Biography
Wrather was born in Amarillo, Texas, the seat of Potter County, and grew up in Tyler, the seat of Smith County. He graduated with a bachelor of arts degree from The University of Texas at Austin in 1939.
Wrather worked in the oilfields of East Texas as a young man and later inherited his father's oil company, Overton Refining Company.
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