We all thought, since Grandpa didn't renew it I could just pay the $75 fee and have it transferred to my name but... that would be easy... so of course that's not how it went. In September I printed out the transfer forms, sent in the money and waited... for a month, then I got the forms back with highlights - I needed to pick my second and third choice of brands, and submit the fee (oops!!). So I wrote a check and put in a note saying this was my Grandpa's brand that he was not renewing it and I wanted to keep it in the family AND I didn't want another brand. So I sent it all off again and waited.... another month passed and I get a phone call asking when my Grandpa passed and if my Grandma was still alive. So, I explained that both are still alive and well and that I just wanted the brand transferred to me since they didn't want to renew it any longer. That led to Grandpa having to produce a bill of sale for the brand... got that taken care of, just to find out that on the paperwork, Grandma is also listed as owner so she had to produce a bill of sale too. That happened two weeks ago and I checked the NMLSB website today and I am the official owner of the "cross lazy H" brand!!! YEA!!!!!!
The Cross Lazy-H brand
Why was this so important to me? This brand was first registered by my great-grandpa, Henry Elbert Toombs in 1925 and has been in our family ever since. My Dad had it registered in Texas until they moved back to my Grandpa's ranch. I couldn't bear to have it go to some stranger!! It's only $75 every three years and it is a great piece of our family's history. And now its mine!!
