 William Alvin Moncrief, Jr. was born in Fort Worth, the second child of William Alvin "Monty" Moncrief (1895 – May 21, 1986) and Elizabeth Moncrief (died August 17, 1992 at age 94).In 1931, at the age of ten, Moncrief witnessed the opening of a gusher oil well at Gregg County, a joint venture between his father and John E. Farrell.He later described the experience