Milburn Drysdale (life in review)

(99.9% written below is either made up or of someone else’s life)

Born May 6, 1904 he was a man who did not like to sit in one place too long. He only took short term jobs such as; the silent movie industry, working on a pineapple plantation eventually becoming a merchant seaman. Traveling all over the world and learning the different customs before World War Two began.

After serving in the United States Merchant Marines during World War Two, Mr. Drysdale returned to civilian life. He obtained a job as a bank teller at the Commerce bank of Beverly Hills in Beverly Hills, California. Over the years he rose through the ranks eventually becoming the banks President.

During this time he married Margaret MacGibbon. A widower, whose late husband Charles White, a major stock broker for many Hollywood celebrities died of a heart attack. Before his death they had a son named Sonny.

Mr. Drysdale has often been referred by his coworkers as the modern day Ebenezer Scrooge. His only redeeming quality is that he would bend over backwards for his major account holders. The Clampetts were considered to be his most prized account.

Under Mr. Drysdale leadership, the Commerce Bank became home to the rich and famous. But in 1971 Mr. Drysdale was forced to retire from the banking industry due to a series of personal problems. His wife of 24 years passed away due to heart and lung problems.

His step-son Sonny dropped out of college due to a drug addiction. This led his mother to worry nonstop that increased her heath problem. He was arrested many times as Mr. Drysdale would pay large sums of money to keep Sonny out of prison. Sonny was found dead of a heroin overdose in an abandoned warehouse six months after his mother passed away.

The only thing that kept Mr. Drysdale sane was his continuing friendship with Mr. Clampett. At his wife’s and son-in-laws funeral, the Clampett family was the only ones who showed up. Along with a few bank employees. With no other living family members Mr. Drysdale decided to travel across the country.

He went to visit Mr. J.D. Clampett who had moved his family back to their native home in the Appalachian Mountains after his mother-in-law passed away. While visiting both men would regularly go fishing or hunting. A visited that lasted until Mr. Drysdale passed away on April 15, 1980 at the age of 75.

His body was cremated and his ashes scattered over his favorite fishing spot. Once again the entire Clampett family attended the funeral for a man they considered to be a member of their own family.