Interviewer(s): D. Austin. Patterson, LA

Affiliation: University of Arizona

I was referred to Verdie Laws by Steve Shirley. Verdie moved to Morgan City in 1958 when her husband took a job at Cameron Iron Works. She raised two children and went back to work in 1978 after she and her husband were divorced. She worked at Oceaneering for nine and a half years and was laid off in 1987 when the oil and gas industry hit a low. She then had several jobs both in and out of the oil and gas industry but preferred working in the industry. She continued working full time until 1999, ending her career working for a boat construction company.