Interviewer(s): E. Bernier. Larose, LA

Affiliation: University of Arizona

Lorimer Comeaux was the first person to approach me after the Exxon retirees luncheon and ask to be interviewed. He was one of the oldest members there. When I arrived at his home, he had made a huge batch of pralines for me to take home.

Lorimer was in the Army until 1945. During his summers off from high school, he would help his father farm the land behind where he now lives. In November of 1945, he went to work for Exxon. He chose Exxon because he knew there would be security when he retired. He began working the pipeline and always seemed to come back to it. He would walk 20 miles through the swamps checking on the lines. He worked the pipeline gang until 1958; then he was transferred to Grand Isle for 13 years. Lorimer retired in 1985 after 40 years with Exxon.