Marley J. Huie
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Marley J. Huie

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Marley Huie has always had a knack for bringing smiles and making people laugh. Born to a hard-working farming family in Ropesville, Texas, Marley was a pro at hoeing cotton by age seven, and a budding comedian as he strove to make his older siblings, Ronnie and Teresa, chuckle as they walked the rows together, chopping away the weeds that threatened to choke the cotton plants. Working in the fields from sunrise to sunset, Marley came to appreciate the value of having a terrific sense of humor, which became a survival strategy. The West Texas sun was merciless on those long, hot days. It, and the hard labor, would have turned most kids into bitter chumps, but not Marley. It inspired him to seek the comical side of life. In addition to humor, music played an important role in Marley’s survival arsenal. In the fields, Ronnie, Teresa, and he sang hymns and pop songs by heart. In the evenings, Marley played the harmonica, Ronnie strummed the guitar, and Teresa played the piano and the flute. As he grew older, Marley graduated from hoeing cotton to driving the tractor, planting and ploughing the crops. In those days, his tractor didn’t have a radio or air conditioning. As a teenager, he was ecstatic the day that an AM radio and a shade canopy were installed in his tractor. In the plains of West Texas, farming skills and abundant harvests are subsequent to Mother Nature’s whims, and the unpredictability captured Marley’s full attention. Crops often failed due to twisters, hailstorms, sandstorms, flooding, and drought. Finding the humor in those disasters was challenging, but it was the way of the West Texas farmer. Marley listened attentively to the conversations in the cotton gin, the gin café, and the grain elevator office. The talk amongst the farmers was both entertaining and educational, especially about the hardships and successes of farming. Internalizing all this, Marley was profoundly affected, realizing that these farmers kept their humor in the face of adversity, and even when the current year’s production was minimal or none. He determined that they laughed so that they could keep enduring and continue placing their hope and faith in having an abundant harvest the following year. Marley was fascinated by all these life-enhancing lessons; yet, he decided to leave the farm and pursue a career in Sales. His friendly demeanor, his abilities to build relationships and inspire trust, and his jovial humor quickly catapulted him to success. Working for various companies in differing industries, Marley rose to the top in national sales achievements with each job. Entrepreneurial at heart, Marley then owned multiple businesses. In 2020, he sold the final one and retired. Soon, he began the journey of writing My Socks are Dirty, where he employs humor to laugh at himself, his health, and the aging process. Today, Marley resides in the peaceful Hill Country of Texas with his devoted, loving wife, Laurie, and their 82-pound male Boxer named Murphy, who was rescued from the swamps and bayous around Houston.
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