Country singer who wrote 1986 hit "Daddy's Hands"; her 1991 "Maybe I Mean Yes" provoked a national debate about date rape; the song was withdrawn from radio, a move she said she supported; she was born in San Antonio, attended Abilene Christian University. Fort Worth attorney and civic leader; former vice president of the Children's Museum of Fort Worth and the American Jewish Congress. 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. Last of the El Chico chain's founding family members, Mexico City native married Mack Jr. there, although the chain was known for its Tex-Mex she taught cooking classes on the cuisine of Mexico City. Jermyn native led the Texas and Southwestern Cattle Raisers Association 1966 to 1995 as general manager; during his tenure the group grew to more than 13,000 members. Noted lawyer described by the San Antonio Express-News as "one of the most influential men in San Antonio from the 1950s through the 1970s". Television newsman over four decades at Houston's KHOU and KPRC, began hosting The Eyes of Texas TV program in 1970s. National park ranger known as "Mr. Guadalupe Mountains," first employee there beginning in 1964, years before the national park was opened to the public in 1972, served until retiring in 1998. Internationally-known artist and author first won fame in the 1930s as a landscape painter and muralist, and later as Life magazine correspondent during World War II. 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. During four decades at the Houston Chronicle he served as publisher, president, and chairman. Showing 10 of 33119 obituaries SORTED BY MOST RECENT FIRST William Whitten 11/12/1949 - 01/02/2023 William Whitten, age 73, of San Antonio, Texas passed away on Monday, January 2, 2023. 1 on the Americana Music Association chart; Wills Point native relocated to Austin in 1992. Founder and director for 29 years of the Texas Boys Choir, which won numerous awards including two Grammys. From 1947 to 1997 served four separate stints as state representative and senator from Tarrant County and in between served on the Fort Worth city council. One of Dallas' first black legislators, serving until 1986, co-founder in 1973 of Texas Legislative Black Caucus, championed civil rights. 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. Born Tula Finklea in Amarillo in 1922, left for the West Coast as a teenager to pursue dancing career, became star in Hollywood musicals including, Singin' in the Rain and Brigadoon. McKinney native co-wrote Jim Reeves hit "He'll Have to Go," and other songs; helped form the Country Music Disc Jockey Assoc., which later became the Country Music Assoc. 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. Airline executive raised in Palestine, Tx., who helped launch Southwest Airlines in 1971; in 1981 he started Muse Air with his son. Olney native was powerful speaker of the Texas House 1975 to 1983; served on the board of the Texas A&M System. The 6-foot-1 co-captain of the Texas Western (now the University of Texas at El Paso) basketball team; in 1966 they were the first team of African-American starters to win the NCAA national championship, defeating the University of Kentucky; the story was portrayed in the 2006 film Glory Road; born in Gary, Ind., where he had a long career as a police detective. Nationally-known food writer and broadcast personality. Ruth V. Sparren, 82, of Dover, passed away Tuesday, November 3, 2020 in Hennis Care Centre at Dover. Sports broadcaster who was the original voice of the Houston Colt .45's baseball team and stayed with the renamed Astros until 1986, where his partners included Loel Passe, Harry Kalas, and Larry Dierker; Elston continued as a sports announcer for CBS Game of the Week until 1997. Construction contractor who served as Fort Worth mayor in late 1950s. Put your name on the town or county of your choice. Price Daniel. The former "hippie mayor" of Austin in the 1970s, first serving at age 26 on the city council where he challenged the political establishment. Longtime Dallas civil rights leader; insurance man who fought for parks and recreation centers. Wielded national influence through four decades over textbook selections as founder, with her husband, of the Longview-based Educational Research Analysts, a conservative Christian organization. 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. Houston barber who was a key civil rights leader there starting in the 1940s. Decatur native was pioneer Republican leader in Tarrant County becoming county chair in 1975; in 1988 elected to the state House of Representatives, saying she did not "come down here to pass bills. A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W Y Z Abbott Abernathy Abilene Ace Ackerly Acton Addison Adkins The Nobel laureate and longtime engineer at Texas Instruments whose 1958 invention of the integrated circuit made possible the microprocessor and ushered in the electronics age. Obituaries Brad Johnson of 'Melrose Place,' Marlboro Man ads dies at 62 A million empty spaces: Chronicling COVID's cruel US toll Mark Cuban's mother has died at the age of 84 Martin Feldman, US. Longtime Washington consultant; grew up in Fort Worth; as editor of University of Texas Daily Texan in 1945 attracted attention of Lyndon Johnson and became one of President Johnson's most trusted advisers. First woman orthopedic surgeon in United States. Co-founder in 1975 and chef of Fonda San Miguel, Austin's first Mexican restaurant offering cuisine from interior Mexico; its regular customers included the families of Lyndon B. Johnson and George W. Bush; Ravago co-authored two books, including one with his co-founder Tom Gilliland. Last surviving grandson of George Bannerman Dealey, founder of The Dallas Morning News; he served as publisher of The News from 1980 to 1985 and on the board of the parent company Belo for 48 years. Wife of former Lt. Gov. Nov 20, 2020 Major Dudley G. Smith, Sr., passed away on Tuesday November 17, 2020. Charles William Davis 11/18/1948 - 01/12/2023 . Long-time sportswriter at the Fort Worth Press beginning in 1946, and the Dallas Times-Herald, and from 1985 the Dallas Morning News; cited for his dry wit, the Belton native used Texas vernacular to endear himself to his readers; he was described as the curmudgeon-mentor of many other sports reporters of the region; writer Larry L. King profiled him in Texas Monthly in the 1970s as "The Best Sportswriter in Texas". Marble Falls native served in the Texas Senate from 1963 to 1965 and on several state boards. Tony Allen, legendary Afrobeat drummer for Fela Kuti's Africa '70 band, died Thursday, April 30, 2020, in Paris of an abdominal aortic aneurysm. Dallas lawyer was longtime Democratic leader, state senator from 1968 to 1972; son of immigrant Lebanese parents. Epitome of the Dallas business and civic leader of the 1950s and '60s, led renovation of State Fair Music Hall. First Mexican-American on Austin's city council, was part of the coalition of blacks, labor, and youth that came into city government with the 1975 election of Mayor Jeff Friedman and the "hippie city council," which marked the first time progressives took power in Austin; Trevio served for 13 years; pushed for hiring fairness in city employment, led efforts to establish health clinics in the city. Served as president of DePelchin Children's Center, trustee of Baylor College of Medicine, law partner of Baker & Botts. . Former Texas first lady who was riding in John F. Kennedy's open car when he was shot along with her husband Gov. Carole's visitation will be held Friday, November 11 from 4:00 PM to 8:00 PM at Sunset Funeral Home, 1701 Austin Highway, San . Singer-songwriter born in Temple, wrote "I'd Have to Be Crazy" and "Texas Trilogy" about his ancestral Bosque County, poet laureate of Texas in 2007, attended University of North Texas; died in Scheicher County in a hunting accident. Illustrator best known for his drawings of city skylines used as covers for the Southwestern Bell Yellow Pages for more than ten years. U.S. Army soldier murdered in an armory at Fort Hood whose body was found buried in countryside more than two months later, focusing national attention on sexual harassment in the military; born and raised in Houston, trained as a 91F, small arms and artillery repairer. Tennis champion of 1940s-50s won six Grand Slam singles, 31 doubles, moved to West Texas in 1965 to breed thoroughbred horses. Eight-term legislator from Odessa, supported UT-Permian Basin and Presidential Museum there. University of Texas professor who pioneered in vitamin research; first Texan named to the National Academy of Sciences in 1948. Authority on Spanish colonial archaeology, spent decades in finding the location of the French explorer La Salle's fort on Garcitas Creek. Attorney in Washington, D.C. hired by Major League Baseball; started in minor league relations, worked up the ladder to executive vice president of baseball development; grew up in Fort Bend County and played sports at Lamar Consolidated High School; attended Harvard Law after he was cut by the Oilers during training camp. As co-founder of Mario's restaurant she helped pioneer Italian cuisine in Dallas beginning in 1943; the nationally-recognized restaurant operated until 1980; mother of actress Brenda Vaccaro. Allen, Tony. Hunt. Founded in 1945 along with political adviser Robert Strauss Texas' largest law firm, Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld LLP. Educator and Dallas school trustee beginning in 1987. Felix Longoria whose reburial in 1949 became a national incident when a South Texas funeral home refused use of its chapel because the Longorias were Mexican-American. Dallas broadcaster and three-term Democratic member of Congress in the 1970s. As a UT cheerleader introduced the "Hook 'em Horns" hand sign in 1955, as a state district judge issued the 1987 landmark decision that declared the state's public school finance system unconstitutional. Former Austin mayor and city council member who in the 1960s pushed construction of MoPac Boulevard, Loop 1, a major city thoroughfare. Born Michel Dabaghi to Lebanese immigrants, internationally acclaimed as the father of modern cardiovascular surgery and instrumental in laying the foundation for the Texas Medical Center, beginning in 1949. Member of Congress for South Texas from 1954 to 1964 and adviser to Lyndon Johnson. Dutch-born author who in the 1960s exposed deplorable conditions at Houston's Jeff Davis Hospital; wrote Tony-Award winning hit Fourposter. Texas Republican stalwart, born Anne Legendre in New Orleans, married into South Texas ranch family, adviser to four presidents, served as U.S. ambassador to Great Britain, was Kenedy County commissioner at time of her death. Benefactor of Southern Methodist University including $10 million in 1985. Mary Elizabeth "Betty" Moroney Norsworthy, Charles Pleasant "Mrs. W. T." Vandergriff. Born Mendel Jakubowicz in Poland, he survived five years in concentration camps, came to Dallas in 1951, recounted his story to generations of children, founded the Dallas Holocaust Museum. Built a radio empire of all-Spanish radio to the United States and spread Tejano music. Former mayor of San Antonio (1971 to 1973) and city council member. University of Texas journalism professor for 40 years until 1982, wrote biography of Dallas Morning News founder George B. Dealey. San Antonio community leader, including Alamo Area Council of Governments, mother of city's mayor Henry Cisneros (198189). Hunt; grew up in Tyler; active in resort development and her oil company, Hunt Petroleum, which gave $12 million to the Trinity River Corridor Project. Colorful legislator 1960 to 1973 known as a prankster; instrumental in creation of UT-San Antonio. Served with the Fort Worth Stockyards for 32 years before retiring as president in 1978; died at his daughter's home in Chattanooga, Tenn. Former Dallas Times Herald executive editor in the 1970s and '80s during a spirited fight against rival the Dallas Morning News. Bicycle motorcross racer, three-time world champion, represented the United States in the Beijing Olympics; died in a car accident near his home in Conroe. Chief architect of NASA's Mercury capsule and contributor to the design of other spacecraft. Bishop of Catholic Diocese of Brownsville since 1991. 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. Van Zandt County native was ethicist and civil rights advocate who headed the Southern Baptist Convention's public policy arm. Diplomat who helped shape U.S. policy to Cuba and Latin America in the late 1950s, SMU professor. Last surviving grandchild of Capt. Longtime leading political liberal of Texas; from 1957 to 1970, the Chandler native served in the U.S. Senate where he sponsored the Cold War GI Bill. Creator of the wishbone offense in college football, head coach at Texas A&M in the 1970s and at Mississippi State. Anderson Hospital in Houston, in 1949 sponsored veterans' land legislation. Baseball," associated with the Fort Worth Cats beginning in the 1940s. Investor and son of Gov. Dallas civic leader was son of Russian immigrants, built the family name into a well-known brand of dairy products. Philanthropist and arts patron, was wife of oilman Clint Murchison Sr. and rancher Edward B. Linthicum. Scion of oil family, banker and television executive, patron of the arts including iconic Cadillac Ranch sculpture outside Amarillo. Waco native was former Texas Court of Criminal Appeals judge; among his clients when he was a defense attorney were Madalyn Murray O'Hair and Jack Ruby. Country music pioneer known for "Honky Tonk Heroes" and "Live Forever"; born in Corsicana where he lived with his mother and grandmother; worked as a songwriter in Nashville where he earned $50 a week; released debut album, Old Five and Dimers Like Me, in 1973; Willie Nelson called him the greatest living songwriter. Entertainment producer who in 1972 started the Kerrville Folk Festival as an offshoot of the Texas State Arts & Crafts Fair; moved to Houston as a teen in the late 1940s. Longtime humor columnist for the Austin American-Statesman beginning in 1977; described as the "primary interpreter to the masses of some of what makes Austin so Austin". Served 30 years (1963 to 1993) on the Houston city council; catcher for St. Louis Browns 1944 American League champs and for Houston Buffs. Deport native, physician who was co-founder of the Kelsey-Sebold Clinics in Houston in the late 1950s. With McBrayer (see McBrayer obit) developed the first offset newspaper press. The first woman to be awarded the Silver Star for her heroics as a nurse in World War II; Tom Brokaw wrote a chapter on her in his book The Greatest Generation. Philanthropist from Amarillo, benefactor to many civic projects in the Texas Panhandle. Heiress to the Schlumberger oil field service company fortune; world famous art collector, philanthropist and advocate for human rights. Houston lawyer-businessman who built the Academy chain of sports stores, champion of school funding equity. any obituary with your condolences, stories or photos. Called Mr. Plano, he helped transform a small farm community into a massive suburb; served as mayor in 1950s. Eagle Pass native, cowgirl who taught more than 30,000 girls to ride horses at Camp Waldemar near Hunt; retired at 80 but continued to teach at the camp; died in San Antonio, two weeks after a fall from her horse. Born in San Antonio, Texas, he was the eldest son of Ellis Clifford Shenk and Eleanor "Faye" Shenk. 50-year broadcast veteran; hosted for nine years Music til Dawn at KRLD in Dallas; won Peabody Award. Dallas native who became the first black mayor of Atlanta, Ga., in 1973. Longtime Dallas conservative and business leader. Legendary Houston restaurateur whose Sir-Loin House and Inn were noted steak houses from 1959 to 1991; active supporter of Houston rodeo. Kingsville native was once known as the Queen of Tejano music, paved the way for other female Tejano singers; died in Corpus Christi from complications from gall bladder surgery. Civil rights crusader and Democratic party activist. Dallas educator for 42 years, founding trustee of African American Museum at Fair Park. Native of San Saba County served as Texas House Speaker 195155, in 1941 co-sponsor of bill establishing M.D. Matriarch of leading Arlington family and philanthropist. Hamlin native, businessman, banker, and philanthropist, younger brother of Robert Strauss, husband of Annette Strauss who was Dallas mayor 198791. The founder of Ninfa's restaurants, popularized fajitas, tacos al carbon; grew up in Lower Rio Grande Valley; widowed in 1969, she converted tortilla company in 1973 to first restaurant, which grew to the chain. Professional golfer, graduate of Southern Methodist University; won U.S. Open twice and medals in the Southwest Conference in the late 1970s; died in a plane crash in South Dakota that also killed five others. Local obituaries for Allen, Texas. Former superintendent of Richardson schools from 1946 to 1970, guiding it from one rural campus to 44 schools. Patron of the arts, museums in San Antonio; descendant of King Ranch family. El Paso native was character actress, played murderous fan in 1997 Selena, also other film and TV roles including Desperate Housewives; Texas Woman's University grad. Bassist for Willie Nelson for more than four decades, grew up in Helotes. Assistant managing editor of The Dallas Morning News for 32 years. Tejano star described as one of the great bajo sexto (12-string guitar) players and well-known Spanish gospel singers; died in a bus accident near Corpus Christi. Former chairman of Hunt Petroleum and adviser to his uncle, famed wildcatter H.L. Head coached the University of Texas at Austin football team from 19771986, including coaching Earl Campbell the year he won his Heisman Trophy; also coached at University of Wyoming (19751976) and Purdue (19871990) and ended his career with a record of 108753; Arkansas native, moved to Horseshoe Bay in 2008. (.pdf file). The first Hispanic four-star general in the U.S. Army; completed the ROTC program at Texas Tech University in 1951; awarded the Distinguished Service Cross in both Korea and Vietnam; born in Kingsville the son of a King Ranch cowhand. Austin philanthropist and civic activist who was the catalyst for the Town Lake greenbelt and the founding of the Austin Parks and Recreation Department. Houston Republican was prosecutor, three-term city council member and advocate for people with disabilities; a dwarf, he died of an undisclosed illness in Houston. Modernist painter taught art at UT-Austin 19471987, one of the last of the Fort Worth Circle of artists. Liberal lawyer, legislator and newspaper columnist, civil rights advocate for 50 years; son of New Deal congressman and San Antonio mayor. 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. Spent 41 years presiding over San Antonio municipal and state district courts. Parliamentarian of the Texas Senate since 1991 and House parliamentarian for 15 years. Singer and guitarist famous for juke-joint stomp numbers but who also performed jazz, country, blues, zydeco and Cajun; died in Orange, where he grew up. Legendary theatre figure in Texas, headed drama departments at Baylor and Trinity, founding artistic director of Dallas Theater Center. Owner of Nuevo Laredo's legendary Cadillac Bar purchased by his father-in-law in 1926, a destination through the decades for Texans. Golfing great who won all four major championships. A founder of the San Antonio Livestock Show and former San Antonio Chamber of Commerce president. Elected to Congress from Houston in 1972, becoming first black woman member from a Southern state; first black woman in Texas Senate 1966 to 1972; professor at the LBJ School of Public Affairs at UT-Austin 1979 until her death. 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. One of the oldest Texans, born in Maynard, San Jacinto County, in 1905; owned a neighborhood grocery in northeast Houston for many years; spent her last years in Fort Bend County. Legendary golf instructor at the University of Texas and Austin Country Club. Publicity-shy philanthropist in Orange who with her husband organized the Stark Foundation in 1961. Former state senator credited with leading the fight to get women admitted to Texas A&M University. Pioneering muralist known for portraying the African-American experience; he founded the art department at Texas Southern University in 1949. President and general manager for 29 years of the Dallas Cowboys, making them into "America's Team," University of Texas journalism graduate. Shiner native whose jewelry stores in New York and Beverly Hills served celebrity clients; in the 1970s he established a store in Mexico City, returning to Texas in 1990. Colorful former football coach at Texas Christian University and Southwest Texas State University. The legendary football coach of the UT Longhorns, led them to three national championships from 19571976. Dallas business leader pivotal in building Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport and UT Southwestern Medical Center. Founder of Pancho's Mexican Buffet, which grew into a chain of restaurants throughout the Southwest. 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