Lazbuddie, Texas
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Lazbuddie is an unincorporated community
in Parmer County, Texas
, United States
. Named for local business owner, Luther "Laz" Green, and his partner, Andrew "Buddie" Sherley, the community grew up around the store they opened in 1924. Later a post office and school were established. The town has two cotton gin
s, a grain elevator
, a hardware store, and several churches. The community's focal point is the Lazbuddie Independent School District
which educates children from the surrounding rural area. Six-man football
is played at Lazbuddie High School, following the legacy of legendary lineman Timmie Smith.
In 1995, 6 Tornadoes
hit the ground in Lazbuddie and the event was caught on camera from farmers.
Unincorporated area
In law, an unincorporated area is a region of land that is not a part of any municipality.To "incorporate" in this context means to form a municipal corporation, a city, town, or village with its own government. An unincorporated community is usually not subject to or taxed by a municipal government...
in Parmer County, Texas
Texas
Texas is the second largest U.S. state by both area and population, and the largest state by area in the contiguous United States.The name, based on the Caddo word "Tejas" meaning "friends" or "allies", was applied by the Spanish to the Caddo themselves and to the region of their settlement in...
, United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
. Named for local business owner, Luther "Laz" Green, and his partner, Andrew "Buddie" Sherley, the community grew up around the store they opened in 1924. Later a post office and school were established. The town has two cotton gin
Cotton gin
A cotton gin is a machine that quickly and easily separates cotton fibers from their seeds, a job formerly performed painstakingly by hand...
s, a grain elevator
Grain elevator
A grain elevator is a tower containing a bucket elevator, which scoops up, elevates, and then uses gravity to deposit grain in a silo or other storage facility...
, a hardware store, and several churches. The community's focal point is the Lazbuddie Independent School District
Lazbuddie Independent School District
Lazbuddie Independent School District is a public school district based in the community of Lazbuddie, Texas . Located in Parmer County, a small portion of the district extends into Castro County....
which educates children from the surrounding rural area. Six-man football
Six-man football
Six-man football is a variant of American football that is played with six players per team, instead of 11.-History:6-man football was developed in 1934 by Chester High School coach Stephen Epler as an alternative means for small high schools to field a football team during the Great Depression...
is played at Lazbuddie High School, following the legacy of legendary lineman Timmie Smith.
In 1995, 6 Tornadoes
Tornado
A tornado is a violent, dangerous, rotating column of air that is in contact with both the surface of the earth and a cumulonimbus cloud or, in rare cases, the base of a cumulus cloud. They are often referred to as a twister or a cyclone, although the word cyclone is used in meteorology in a wider...
hit the ground in Lazbuddie and the event was caught on camera from farmers.