{"product_id":"estatefreshaustincom-2251","title":"Texas Ranger Chief Homer Garrison Jr(1901-1968) LBJ Signed Portrait Lyndon Baine","description":"Texas Ranger Homer Garrison Jr(1901-1968) LBJ Signed Portrait Lyndon Baines\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;Johnson. Extremely rare and Authentic from the estate of the descendants of\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;Homer Garrison Jr. I have another photo similar to this signed by LBJ and\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;Ladybird, also lots of books from the estate signed and given to Homer Garrison\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;Jr and his descendants listed separately. This was given to Homer by LBJ during\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;LBJ's Presidency as Homer passed away while LBJ was still in office. Still in\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;original frame untouched. Genuine signatures, note written by LBJ with his\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;signature. I'd bet my life against $1 it's authentic. This is far more important\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;than the \"average\" LBJ signed photo with the Texas ranger\/DPS association.\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;Really it's a museum piece. 15.5\" x 12.75\" total frame and all, clean with no\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;issues, vibrant signatures and portrait. The portrait is signed I'm not 100%\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;sure if this is a reproduction of a photo or a drawing.\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;This portrait\/signature and other related items I'll be listing shortly are from\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;the estate of multiple descendants of Homer Garrison Jr.\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;GARRISON, HOMER, JR. (1901-1968). Homer Garrison, Jr., Texas Ranger chief and\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;director of the Texas Department of Public Safety, son of Homer and Mattie\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;(Milam) Garrison, was born in Kickapoo, Anderson County, Texas, on July 21,\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;1901, the eldest of nine children. After graduation from Lufkin High School he\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;went to work in the office of his father, who was district clerk in Angelina\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;County. Garrison received his first experience as a law officer at nineteen,\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;when was appointed a deputy sheriff of Angelina County. In 1929 he became a\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;state license and weight inspector for the Texas Highway Department, and he\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;joined the Texas Highway Patrol when it was organized in 1930.\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;When the Department of Public Safety was founded in August 1935 Garrison became\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;the first assistant director. Among his initial duties was the task of\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;developing a training program for DPS officers. At the request of the governor\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;of New Mexico, he was sent to that state to help organize the New Mexico State\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;Police. During World War II he was offered an appointment by Gen. Douglas\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;MacArthur to reorganize and supervise the Japanese national police system for\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;the War Department, but he declined in deference to his duties as director of\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;the DPS and chief of the Texas Rangers.\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;Among the many honors bestowed upon him during the nearly thirty years he served\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;as the head of the state law-enforcement agency was the presentation of the\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;sixth Paul Gray Hoffman Award, conferred annually by the Automotive Safety\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;Foundation for distinguished service in highway safety. In 1963 Governor John\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;Connally appointed Garrison director of civil defense and disaster relief for\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;the state of Texas and chairman of the State Defense Council. The same year the\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;governor also named him director of the Governor's Highway Safety Commission. In\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;May 1966 he was elected chairman of the resolutions committee and a member of\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;the steering committee of the Southern Region Highway Policy Committee of the\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;Council of State Governments; in January 1967 he was named a member of the\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;National Motor Vehicle Safety Advisory Council.\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;Colonel Garrison became director of the Department of Public Safety and chief of\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;the Texas Rangers in 1938. Under his leadership numerous major programs were\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;developed, and the organization grew to a total of some 3,400 employees. The\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;programs included crime control, police traffic supervision, driver licensing,\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;vehicle inspection, safety responsibility, accident records, safety education,\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;defense and disaster service, and police training.\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;Garrison married Mary Nell Kilgore on June 1, 1939, and they had one son.\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;Garrison died on May 7, 1968, and was buried in the State Cemetery, Austin. A\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;Texas Ranger museum at Fort Fisher was named for him.\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;BIBLIOGRAPHY: Ben Procter, \"The Texas Rangers: An Overview,\" in The Texas\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;Heritage, ed. Ben Procter and Archie P. McDonald (St. Louis: Forum, 1980).\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;Vertical Files, Barker Texas History Center, University of Texas at Austin.\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;Bill Carter\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;\"GARRISON, HOMER JR.\" The Handbook of Texas Online. 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