Macon and Amie moved to Santa Barbara, California, where he was with the fire department. Macon retired from the Santa Barbara Fire Department as Fire Chief. On their occasional trips to visit family, Macon and Amie would bring sacks full of avocados that he had harvested from his trees. He often talked of his Model A Ford that he still drove everyday. It was the only car he and Amie owned. He was known as a very frugal person with his money. He and Amie moved back to Comanche, Texas, in the late 1960’s. Amie died in 1970.