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TEXAS OBITUARIES (JULY 1994–JULY 1995)
(from the Texas Almanac 1996-1997)
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A
Alkek, Albert B., 85; oilman who helped establish the Texas Medical Center in Houston; in San Antonio, March 1995.
B
Bock, George “Pete,” 86; longtime Dallas conservative and business leader; in Dallas, Feb. 8, 1995.
Butler, Eugene, 100; longtime crusading editor of the Progressive Farmer, known by many as “Mr. Texas Agriculture;” in Dallas, June 5, 1995.
C
Calvert, Robert W., 89; former chief justice of the Texas Supreme Court and former Texas House speaker; in Waco, Oct. 6, 1994.
Clark, R. Lee, 87; longtime chief administrator of the University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center in Houston; in Houston, May 3, 1994.
Cliburn, Rildia Bee, 97; mother of classical pianist Van Cliburn; in Fort Worth, Aug. 3, 1994.
Coburn, Herbert D., 74; inventor whose discoveries led to nine Texas Instruments patents; in Dallas, Aug. 29, 1994.
Cravotta, Charles D., 84; a 1930s national and international boxing titlist, longtime member of the U.S. Olympic boxing committee; in Dallas, July 21, 1995.
Crouch, Doug, 72; Tarrant County district attorney in 1950s and 1960s, hired first black and female prosecutors, former legislator; in Granbury, July 4, 1995.
Cuellar, Frank X. Sr., 91; founder of the El Chico restaurant chain; in Dallas, April 2, 1995.
D
Dealey, Joe. M., 75; former president and publisher of The Dallas Morning News; in Dallas, April 7, 1995.
Devall, Charles, 86; veteran newspaper publisher; in Kilgore, Jan. 28, 1995.
Dowdy, John V., 83; represented East Texas in Congress for more than two decades; in Athens, April 12, 1995.
Duff, Katharyn, 80; longtime columnist for the Abilene Reporter-News; July 14, 1995.
E
Estes, Carroll Cox, 87; writer of mystery novels, business woman and teacher at Mary Baldwin College in Virginia and at East Texas State University; in Dallas, May 21, 1995.
F
Fisher, O.C. (Ovie Clark), 91; served 32 years as a member of Congress from west-central Texas; in Junction, Dec. 9, 1994.
G
Galloway, C.A. (Cleophus Anthony), 90; Dallas’ first black city council member; in Dallas, June 10, 1995.
Gatti, John, 76; former mayor of San Antonio (1971-73) and city council member; Oct. 25, 1994.
Gee, Thomas G., 69; federal judge retired from 18 years on the U.S. 5th Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans; in Houston, Oct. 25,1994.
George, Zelma, 90; trained soprano and leading researcher of African-American music; born in Hearne; in Cleveland, Ohio, July 3, 1994.
Goff, Frances E., 78; retired director of the M.D. Anderson Cancer Center in Houston and former Army Air Force top aide; in Houston, Sept. 15, 1994.
Goldberg, Irving L., 88; served almost three decades on 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, adviser to Lyndon Johnson; in Dallas, Feb. 11, 1995.
Graves, L.C., 76; Dallas police officer who wrested Jack Ruby’s revolver from him at Oswald shooting, in Kaufman, Feb. 11, 1995.
H
Haas, R.E. “Buster,” 70; assistant managing editor of The Dallas Morning News for 32 years; in Dallas, March 26, 1995.
Hernández, Onesimo, 69; Dallas surgeon revered as the godfather of Hispanic politics in the city, in Dallas, Sept. 28, 1994.
Highsmith, Patricia, 74; crime writer, native of Fort Worth; in Locarno, Switzerland, Feb. 4, 1995.
Hogue, Alexandre, 96; an acclaimed painter of the Southwest, one of the core members of the Depression-era group known as the Dallas Nine; in Tulsa, July 22, 1994.
Hooks, Ralph Sr., 75; business, civic leader and former mayor of Abilene; in Abilene, Feb. 8, 1995.
Horgan, Paul, 91; one of the foremost writers of the Southwest, Pulitzer Prize winner and honoree of the Texas Institute of Letters; in Middletown, Conn., March 8, 1995.
Hultgreen, Kara S., 29; Navy’s first woman combat pilot, in a training accident off the coast of Southern California, Oct. 25, 1994; graduate of Alamo Heights High School in San Antonio.
J
Jackson, Ruth, 91; first woman orthopedic surgeon in United States; in Dallas, Aug. 28, 1994.
Jenkins, M.T. “Pepper,” 77; pioneer anesthesiologist at Parkland Memorial Hospital in Dallas; treated President Kennedy, Oswald and later Jack Ruby; in Dallas, Nov. 21, 1994.
Johnson, Bob, 66; parliamentarian of the Texas Senate since 1991 and House parliamentarian for 15 years; in Temple, March 27, 1995.
Jones, John T., 76; chief executive of the Houston Chronicle for 16 years; in Houston, April 21, 1994.
K
Kingston, Mike, 56; journalist, editor of the Texas Almanac since 1981, in Dallas, Feb. 13, 1994.
L
Laws, Clarence A., 87; leader of the NAACP, “Mr. Civil Rights” to a generation of Dallas blacks; in Dallas, March 15, 1995.
Lockett, Clodovia, 81; nationally recognized educator, longtime University of Dallas science professor, Catholic nun; in Magnolia, Miss., July 18, 1994.
M
Mahoney, Don, 74; former rodeo performer who appeared on Houston television stations for 27 years; in Houston, Dec. 28, 1994.
Mata, Eduardo, 52; former Dallas Symphony conductor; in a plane crash in Cuernavaca, Mexico, Jan. 4, 1995.
Mays, Avery, 83; epitome of the Dallas business and civic leader of the 1950s and ’60s, led renovation of State Fair Music Hall; in Dallas, Oct. 2, 1994.
McCain, Claude Jr., 63; first black administrator at Dallas’ Parkland Hospital; in Dallas, March 12, 1995.
McCall, Abner, 80; led Baylor University from 1961-81; in Waco, June 11, 1995.
Miller, Chris, 68; served in Legislature 1973-78, was a leader for equal rights for women; in Fort Worth, March 12, 1995.
Moczygemba, Rev. Henry, 80; well-known priest of the Archdiocese of San Antonio and descendant of the founders of Panna Maria, first U.S. Polish settlement; March 2, 1995.
Montalvo, Jose Luis, 47; known as the “black hat poet”; in San Antonio, Aug. 14, 1994.
O
Overcash, Reece A. Jr., 68; Dallas business and civic leader; in Dallas, Jan. 17, 1995.
P
Penick, Harvey, 90; legendary golf instructor at the University of Texas and Austin Country Club; in Austin, April 2, 1995.
Phinney, Louise Snow, 91; early female lawyer in Texas who was first woman to serve as chief clerk for a state legislature; in Dallas, Aug. 24, 1994.
Powell, Robert, 45; paraplegic and vice president of the National Right to Life Committee; in Galveston, June 14, 1995.
Pye, A. Kenneth, 62; president of Southern Methodist University in Dallas since 1987; in Lake City, Colo., July 11, 1994.
R
Ratliff, David W., 82; a West Texas legislator for more than 21 years; in Stamford, March 21, 1995.
Rolark, Calvin, 67; founder of the United Black Fund of America, native of Texarkana; in Washington, D.C., Oct. 23, 1994.
Ryburn, Frank, 80; directed trust which funded Nobel-winning research on cholesterol at UT Medical Center in Dallas; in Dallas, June 5, 1994.
S
Sanchez, Henry Jr., 63; served in Legislature from South Texas 1967-74; on South Padre Island, Feb. 25, 1995.
San Pedro, Rev. Enrique, 68; bishop of Catholic Diocese of Brownsville since 1991; in Miami Beach, Fla., July 17, 1994.
Selena (Selena Quintanilla Perez), 23; leading Tejano music performer; shot in Corpus Christi, March 31, 1995.
Slater, Norvell, 87; radio broadcaster whose Sunday morning show of hymns aired for 41 years in Dallas; in Dallas, April 18, 1995.
Spence, Ralph, 76; leading East Texas oilman; in Houston, June 24, 1995.
Stennis, Hampton, 76; assistant makeup editor at the Dallas Times Herald for 19 years, in Dallas, March 24, 1995.
T
Thomas, Lera, 92; first Texas woman elected to Congress in 1966 to fill out the term of her husband Albert Thomas; in Nacogdoches, July 24, 1993.
Tobolowsky, Hermine Dalkowitz, 74; Dallas lawyer widely regarded as the mother of the Texas Equal Rights Amendment; in Dallas, July 25, 1995.
U
Umlauf, Charles J., 83, sculptor and professor of art at the University of Texas in Austin from 1941-81; in Austin, Nov. 19, 1994.
V
Vincent, Lloyd D., 70; president of Angelo State University in San Angelo since 1967; in Alpine, Aug. 5, 1994.
W
Watson, Willard, 73; one of the region’s leading folk artists; in Dallas, June 12, 1995.
Wheeler, Nina Daniels, 60; civil rights crusader and Democratic party activist; in Dallas, July 10, 1995.
White, John C., 70; longtime Texas agriculture commissioner and Democratic party leader; in Washington, D.C., Jan. 20, 1995.
Williams, Mack, 77; founding president of the Press Club of Fort Worth and publisher of the Fort Worth News-Tribune; in Fort Worth, March 12, 1995.
Willis, Phillip, 76; captured first World War II prisoner after Pearl Harbor attack, served in Legislature; in Dallas, Jan. 27, 1995.
Witherspoon, Joseph, 78; professor emeritus of law at the University of Texas in Austin and one of the founders of Texas Right to Life Committee; June 21, 1995.
Y
Young, Albert, 82; sculptor who carved the “Texas Heroes” on the Hall of State at Fair Park in Dallas; in Dallas, July 13, 1994.
Z
Zale, Morris Bernard “MB,” 93; Russian immigrant who built the world’s largest retail jewelry chain; in Dallas, March 8, 1995.
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