Valley History Don’t know why Lloyd Bentsen Sr. pops into my head every so often, but he does. Probably because he lived to be a healthy 94, still active to the very end, running his business. As I grow older, I realize what a satisfactory goal that is to have in life: Keep moving until you can move no more. Longtime McAllen Mayor Othal Brand was cut from the same cloth. Okay, granted, Bentsen Sr. sadly died when he crossed Hwy. 107 one early morning in January 1989, ignoring the stop sign for whatever reason, failing to look both ways, according to ...