Richard Garner “Dooder“ McClatchy was born February 27, 1932. He grew up, farmed, and ranched in Brown and Coleman Counties his entire life.
Dooder built a house for the love of his life as a proposal, and she said yes. He married Sammie Findley, and they were inseparable partners for 65 years.
Dooder was an amazing athlete who won second at the state championship in the 220 and still holds the Bangs High School record for the 220 at 21.47 set in 1949. He was a star football player who was recruited to play for the U.S. Air Force. Dooder will be inducted into the Bangs ISD Dragon Hall of Honor posthumously September 3, 2021.
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Sammie was born on November 17, 1935, and grew up in Bangs, Texas. On April 27, 1956, she married the love of her life, Garner (Dooder) McClatchy. They moved in their brand-new house on the farm and lived there for 65 years. He started building the house before he asked her to marry him. She knew he was going to pop the question. That home became the favorite spot for numerous kids, nieces, nephews and grandkids. She graduated from Howard Payne with an education degree following a profession that many before and those after in her family have chosen. She spent her career as a first-grade teacher at Bangs Elementary where she touched the lives of hundreds of children and their families. Just talk to anyone who went to Bangs Elementary and the majority will say that Mrs. McClatchy was their first-grade teacher. She bribed many students with her signature Dr. Peppers.