Max Wilson Woodard Biography He was born in Palestine, Texas to parents Clyde Burette Woodard and Marye Regina (McClung) Woodard at 9:45 am at the Palestine Sanatarium. His parents lived in Elkhart, Texas, where his father owned and operated Woodard Cleaners and his mother, Bubbie, as he called her, owned and operated a beauty store. 1938-1941 His first dog was an English Sheepdog named Rex, who was a solitary dog ​​and his constant traveling companion. Starting around the age of three, he and his dog Rex had an insatiable desire to explore anywhere that was outside the house and within walking distance. Since both her mother and father worked long hours at their respective jobs, she had a black maid by day whose name was Sanctum. Every time Sanctum turned his back on her, he and his dog would "run away" and poor Sanctum would telephone his mother and, dismayed, inform her that "Sonny" had run away again. Since Elkhart had a population of about five hundred, most citizens had learned to be on the lookout for this wandering boy. When he was noticed by one of the citizens, they would call his mother and tell her of his actions and whereabouts. His mother would leave work, pick him up, give him a spanking, and bring him back home and to Sanctum. This could happen several times a day. One particular incident that was not revealed to his mother until years later was when he climbed the 75 foot Elkhart water tower. Some citizens convinced him with the promise of candy. His mother, who eventually realized that "spanking" was no deterrent to "running away", put him to bed for twenty-four hours after one of his exploits and would not let him get up even though he begged for a spanking instead. H... middle of paper... with the satisfaction that all his debts, with the exception of $500,000 to Emilynn, have been paid in full. In 1988 Lear was sold to British Petroleum for $60,000,000. 1988-2000 Starting over with a $100,000 gift from his father, he began feeding livestock and drilling oil wells using new "horizontal drilling technology." In 1990 he moved to Lufkin, Texas, where he continued feeding cattle and drilling oil wells. In 1992 it assembled a 36,000-acre drilling block in Avoyelles Parish, Louisiana, and until 1996 it drilled the five deepest horizontal oil wells in the world. Unfortunately, the Louisiana venture was a technical success, but a financial failure. None of the five wells ever produced results. In 1993 he married Rita Irene Ambrosia and they still live in Lufkin where he continues to manage his oil and gas properties and invest in livestock futures..