[basham.ged] Ed Basham Correspondence 7/1/1999 Orsen and Mabel were married in two ceremonies: 9 March 1936 in Dalla s, T exas and again on 2 April 1936 in Ft. Worth, Texas. Orsen joined the Texas National Guard on 17 October 1899 and retir ed fr om active duty in 1945 as a Lt. Colonel. He remained active in Civ ic a nd Church Organizations until his death in 1961.