Longtime civic leader in East Side San Antonio. Polling pioneer who in 1940 founded the Texas Poll, the first statewide opinion survey in the country and a model for others that followed; born Jos Belden to Mexican parents in Eagle Pass; worked in Austin and Dallas. One of a trio of men who committed what became known as the Houston Mass Murders from 19701973, when they abducted, tortured, raped, and murdered at least 28 young men and boys; although not the ringleader, he was found guilty and sentenced to 99 years in prison. Writer of mystery novels, businesswoman and teacher at Mary Baldwin College in Virginia and at East Texas State University. Famed Western novelist wrote more than 60 books mostly set in West Texas, spent most of his life as a journalist writing about livestock and ranches, first for the San Angelo Standard-Times. Find your ancestry info and recent death notices for relatives and friends. Rancher who built the movie set for John Wayne's The Alamo and helped launch the Texas film industry. Journalist, editor of the Texas Almanac from 1981 to 1994. Bishop of Catholic Diocese of Brownsville since 1991. CEO and chairman of Luby's Cafeterias from 1972 to 1988 when the company made Forbes list of 200 Best Small Companies. Was a five-term legislator who helped development of the University of North Texas, worked decades as NFL referee. Houston native was 1940s film actress, with many TV roles in 1950s and 1960s; mother of actress Sally Field. Catholic bishop in the Panhandle for 17 years, in 1981 counseled Catholics to leave their jobs at the local Pantex plant that assembled nuclear weapons. Served 51 years as Harris County's tax assessor and collector. Represented Central Texas in Congress for 31 years, retiring in 1995; Roscoe native grew up in Big Spring; was young protg of Lyndon Johnson. Bay City native was a descendant of the sister of Stephen F. Austin, gave 7,500-acre ranch in Real County for an orphans' home and retirement village. Actress in film and on Broadway, won a Tony Award for her role in Neil Simon's Chapter Two; was the flirty divorcee on the TV series Three's Company; born in Abilene where her father was an educator; graduate of Southern Methodist University. The one-time millionaire socialite involved in a famous 1976 murder case; she survived the attack that killed two others in her Fort Worth mansion; died from cancer. Marble Falls native served in the Texas Senate from 1963 to 1965 and on several state boards. A funeral service for Mary will be held Monday, January 16, 2023 at 10:00 AM at Brookside Funeral Home, 13747. One of Harlingen's best-known civic activists. A founder of the San Antonio Livestock Show and former San Antonio Chamber of Commerce president. Dallas Morning News reporter who wrote the controversial 1964 best-seller contending a climate of right-wing extremism in Dallas set the scene for the Kennedy assassination. Founded one of the largest energy services companies in the U.S., raised in Center, became Houston's richest man worth an estimated $9 billion. Country music singer, songwriter, and native of Lubbock wrote several songs recorded by Elvis Presley including "A Little Less Conversation" and "In the Ghetto"; hosted the NBC television variety series The Mac Davis Show in the 1970s and played Will Rogers on Broadway; member of both the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame and the National Songwriters Hall of Fame. labeled the "Queen of Tejano Music"; Lake Jackson native won Tejano Music Award Female Vocalist of the Year in 1987; shot and killed in Corpus Christi. (with little George W.) moved to Odessa in 1949, then Midland, and to Houston in 1959. Optometrist who in the 1930s co-founded Texas State Optical in Beaumont along with three brothers; served on the Texas Optometry Board. Corsicana native was former co-owner and president of Wolf Brand Chili and son of the founder. Debbie was born on June 11, 1951, to Davis and Thelma (Smith) Newman in San Antonio, Texas. Commerce native was dean of the UT architecture school 197692 where he raised a $6 million endowment. Archer City native was congressman from Northwest Texas 196173. Democratic legislator 1951 to 1975 from Dallas who wrote several tax bills during the 1960s that drew opposition from business interests. His wife, Anna Waynette, 82, preceded him in death, July 3, 2009. Hunt, grew up in Tyler and Dallas, in the 1960s-70s one of the world's richest men, but lost much of his fortune after trying to corner the world's silver market just before the price collapsed. Stamford native founded in 1962 Austin's Holiday House chain, home of the "flame-kissed burger," reaching 26 restaurants before closing in 2004. Served in state Senate for 15 years, was U.S. ambassador to Sweden 200406. Spent 41 years presiding over San Antonio municipal and state district courts. Leader in Corpus Christi over four decades, first as commander of the Army Depot and then as mayor for eight years, granted title of mayor emeritus. Born in East Bernard, Texas, she was the daughter of the late Rudolph and Josephine (Koehler) Kucera and was a 1956 graduate of Lamar High School at Rosenberg, Texas. (1984-1992); received seven Emmy nominations and won two Golden Globes; worked in movies and on Broadway; born in Galveston where her father was a firefighter; after attending Ball High School she worked in theater in Houston and Dallas before moving to New York. A catalyst beginning in the 1950s for creation of the Fort Davis National Historic Site. With husband, John, created the famed Beer Can House which has become a Houston folk art landmark. Center native who founded the Texas Folklife Festival in 1972 in San Antonio and served as director for its first five years. Convict whose 1972 lawsuit led to sweeping changes in the Texas prison system; in a prison hospital. Chicano movement leader born to migrant farmworkers in Falls City, formed a group in 1963 to reclaim Spanish and Mexican land grants for Latinos; led a group that occupied a courthouse in northern New Mexico in 1967. President of Angelo State University in San Angelo since 1967. Raised in Goldthwaite, she won landmark case against the state in 1989 for being wrongly confined in mental institutions for 51 years; lived out the last 19 years of her life with her nephew's family in Christoval. Philanthropist who with her late husband Bernard established in 1987 the Rapoport Foundation which gave millions of dollars for education, health care and social justice causes; raised in Waco, met her husband at the University of Texas at Austin. Famed baseball player for the New York Yankees. Anderson Cancer Center in Houston. Alice oilman and philanthropist; former mayor; served on Texas Aeronautics Commission and Texas Economic Development Commission. Former chief justice of the Texas Supreme Court and former Texas House speaker. The center of an integration dispute at the University of Texas in 1957 when the mezzo-soprano, an African-American, was cast in a campus opera in a white role; her removal from the cast was followed by protests on campus and in the national press; partly raised in Center Point in Camp County, among the first black undergraduates admitted to the Austin campus in 1956; went on to a professional career which included several years with the New York Metropolitan Opera. Former postmaster general and ambassador to Poland; retired in 1989 as professor at the Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs at the University of Texas in Austin. Represented North and West Texas counties in state senate from 1994; champion of agriculture and oil businesses. The oldest former drum major at Texas A&M University, in the 1920s helped start the Elephant Walk tradition. The first black playwright to win the Pulitzer Prize; won for the drama No Place to Be Somebody (in 1970). Second-winningest coach in Texas high school football history, mostly in Brownwood where he won seven titles. Federal judge who oversaw desegregation of Dallas schools, served in U.S. Justice Department in Johnson administration, former legislator lost race for U.S. Senate in 1972. Daniel Torres Sr. 02/27/1959 - 01/12/2023 Dallas real estate mogul, Republican political donor and supporter of the arts. Oklahoma-born businessman and billionaire, well-known for his oil holdings and, later, support of alternative energy sources; announced the Pickens Plan in 2008, an energy proposal that aimed to move the U.S. away from OPEC sources of energy and toward domestic sources of natural gas, and wind and solar power. Basketball coach at Texas Christian University where his teams, known as "Killer's Frogs," won back-to-back championships in the Southwest Conference in 1986 and 1987. Democratic congressman from Austin from 1948 to 1963; federal judge from 1963 until his death. Farmersville native was jazz guitar virtuoso who played with Ella Fitzgerald, was a member of the Oscar Peterson Trio in the 1950s, attended UNT-Denton. Voice of sports play-by-play at Dallas' WFAA in 1940s1960s. FBI special agent who coordinated the Dallas investigation of the Kennedy assassination and supervised the Lee Harvey Oswald investigation in 1963. Pro Football Hall-of-Famer, first coach of the AFL Dallas Texans in 1960 to 1962, moving with the team to Kansas City where he coached the Chiefs to two Super Bowls. President of Burnett Ranches in West Texas since 1980, including the 6666 Ranch; Fort Worth native kept the Four Sixes ahead of the pack in land stewardship and breeding and has been recognized by the AQHA, the National Cowgirl Museum, and the Texas Cowboy Hall of Fame; started the Burnett Oil Company and served as chairman of the Fort Worth Chamber of Commerce. Represented East Texas in Congress for more than two decades. President of the University of Texas at Austin from 1979 to 1985 and briefly as interim president in 1997; known for declaring "war on mediocrity," boosting faculty endowments and graduate research; was president of the University of Texas at San Antonio from 1973 to 1977. Smithsonian Institution historian beginning in 1984, retiring in 2002 to Fort Davis; author of a book on the Star-Spangled Banner; director (1970-1977) of the Winedale Historical Complex near Round Top; also worked on the 1968 HemisFair and with the Dallas Historical Society and Museum of New Mexico; attended high school in Fort Worth; graduate of Texas Christian University. Second son of oil wildcatter H.L. Started in 1971 the honky-tonk Gilley's in Pasadena made famous by the movie Urban Cowboy, his partnership with Mickey Gilley broke up later. Fort Worth attorney and civic leader; former vice president of the Children's Museum of Fort Worth and the American Jewish Congress. Longtime rancher, entrepreneur and attorney; on Gen. Douglas MacArthur's staff in World War II. Movie star and dancer was native of Houston, his mother started the city's Jazz Ballet Company, track and field star at Waltrip High School. Operated Sonny Bryan's Smokehouse from 1989; named one of four greatest pitmasters in America by Parade magazine in 1995. Executive in the family jewelry business, civic leader was founder of the Autistic Society of Dallas and president of the Northeast Texas Chapter of the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation. Member of Congress for South Texas from 1954 to 1964 and adviser to Lyndon Johnson. Two-time All American and tri-captain of SMU's 1936 Rose Bowl team; president of Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis and the Cotton Bowl Athletic Association. Acquired New Braunfels' Camp Landa campground in 1966 and developed there the water park he named Schlitterbahn in 1979; that grew to other such facilities at South Padre Island, Galveston, and Corpus Christi. The former Texas first lady as wife of Gov. Former King Ranch CEO and third generation rancher; ran unsuccessfully for agriculture commissioner in 1964 and served on the Texas Animal Commission. Longtime columnist for the San Angelo Standard-Times covering all things Texan, author of eight books of non-fiction. Houston barber who was a key civil rights leader there starting in the 1940s. Leader of the Republican Party in Bexar County. A visitation for Sunday will be held Friday, January 20, 2023 from 3:00 PM to 8:00 PM at Sparkman-Crane. Civil rights leader who in the 1960s led efforts through sit-ins and picket lines for public accommodations and in 1970 to desegregate Austin public schools. Conservative critic of school textbooks who testified before state regulators regularly for 40 years. 1-ranked UT in 1941 and highly ranked UCLA in 1942. Dallas native, SMU graduate, taught pathology and anatomy at UT Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas, president of UT-Arlington 196972, first president of the UT Health Science Center at San Antonio 197285. Dallas Cowboys quarterback whose charm and wit brought fame as commentator for Monday Night Football where he always acknowledged his parents, Jeff and Hazel, back in Mount Vernon. Prominent Democratic legislator from 1957 to 1973 serving from his native McLennan County; champion of higher education who as state senator was the proponent for establishing the Texas State Technical College, which now has 10 campuses around the state; graduate of Baylor University. Member of the staffs of Presidents Nixon and Reagan, assistant to William F. Buckley; ran unsuccessfully for lieutenant governor in 1994; died of a heart attack at his Dallas home. Launched a charity to provide health insurance for Austin musicians, daughter-in-law of former Gov. Widow of former Dallas Morning News publisher E.M. "Ted" Dealey. Search and browse the first 148 years of the Texas Almanac, hosted on the UNT Portal to Texas History. Broadcaster and advertising director who was co-creator of the slogan "Oh Thank Heaven for 7-Eleven" in 1967; also helped introduce the Slurpee frozen drink; began in radio in high school in Stamford; retired to Sherman. Lower Valley native was Tejano songwriter of the 1940s and 1950s; his songs included "La Tracalera" covered by Selena. Former Democratic lieutenant governor who crafted state policy for four decades. Actor born in Temple; Taylor (Tx.) Former Texas Supreme Court justice, devised the 1993 "Robin Hood" school finance plan that shifted funds to poorer districts, served in Legislature. Former death row inmate, one of the first from Dallas to be exonerated, released from prison in 1989 following an outcry brought on by the documentary The Thin Blue Line. Secretary of the Texas Senate 19772001, before that worked in the state Capitol for 30 years in various posts. He was "Mr. Peppermint" to baby boomers and their children as the host of the Dallas-Fort Worth children's TV program for 35 years. Bassist for Willie Nelson for more than four decades, grew up in Helotes. Pioneer anesthesiologist at Parkland Memorial Hospital in Dallas; treated President Kennedy, Oswald, and later Jack Ruby. Bush chose College Station for his presidential library. Widow of war hero Pvt. Godchild of George Washington Carver and former president of the Texas NAACP; former member of the Texas Youth Commission. Dallas mayor (1949 to 1951) known for historic preservation and working for racial equality. Former Fort Worth mayor, founding member of the DFW airport board and former chairman of the Texas Christian University board of trustees. Pianist who played with John Coltrane and who composed many jazz standards, Dallas native was first taught by his mother, an aspiring concert pianist, he was in the band at Lincoln High School in Dallas. 2022 Tributes, Inc. All rights reserved. Longtime Texas agriculture commissioner and Democratic party leader. Amarillo, Texas January 13, 2023 (96 years old) View obituary Julius Martin Andreas Sherman, Texas January 14, 2023 (88 years old) View obituary Samuel Eugene Griffin Sherman, Texas January 15, 2023 (70 years old) View obituary Cleva Geneva Chapman Hale Center, Texas January 14, 2023 (104 years old) View obituary Patricia A Posey Azle, Texas Last surviving grandchild of Capt. Founder of the Bakersfield Sound, his country hits included "Act Naturally" and "Waitin' in Your Welfare Line"; co-host of TV's Hee Haw; was born on a farm outside Sherman. Galveston minister, city council member and NAACP president instrumental in bringing lawsuit to desegregate Galveston schools. Tyler native was original lead singer of the R&B group the Coasters who had No. Circuit Court of Appeals, adviser to Lyndon Johnson. Considered founder of Texas Southern University who as legislator from 1947 to 1955 co-wrote the bill establishing it. Radio personality in Dallas-Fort Worth market on WBAP for more than 30 years; grew up in the Lake Whitney area of Bosque County. Roaring Springs native and career military officer; was former superintendent of West Point; chancellor of Texas A&M University system 1999 to 2003. Author who adapted his fiction into films Rollerball in 1975 and Mountains of the Moon in 1990, Dallas native was a graduate of Texas Christian University. Epitome of the Dallas business and civic leader of the 1950s and '60s, led renovation of State Fair Music Hall. Broadcast news veteran of 23 years in his native San Antonio and later in Houston; shared battle with cancer with his viewers. Grande dame of the Fort Worth restaurant trade and mother of seven children, ran her family's iconic Joe T. Garcia's for decades. Houston oilman prominent in Republican politics, U.S. secretary of commerce for longtime friend President George H.W. Astronaut since 1996, Argentina native; died in League City after battling a brain tumor for two years. Fredericksburg rancher who was one of the organizers of the first rodeo performers association in 1936, named to the Cowboy Hall of Fame in 2000. Matriarch of San Antonio banking family and benefactor of the University of the Incarnate Word. (.pdf file). Spent 32 years as music critic with The Dallas Morning News, becoming internationally known; died in Costa Rica, where he moved after retiring in 1998. Inventor whose discoveries led to nine Texas Instruments patents. Chief architect of NASA's Mercury capsule and contributor to the design of other spacecraft. Texas Obituaries | TX Almanac Obituaries In every Texas Almanac since 1996, we include short obituaries for people who had passed away in the previous two years that had made an impact in the state. Broadcast newsman in Houston beginning in 1951, created The Eyes of Texas TV program in 1969 and wrote accompanying travel guides. University of Texas football great on the Longhorns' 1963 national championship team, played linebacker for the Atlanta Falcons in the NFL; native of San Antonio where he attended Thomas Jefferson High School. Founded the La Quinta Inns chain with his brother. Fort Worth native whose gossip columns ran in various New York newspapers for 33 years; attended Hardin-Simmons University in Abilene before completing a degree in journalism at the University of Texas in Austin in 1949; besides her newspaper columns she also served as a commentator for the local Fox TV channel in New York and E! Federal judge in East Texas for 35 years. Running back for the AFL Houston Oilers, because of his height (5 ft.-6 in.) Heiress to the Schlumberger oil field service company fortune; world famous art collector, philanthropist and advocate for human rights. Called "Voice of San Antonio"; broadcaster known for knowledge of city's history; first Hispanic announcer to use his own name when he joined WOAI in 1939; bridged cultures with "Good night y muy buenas noches" sign-off. Corpus Christi native was bass player and vocalist with pioneers of Western swing, Bob Wills and Adolph Hofner. Part of the Boots and Coots oil well firefighting business, helped put out Kuwaiti oil fires following the first Gulf war. Navy's first woman combat pilot; graduate of Alamo Heights High School in San Antonio; died in a training accident off the coast of Southern California. Opened his first hamburger drive-in near San Antonio's Brackenridge Park in 1947; that would grow into the Jim's Restaurants chain and the Frontier burger shops; born Germano Hasslocher in Shreveport. Renowned organist known for improvisation, born in Lubbock, taught sacred music since 2004 at UT-Austin. Legendary country music singer was born in Saratoga and grew up in Beaumont, resided in Vidor, his songs on the charts since the 1950s included first hit "Why Baby Why" and "She Thinks I Still Care," "He Stopped Loving Her Today.". Vietnam War veteran and first Puerto Rican mayor of Killeen for three terms (19921998); after serving 26 years, retired from the U.S. Army as a colonel in 1985 while stationed at Fort Hood; while mayor, negotiated an agreement with the Army to make Robert Gray Army Airfield in Fort Hood a Joint Use Airport, allowing more transportation to the area. with more recent and relevant content unless the obituary is already assigned to another user. Airline executive raised in Palestine, Tx., who helped launch Southwest Airlines in 1971; in 1981 he started Muse Air with his son. Wichita Falls native was University of Texas co-captain in 1947 when he caught passes from Bobby Layne; coach at Angelo State University 1950 to 1968; on football staff at Texas A&M until 1978. NBA Hall of Famer for the (Minneapolis) Lakers in the 1950s, native of Elmina, grew up in Houston, star for the UT Longhorns in the 1940s. Known worldwide for his cowboy boots and promoting Western heritage; while running the family business, he served on the Fort Worth city council and became mayor in 1961. Journalist started on East Texas newspapers in 1950s, later spent 40 years in San Antonio including as publisher of the Express-News 19711990. Renowned chemist who served as president of Rice University (1961 to 1969). Pastored four West Texas churches over half a century and founded the NAACP in Taylor County. Mary Elizabeth "Betty" Moroney Norsworthy, Charles Pleasant "Mrs. W. T." Vandergriff. Staunch conservative member of Congress for 10 years from Dallas, the lone Republican in the Texas delegation when elected in 1954, led a group of demonstrators that in 1960 accosted Lyndon Johnson and Lady Bird at a campaign appearance in Dallas. TV's Davy Crockett and Daniel Boone, actor was born in Fort Worth and grew up in San Angelo. Tough-minded jurist who presided over the trials that helped topple the dynasty of South Texas political boss George Parr. One of the original AFL Houston Oilers and the franchise leader in pass interceptions. Republican leader, was president of the Texas independent oilmen's association and former U.S. ambassador to South Africa. Former Catholic archbishop of San Antonio from 1979 to 2004, served as bishop of El Paso for a year before that; worked as a migrant farmworker in his youth; in 1970 the Ganado native became the first Mexican-American bishop in the United States when he was ordained an auxiliary bishop. Nicknamed "The Turtle Lady" for her campaigns for sea turtles on South Padre Island. Called Mr. Plano, he helped transform a small farm community into a massive suburb; served as mayor in 1950s. Kennedy assassination expert who was curator at the Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza, broadcaster joined Dallas' KXAS in 1981, became archivist at the museum in 1994 and appeared on many documentaries on the events of November 1963. Granddaughter of Dallas Morning News founder George Bannerman Dealey. TV sports anchor at Dallas' WFAA five years, announcer for AFL Dallas Texans beginning in 1960, called AFC games for NBC 1965 to 1997. Dolph Briscoe Jr. (1972 to 1978); helped develop the sheltered workshop program with the state's mental health department and the state's first runaway hotline. The Mount Pleasant native died in Dallas. Jeffrey Scott Moody, 45 Nevada, Texas May 13, 1977 - November 18, 2022 Jeffrey Scott Moody of Nevada, TX passed away November 18, 2022. Houston businessman raised in Ennis, co-founder and longtime president of Randalls Food Markets, which grew to 114 stores in the late 1990s. The author of ten books about El Paso and the Hill Country was born in Kerrville; after serving as an officer in the Air Force he moved in 1958 to El Paso, a city he came to love and where he taught high school creative writing and English for 30 years; his work also appeared in the Southwest Review, the Texas Observer, and other publications. El Paso Republican legislator from 1980 to 1994, named one of state's top lawmakers by Texas Monthly; championed education issues. Renowned Texas writer of long-form journalism, much of his storytelling was for Texas Monthly from 1973 to 2010; Dallas native grew up in the West Texas town of Royalty; attended Arlington State College and the University of Texas at Austin before getting his bachelor's degree from Texas Christian University; worked at the Fort Worth Star-Telegram and Dallas Morning News. Public-address announcer for Texas Relays, Rice Owls and at the Astrodome where he started heralding "Jose Cruuuz.". 1 hits, the songwriter and guitarist had played in Buddy Holly's band. Former history professor at Baylor University and Schreiner College, wrote The German Texans in 1981; slain at his ranch near Kerrville. Radio icon in San Antonio, especially during the golden age of Top 40 formats in the 1960s, 70s and 80s; deejay also hosted high school dances and teen-oriented TV shows including Swingtime, a dance show. El Paso attorney who helped the Tigua Indians of Ysleta acquire federal recognition in 1967; author of two historical novels and a short history of the Tiguas. Jazz great born in Sealy, played guitar with Dizzy Gillespie and Charlie Parker and as part of the famed Ink Spots vocal group. Tony Allen, legendary Afrobeat drummer for Fela Kuti's Africa '70 band, died Thursday, April 30, 2020, in Paris of an abdominal aortic aneurysm. Cult-favorite singer-songwriter and visual artist; subject of the documentary The Devil and Daniel Johnston (2006) that explored his struggles with mental illness; created the famous "Hi, How Are You?" East Texas businessman and benefactor to Texas A&M University and the University of Texas at Tyler. TV's Green Hornet in the 1960s; Fort Worth native; the ABC series was an introduction for American audiences to martial arts master Bruce Lee who played the sidekick; Williams, a TCU graduate, later had occasional TV appearances, including The Beverley Hillbillies and The Dick Van Dyke Show, until he retired in the 1980s. Texas State Historical Association (TSHA), Twelve Texas A&M students died in collapse of campus bonfire. Businessman who turned his grandfather's sawmill firm into the Temple-Inland Inc. wood products empire. Top female golfer of the 1930s and 1940s; won Texas Women's Open four times. Chireno native became the glamorous tap dancer in Hollywood's golden age of musicals; performed on Broadway in Sugar Babies in 1979; from 1958 to 1961 she was married to Dallas oilman William Moss. First Hispanic district director of U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service in 1969. 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