Memorials
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Mark Wells White Jr.
White, 77, of Houston, died August 5,
2017. He served with the Texas National Guard. White received his law
degree from Baylor Law School and was admitted to the Texas Bar in 1965.
He served as secretary of state of Texas from 1973 to 1977; attorney
general of Texas from 1979 to 1983; governor of Texas from 1983 to 1987;
and worked for Reynolds, White, Allen & Cook in Houston after his
public service. White devoted himself to charities and worthwhile
causes. It delighted him that the Mark White Elementary School in
Houston carries his name. White is remembered for speaking about the
important role the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center,
University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, and Baylor College
of Medicine play in leading the health care industry of Texas;
championing the importance of Texas history, including protecting the
aging USS Texas battleship; and for being sought after for advice during
the last 40 years by Democrats and Republicans running for major office
in Texas. He is survived by his wife of 50 years, Linda Gale White;
sons, attorney Mark W. White III and R. Andrew White; daughter, attorney
Elizabeth White Russell; sister, Betty Gerlach; and nine
grandchildren.
Ted Z. Robertson
Robertson, 96, of Dallas, died October
13, 2017. He served in the U.S. Coast Guard during World War II.
Robertson received his law degree from St. Mary’s University School of
Law and was admitted to the Texas Bar in 1949. He practiced law in San
Antonio and Dallas until 1960, then worked in the Dallas County District
Attorney’s civil department. In 1965, Robertson was appointed to the
newly created Dallas County Probate Court No. 2, then in 1969 to the
newly created Dallas County juvenile court. In 1975, Gov. Dolph Briscoe
appointed him to the 95th District Court of Dallas County. The following
year Robertson was appointed by Briscoe to the Dallas Court of Civil
Appeals. Gov. Bill Clements appointed him to the Texas Supreme Court in
1982; he assumed the bench to fill Justice Jack Pope’s unexpired term in
December and won election for a term that ended in December 1988. Rather
than seek re-election, he unsuccessfully challenged newly appointed
Chief Justice Tom Phillips in 1988. After his time at the Supreme Court,
Robertson served as counsel to the Law Offices of Frank L. Branson. He
was also a guest lecturer at SMU Dedman School of Law. St. Mary’s
University School of Law honored Robertson as a distinguished alumnus in
1981. He is credited for helping lead the Texas Supreme Court to a
modern system of discretionary review. Robertson is remembered for
spending time in his backyard garden and enjoying a cigar with his dog,
Rocky; the birds; friends; and family. He was also a wise and
inspirational friend, adviser, and mentor who cherished true stories and
good people. Robertson is survived by his step-daughter, Terry Pletcher;
sister-in-law, Barbara “Bobbie” Brewer; cousin, Fred Stone; nephews,
Robert Steinkraus, Robert Sidney Blake, and Charles Robertson; and
niece, Leslie Hagin.
Bobby J. Moody
Moody, 87, of Lubbock, died August 24,
2017. He served in the U.S. Air Force from 1955 to 1958 and was in the
Judge Advocate General’s Corps. Moody received his law degree from
Baylor Law School and was admitted to the Texas Bar in 1955. He was with
Klett, Bean & Evans in Lubbock from 1958 to 1960; Evans, Pharr,
Trout & Jones in Lubbock from 1960 to 1965; a managing partner in
Evans, Trout, Jones & Moody in Lubbock from 1965 to 1975; a managing
partner in Jones, Trout, Flygare, Moody & Brown in Lubbock from 1975
to 1988; a partner in Hankins, Penner & Moody in Lubbock from 1988
to 1989; a partner in Hankins & Moody in Lubbock from 1989 to 1992;
a partner in Hankins, Moody & Hays in Lubbock from 1992 to 1995; and
a partner in Moody & Hays in Lubbock from 1995 to 2009. Moody is
remembered for his 50-year association with the Boy Scouts of America,
his work with the Lubbock Lions Club, and his service on the board of
the South Plains Trust and Estate Council. He is survived by his wife of
65 years, Charlotte Moody; daughters, Pam Moody and Leigh Moody Potokar;
and four grandchildren.
Tommy D. McManus
McManus, 88, of Tarpley, died June 27,
2017. He received his law degree from South Texas College of Law and was
admitted to the Texas Bar in 1958. McManus was in private practice in
Channelview from 1958 to 1982. He was a charter member of the Texas
Criminal Defense Lawyers Association. McManus was an avid fisherman and
had a love for gardening and ranching. He is survived by his wife of 56
years, Alice M. McManus; son, Thomas D. McManus Jr.; daughters, Mickey
Lynn Neel, Linda M. McManus, and Lynda A. Cole; five grandchildren; and
10 great-grandchildren.
Woodfin C. Henderson
Henderson, 77, of Dallas, died
September 12, 2017. He served in the U.S. Army Reserve from 1967 to
1969. Henderson received his law degree from SMU School of Law and was
admitted to the Texas Bar in 1965. He practiced with Williams Bailey for
the first 15 years of his career and focused primarily on insurance
defense. Henderson then went out on his own and built an insurance and
plaintiff practice. A career highlight for him was that he tried and won
a case in the U.S. Supreme Court. Henderson is remembered for his love
of fishing, golfing, and traveling. He is survived by his daughters,
Elizabeth Jenswold and Kathryn Scott; and brother, Walter Henderson.
William Edward Everheart II
Everheart, 75, of
Dallas, died August 24, 2017. He received his law degree from SMU School
of Law and was admitted to the Texas Bar in 1967. Everheart served as
regional deputy solicitor and regional solicitor of the U.S. Department
of Labor Office of the Solicitor in Dallas from 1967 to 2008. He was a
certified Texas Master Naturalist, did extensive research of his
genealogy as a member of the General Society of Mayflower Descendants,
and was an accomplished alpine mountaineer, having summited 50 of the 53
fourteeners in Colorado, as well as Grand Teton and Mount Rainier.
Everheart is survived by his wife of 51 years, Barbara Hulme Everheart;
sons, William Tracy Everheart and Edward Terry Everheart; sisters, Jo
Ann Everheart, Sandra Eisen, and Susan Guenther; and four
grandchildren.
W.O. Shultz
Shultz, 91, of Austin, died August 24,
2017. He served in the U.S. Army Air Corps from 1944 to 1945. Shultz
received his law degree from the University of Texas School of Law and
was admitted to the Texas Bar in 1957. He served as assistant attorney
general in the Attorney General’s Office from 1958 to 1972 and as
associate general counsel at the University of Texas Office of General
Counsel from 1972 to 2004. Shultz is remembered for his love of dogs and
his generous contributions to several animal organizations in Austin. He
is survived by his wife of four years, Kay Haynes.
David
Stith Curtis
Curtis, 87, of Dallas, died June 27,
2017. He served as an F-86 pilot in the U.S. Air Force from 1952 to
1957. Curtis received his law degree from SMU School of Law and was
admitted to the Texas Bar in 1960. He practiced law with David S. Curtis
Associates in Dallas until 2015, specializing in estate planning and
probate law. Curtis received an Estate Planning and Probate
certification from the Texas Board of Legal Specialization in 1977. He
was awarded the National Defense Service Medal, Korean Service Medal,
and United Nations Service Medal for his military service. Curtis is
remembered as a 47-year member of Preston Hollow Presbyterian Church,
where he served as an usher, and for his love of reading and Aggie
football. He is survived by his wife of 49 years, Rosemary Bobo Curtis;
son, Samuel Curtis; daughter, Somer Curtis; brother, John P. Curtis; and
three grandchildren.
Robert “Mark” Galloway
Galloway, 67, of Prosper, died
June 23, 2017. He received his law degree from SMU School of Law and was
admitted to the Texas Bar in 1976. Galloway was an attorney with Harris,
Means and Means in Corsicana from 1976 to 1977; an assistant criminal
district attorney with the Navarro County District Attorney’s Office in
Corsicana in 1978; an assistant city attorney in the Dallas City
Attorney’s Office from 1979 to 1981; a senior attorney with Sun Oil
Company/Oryx Energy in Dallas from 1981 to 1991; a senior division order
analyst with Oryx Energy/Kerr-McGee Oil & Gas in Dallas from 1992 to
2001; a senior regulatory analyst with Kerr-McGee Oil & Gas in
Dallas and Houston from 2001 to 2003; a senior landman with Kerr-McGee
Oil & Gas/Anadarko Petroleum in Houston from 2003 to 2007; and
senior landman/land manager with Exco Resources in Houston and Dallas
from 2007 to 2014. He was a speaker for the Dallas Bar Association
Energy Law Section on “Seismic Property Rights” in 1991 and served as
chairman in 1997. Galloway coached his three sons in baseball, taught
Sunday school, and volunteered at the food pantry. He is survived by his
wife of 35 years, Diane Galloway; and sons, Steven, Jeffrey, and
Drew.
Edward H. Hill
Hill, 86, of Amarillo, died August 8,
2017. He served in the U.S. Army from 1953 to 1955, in the Reserves from
1956 to 1983, and retired as a colonel in the Judge Advocate General’s
Corps. Hill received his law degree from the University of Texas School
of Law and was admitted to the Texas Bar in 1957. He was a staff
attorney in the Oil and Gas Section of Phillips 66 in Midland from 1957
to 1963 and partner, shareholder, and head of the Real Estate and Oil
& Gas Section of Underwood, Wilson, Berry, Stein & Johnson in
Amarillo from 1963 to 1996. Hill was chairman of the State Bar of Texas
Oil, Gas, and Mineral Law Section, now called the Oil, Gas and Energy
Resources Law Section. He received the Distinguished Real Estate Lawyer
Lifetime Achievement Award from the State Bar Real Estate, Probate &
Trust Law Section in 2006 and the Chief Justice Charles L. Reynolds
Lifetime Achievement Award from the Amarillo Bar Association in 2010.
Hill was very involved in his church, Polk Street United Methodist
Church; served locally and globally as director of the Texas Methodist
Foundation; and was a member of the General Board of Global Ministries
of the United Methodist Church. He is survived by his daughters, Ann
Jenkins and Amy Butler; five grandchildren; and three
great-grandchildren.TBJ
