32nd degree Mason. He join the Reagan Lodge # 1037, AF & AM, in Houston. He held a dual membership in the Waller Masonic Lodge # 808, in Waller, Texas. He was a member of the Scottish Rite bodies and the Arabian Temple Shrine, A.A.O.N.M.S., both in Houston, Texas. He was a President of the Waller Lions Club for one year. He was a member of the Waller County Chapter of the American Legion. He also belonged to the Waller Booster Club.
He was a member of the Bethel Baptist Church at Appleby in his youth. He later joined the West End Baptist Church in Houston. In 1945 he moved his letter to the (then) First Baptist Church in Waller. This church later became and is now the Waller Baptist Church.
At the time of his death Charlie was living in a house that he designed one block North of Waller Baptist Church. Today this home is the property of the Waller Baptist Church and is used as an additional Sunday School facility. The only wood in the house was the kitchen cabinets and the roof structure. The doors and windows were steel, the walls were hollow tile and had brick on the outside. He had steel rods run up from the slab and then he placed steel plates on top of the hollow tiles and secured them with nuts. He was very proud of this house. I wish he could have visited Alabama and Tennessee and ofcouse South Carolina where his Grandfather and Great grand father lived
The last time Charlie was able to attend a church service was at the Lazybrook Baptist Church for a Deacon Ordination service for J. B. Haney on December 2, 1975.
Submitted by J. B. Haney
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My Dad was on the Houston Police Force for many years. He was a big man, six foot one inches tall, and was short on patience and long on rules. He worked nights most of the time and had to sleep during the daytime. I found out later when I worked night duty in the hospitals that you were a different person when you didn't get sufficient rest so I could see how he must have felt. And then to have a couple of kids just like Wesley and I must have been more that he could bear at times. Mama use to say that she hoped that Wesley and I both had a couple of kids just like us when we grew up. Instead it was Betty Jo who had little Wesley and Thelma, and she was the best little kid herself. Oh well, I guess life isn't always fair. I asked Mama one time why Daddy was so irritable so much of the time. Her answer was that he was on the police force. I said "Well that's strange, Grandma Haney isn't on the police force and she acts the same way". Mama had to laugh. She didn't have an answer for that.
Submitted by Thelma Claire Haney-McCart
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