Serur, Terry

Biography

Terry Serur was born and raised in San Marcos, Texas. He attended San Marcos High School, where he graduated in 1961. He then enrolled in Southwest Texas State College. Serur spent four years in the U.S. Air Force during the Vietnam War before returning to SWTSC and earning his BA in business administration in 1970. After graduating, Serur joined, and eventually ran the family clothing business (Serur's Varsity Shop), which remained in continuous operation from 1892–2001.

Terry's mother, Nettie Serur, was interviewed as part of a project designed to connect high school students with long-time San Marcos residents.  The interview appears in The Ties That Bind, a book edited Oren Renick, Randall Osborne, and Megan Hamid. 

Texas 150 Oral History

Serur talks about his family history and local business, Serur's Varsity Shop. Serur describes what the university was like when he was a student at Southwest Texas State College in the 1960s, how he thinks San Marcos has changed, and his family's association with Lyndon B. Johnson.