Record-setting quarterback "Slingin' Sammy" led TCU and Washington Redskins to national championships in 1930s and 1940s, born near Temple, completed high school in Sweetwater. Saxophonist and singer from Alice who combined conjunto with Orquesta to forge Tejano music in 1940s to 1960s; half Apache, his nickname was "El Indio". Son of Swedish immigrants and Waco attorney who represented Midland in the 1968 U.S. Supreme Court case establishing proportional representation in local government districts. Godchild of George Washington Carver and former president of the Texas NAACP; former member of the Texas Youth Commission. Founded the Luby's Cafeteria chain in San Antonio in 1947. Houston oilman prominent in Republican politics, U.S. secretary of commerce for longtime friend President George H.W. Dean of San Antonio talk radio and one of founders of nationwide phenomenon in the 1950s. The nation's oldest World War II veteran and believed to be the oldest living man in the United States; born in Bastrop County in 1906; enlisted in the Army in September 1940 and served in the South Pacific with the all-black 1887th Engineer Aviation Battalion. John Connally; rancher, Wilson County judge, and movie and television actor. Austin inventor who created the first voice mail system in the late 1970s and patented it in 1982. Former Fort Worth NAACP president who helped guide city through school desegregation. Nationally-known food writer and broadcast personality. Served as district attorney of Dallas (1951 to 1986), including the murder trial of Jack Ruby and the landmark Roe v. Wade abortion case; compiled one of the nation's highest conviction rates. Wealthy businessman and powerful voice in Galveston County Democratic Party politics. 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. Famed Houston heart surgeon, founder of the Texas Heart Institute in 1962; Houston native and basketball player at the University of Texas; over four decades he performed an estimated 65,000 open-heart surgeries including some of the first implantations in 1968 and 1969. Famed baseball player for the New York Yankees. Tippit, unaware that Oswald was also wanted for the death of President John F. Kennedy the same day; later became a detective, then a sergeant before retiring from the Dallas Police Department in 1978. 1-ranked UT in 1941 and highly ranked UCLA in 1942. Democrat served in Texas House 1985 to 1992 and state senate 1993 to 1999; honored for work in education; helped found the Mexican-American Legal Defense Fund in 1968. Construction contractor who served as Fort Worth mayor in late 1950s. President of the University of Texas for almost ten years, until 2015; raised $3.1 billion, overhauled the undergraduate curriculum, launched the Longhorn (TV) Network, and helped establish the Dell Medical School at UT; came to teach at the UT law school in 1977, later served as dean. Black leader who organized his fellow maintenance workers at the Tarrant County Courthouse and later was elected to the Legislature 1984 to 1994. Served as general counsel for the Army in the 1950s when he was nemesis to Sen. Joe McCarthy during televised hearings. Tell us about it! 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. South Texas rancher and oil tycoon, confidant, and friend to state officials including Jim Mattox and Bob Bullock. Called the "grandfather of modern cheerleading," after being SMU's head cheerleader, in 1948 he started his first cheerleading camp, began a cheerleading magazine and co-wrote a book on the subject. Four-term Bexar County commissioner, municipal court judge and pioneering civil rights leader. Interment will follow at McKee Family Cemeter Devin Scott Elmore Jan 8, 2023 0 Journalist and author of more than a dozen books; came to prominence writing for Texas Monthly, where his byline first appeared in 1973; grew up playing football and baseball in Wichita Falls; survived a shooting in 1998 and plagued by ill health; wrote both fiction and nonfiction, about history, politics, crime, sports, and occasionally music. Second son of oil wildcatter H.L. Chicano poet and educator who grew up in El Paso's El Barrio del Diablo. Burkburnett native was oilman known as "King of the Spraberry" for making the Permian Basin field productive, served as trustee for Rice University. Served on the Texas Supreme Court from 1964 to 1985, was chief justice for the last three years of his tenure when he worked to extend legal assistance to the poor; born in Abilene; graduate of Abilene Christian University and the University of Texas law school; helped found in 1989 the Texas Center for Ethics and Professionalism. Houston physician gained fame for his nationally-syndicated TV spots in his folksy, cowboy style; was the trauma surgeon who attended Gov. Houston lawyer-businessman who built the Academy chain of sports stores, champion of school funding equity. Last survivor of the five brothers who popularized Tex-Mex foods through their El Chico restaurants starting in 1940; born in Rosebud. Longtime Dallas conservative and business leader. Born in Aguilares as his show business parents were passing through; performed in San Antonio before breaking into movies, such as Rio Bravo and The High and the Mighty. Country singer whose 1975 "Blanket on the Ground" went No. The first lady of Metroplex real estate, her 70-year-old company began with just her alone but grew to 1,700 sales associates and became the tenth largest real estate firm in the nation; born Vera Lucille Koch in Leslie, Ark., she adopted Ebby Halliday as her professional name in the 1930s when she was in retail sales; moved to Dallas in 1938; married for 27 years to ex-FBI agent and businessman Maurice Acers, who died in 1993; died in Dallas. Five-term legislator 1977-87, sponsored bills for free summer school and standardized graduation testing. Former CEO of Pennzoil-Quaker State Co., assistant secretary of Commerce, and economic spokesman for President Gerald Ford. Philanthropist who with her husband, oilman Eddy Scurlock, benefited the Texas Medical Center and the Institute of Religion in Houston; the Edna native died in Houston. Renowned constitutional scholar and professor at the University of Texas beginning in 1955; represented President Richard Nixon before the Supreme Court in 1974. Philanthropist who championed human rights and environmental protection. World-renowned forensic anthropologist who worked on cases from JFK to mass graves in Argentina to King Tut, Texas Tech graduate was raised in Ralls where his father was a physician and his mother a nurse. You may always enhance Taylor native, A&M professor of agricultural economics, considered one of state's leading cotton analysts, provided the Texas Almanac with agriculture analysis from 19782010. Longtime Dallas civil rights leader; insurance man who fought for parks and recreation centers. Country singer whose 1980 hit "I Believe in You" topped the country charts and crossed over to the pop Top 40; born in Floydada the son of a mechanic who moved frequently; eventually the singer graduated from Gregory-Portland High School in 1958; his popularity was international, in Latin America, Africa, and especially England where Country Music People magazine named him artist of the decade in 1980. Rolling Stones saxophonist grew up in Slaton, as a kid hung out with Buddy Holly and the Crickets, met Stones on tour in San Antonio in the mid-1960s, when he objected to their covering Buddy's "Not Fade Away," a friendly, professional bond followed. Professor emeritus of law at the University of Texas in Austin and one of the founders of Texas Right to Life Committee. First woman orthopedic surgeon in United States. Dallas-born professional basketball player, played four years at Texas Tech for Coach Bobby Knight; drafted in 2004 by Seattle then traded that night to the Memphis Grizzlies but played only 8 games that season; played for D-league and international teams, including the Austin Toros, Lige Basket (Belgium), and Shandong Lions (China). Popular Houston broadcaster, former city council member and mayoral candidate. Local obituaries for Allen, Texas. Credited with bringing offset printing to small newspapers in the 1950s when he and a team of engineers (see Kitchens obit) developed the offset newspaper press. Olney native was powerful speaker of the Texas House 1975 to 1983; served on the board of the Texas A&M System. Dallas native who became the first black mayor of Atlanta, Ga., in 1973. Left her job at a Dallas A&P after Pearl Harbor was bombed in 1941 to join the WACs, was the nation's oldest woman veteran when she died. Diminutive UT Longhorn booster, team manager, player in 1940s, became giant in sporting goods retailing. Business, civic leader and former mayor of Abilene. 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. Featured ball handler for the Harlem Globetrotters; played in more than 6,000 games in 97 countries over his 22-year career; became the fifth Globetrotter to have his jersey (22) retired in 2008; averaged 23.1 points per game as a college player in his native North Carolina. Houston philanthropist who turned a family store into jewelry empire by pioneering the practice of offering credit to customers. CEO from 1959 to 1985 of the family cafeteria business headquartered in Lubbock; he served on Texas Tech University President's Council. Actress discovered by a Hollywood talent agent in a 1943 production at Southern Methodist University; won an Academy Award for the 1956 film Written on the Wind; best known as a star in the 1960s television series Peyton Place; Dallas resident since 1971. Federal judge retired from 18 years on the U.S. 5th Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans. Former aide to Lyndon Johnson and Lloyd Bentsen, editor at various newspapers in Texas; died at his Hope, N.M., cattle ranch. Alto saxophonist and composer was master of "free jazz," introducing those innovations in the 1950s and 1960s; Fort Worth native attended I.M. Headed for 35 years Frost Bank founded by his great-grandfather in San Antonio in 1868; civic leader worked to develop the city's medical center, HemisFair 68, and bring the NBA Spurs to town. Associated for 52 years with Sam Houston State University where he was president from 1970 until 1989, its greatest period of growth. Through our advanced obituary search, you may search our database of obituaries by name, location, date of death and keywords. Son of the founder of the iconic boot company, was CEO through the 1970s80s, instrumental in getting brand known worldwide. Writer, folklorist and one of the founders and first director of the University of Texas Mexican American Studies program. Lobbied for Baptist Convention of Texas causes for 38 years in Austin, fighting gambling and advocating for children's care and for church-state separation. Artist of the era of Armadillo World Headquarters when he created the widely recognized posters for Austin's music events of the time; raised partly in Bedford, first moved to Austin in 1969; attended UT-Austin and UT-Arlington. March 26, 1938 November 3, 2020. Music producer was Tennessee native and Sun Records veteran who moved to Beaumont in 1961 where he supported George Jones, Charlie Pride, and other country singers in their early years, added mariachi horns to Johnny Cash's "Ring of Fire" in 1963. Dallas business leader pivotal in building Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport and UT Southwestern Medical Center. Comfort native grew up in Dallas, St. Mark's grad, free-spirited artist founded Austin's annual Eeyore's Birthday Party in 1963. Journalist and publisher who won a Pulitzer Prize in 1955 at the Cuero Daily Record for his articles exposing corruption at the Texas Veterans Land Board; he later was owner/publisher of newspapers in Floydada, Belton, and Crosby County; served on the board of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting for ten years, including two terms as chairman. Served 33 years with NASA, broadcast voice of the Apollo program, providing commentary for the first moon walk. Proceeds benefit education in TX. Granddaughter of Dallas Morning News founder George Bannerman Dealey; active in civic groups, benefactor. For 20 years, beginning in 1976, pastor of First Baptist Church in Austin, community and ecumenical leader. Widow of war hero Pvt. Dallas-area cartoonist of the nationally syndicated Geech and Shirley & Son comic strips; died of a heart attack while scuba diving in Honduras. Allan Shivers; died in Austin, unexpectedly of unknown causes. Showing 10 of 95021 obituaries SORTED BY MOST RECENT FIRST Mary Frances Cloud 12/25/1943 - 01/08/2023 Mary Frances Cloud, age 79, of Houston, Texas passed away on Sunday, January 8, 2023. 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. Dallas businessman who headed the Texas Republican Party during its ascendancy in the 1980s-90s. As quarterback he led the UT Longhorns over Arkansas win the college national title in 1969, Longview native went on to a career in finance. Democratic member of Congress for South Texas, decorated Marine veteran, served 16 years in Legislature. Rice University All-American in late 1950s, All-Pro with Pittsburgh Steelers 1959 to 1963, ended career with Dallas Cowboys. 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. Former Navy SEAL was Midlothian resident, wrote best-selling book American Sniper about killing more than 150 in Iraq, he was shot and killed along with another veteran Chad Littlefield at a gun range near Glen Rose. Coleman native, federal judge in northwest Texas (1968 to 1987). Organized Mexican-American families in 1956 in Kenedy and Atascosa counties to oppose segregation in schools, later took up the same struggle in Kendall County. Beginning in 1971, developed Sandy Lake Amusement Park in Carrollton, which became a regional institution known to band students in five states for its competitions. Founder in 1946 of the nation's largest restaurant supplier, Sysco; gave $25 million to Baylor University in his hometown of Waco; founding trustee of Houston Baptist University. Real estate developer who was elected Houston mayor in 1991 on a promise to reduce the crime rate which plunged in his first term, served three terms. Bill Hobby, book editor of The Houston Post in the 1950s-60s, served on many Houston civic boards, conservationist who was a founding board member of the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center. Only female member of the 1930 Wiley College team that took part in the first interracial collegiate debate; Houston native later taught in public schools and served as dean of women at Dillard University. Served 30 years (1963 to 1993) on the Houston city council; catcher for St. Louis Browns 1944 American League champs and for Houston Buffs. One of the original Mercury 7 astronauts working in Houston and the only one to fly in all three of NASA's manned spacecraft programs. Football legend was one of Bear Bryant's "Junction Boys," played six-man football at Christoval, went on to NFL playing for Rams and Redskins, coached U of H Cougars and, in the pros, the Bears, Redskins, and Oilers. World-renowned illustrator and artist who, with his twin brother Greg, created posters for Star Wars and The Lord of the Rings. Crusading populist Texas attorney general, part of "Dirty Thirty" reforming faction in Legislature, three-term congressman, lost Democratic primary race for governor against Ann Richards in 1990. Mark Boyd officiating. One of the four founders of the South by Southwest festival in 1987 where he was the music festival director for the first eight years; grew up in Austin, played in regional bands in the 1970s. Physician founded his family practice in his hometown of Roma in 1950; became advocate for health care in the Rio Grande Valley; served on the University of Texas Board of Regents from 1989 to 1995 and was vice president of the UT Health Science Center at San Antonio from 1995 to 2007; also served as county judge of Starr County. Former Railroad Commission chairman, Athens native was legal counsel to Gov. In 27 seasons as basketball coach at Texas A&M, 1963 to 1990, his teams won six Southwest Conference championships. 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