In 1929 he graduated from Roswell High School , where he had met and befriended artist Peter Hurd .
William Thomas Lumpkins was born on April 8 , 1909 at Rabbit Ears Ranch in Territorial New Mexico , one of five children born to Julia and William Lumpkins .
In 1929 William Thomas Lumpkins graduated from Roswell High School , where William Thomas Lumpkins had met and befriended artist Peter Hurd .
William Thomas Lumpkins was born on April 8 , 1909 at Rabbit Ears Ranch in Territorial New Mexico , one of five children born to Julia and William Lumpkins .