The U.S. Custom Harvesters Hall of Fame

INDUCTEES OF USCHI HALL OF FAME

"Doc" & Shirley Eaker, Uvalde, TX - (2000)

Doc and Shirley Eaker were inducted into the USCHI Hall of Fame.

Doc started harvesting 46 years ago after some disappointing years of farming. Shirley joined him after they married for 37 years of those harvesting years. Harvesting took them form Texas up to Montana and back to Texas for the Fall Harvest.

Doc and Shirley were among the first to join USCHI in 1983 and have attended nearly every convention since. They both worked to sign up new members at the 3-1 Show in Kansas and the Farmer-Stockman Show in Lubbock. They were willing to help promote the organization any time they were asked.

Shirley's favorite project was the Scholarship program. She was instrumental in helping design the criteria to start the program, and served as its chairman for five years. Shirley took pride in handing out Scholarships to many recipients. She was very serious about raising money to fund this program. USCHI Members will remember Shirley for her persistence in selling chances on quilts and other items for the cause. Shirley departed form this life on November 12,1999.