Carolyn Turner Waters

Alice Carolyn Turner Waters died peacefully on May 7, 2019 in the home of her daughter Susan in Mansfield, Texas. Mrs. Waters was born in Houston and was a long time resident and community volunteer in Tyler. She was preceded in death by her husband of 58 years Paul Rodgers Waters and daughter Ellen Rodgers Waters Olson. She is survived by her daughters Lynne Turner Waters and spouse Clayton H. W. Hee of Ahuimanu, Hawaii, and Susan Waters Hunt, spouse Gregory M. Hunt, and her beloved grandson Turner Waters Hunt of Mansfield, Texas. Also surviving her are brother and sister-in-law Robert D. Turner and Anne Turner of Sessay, Thirsk, North Yorkshire, U.K., and their two children, Tom Turner and wife Maura of Dedham, Massachusetts and their children, and Alicia Turner Chantrey and spouse Justin Chantrey of London, England, and their children.

Mrs. Waters was a graduate of Lamar High School in Houston. She earned her B.A. in Romance Languages with Honors at The Rice Institute (Rice University), where she was a member of The Elizabeth Baldwin Literary Society, the Phi Beta Kappa honors society, Pi Delta Phi, and Sigma Delta Pi. She went on to earn her M.A. with honors in Spanish Literature from Southern Methodist University. She was a member of MENSA in Tyler.

She had a versatile career as a teacher, bank officer, petroleum land woman, and television executive and had an extensive community profile through volunteerism.

Mrs. Waters earned her Teaching Certificate and taught Spanish in the Austin Public Schools System and later in the Tyler Independent School District and Texas Eastern University, which later became the University of Texas at Tyler. After working some years in oil and gas land titles and bank marketing, she was part of the management/ownership group that founded KETK - TV 56 (NBC) and held positions of Community Relations Director, Promotions Director, and Director of Programming. After retiring, she served as programming consultant and Grand Opening organizer of the CBS19 affiliate established in 2004.

A decades-long communicant, volunteer and worshipper at Christ Episcopal Church, Mrs. Waters was the first female Lay Reader at Christ Episcopal and was on the Founding Board of Directors of the Christ Episcopal Church East Texas Choir School. Mrs. Waters was active in many civic, public service, and cultural organizations. She served on the founding steering committee and as a charter Board member of the East Texas Food Bank; and on the boards of the Literacy Council of Tyler, CASA for Kids of East Texas, Inc., and the Hospice of East Texas. A United Way volunteer and loaned executive, Women's Division Chairman, and Marketing Committee Chairman, she received the Betty Hurt Nelson Service Award in 2000. She was also a volunteer and/or member of the Junior Leagues of Tyler and Dallas, the Women's Symphony League, The Texas Rose Festival, Friends of the Tyler Library, and PATH. She won the Texas State Library Association's outstanding project award for creation and execution of "The More You Know About Texas" reading and essay contest in 13 East Texas Counties.

Services will be held at Christ Episcopal Church on Friday, May 24 at 10:00am. In lieu of flowers, donations in her memory may be made to PATH or to Christ Episcopal Church in Tyler, or to any charity of your choosing.

Published in Tyler Morning Telegraph on May 16, 2019

Jim Meadows

Clayton James Meadows Jr.

Birth Date: August 12, 1938

Death Date: April 9, 2019

 

A 7th generation Texan, Clayton James (Jim) Meadows, Jr. passed away April 9th, 2019 after a short battle with pancreatic cancer.
Jim was born in Houston, Texas on August 12, 1938 to Reveris Eaves Meadows and Clayton James Meadows, Sr, both of Houston.
He graduated from Lamar High School and received his degree from Rice Institute, now Rice University in 1960.
A Dallas resident since 1968, Jim worked for Magcobar Company, which later became Dresser Industries, for over 40 years, until retiring in 2002. In his early career he enjoyed traveling, working overseas in Libya and London and telling stories of life in Chelsea in the 60’s. Later in life his travels were a bit tamer, canoeing and rafting in Canada and Colorado, annual trips to a collector’s conference that he attended for 30+ years and to his beloved family Bayhouse on Galveston Bay where he and his brother and cousins grew up spending time with Granny and their parents.
As an active member of the First Unitarian Church of Dallas, Jim served as the Finance Committee Chair, Board Member and Program Council Member and could be found most Sundays singing with the Choir, Kindred Voices. A favorite holiday tradition was admiring the thousands of vintage Christmas decorations that adorned the Christmas trees that he so lovingly collected since childhood. If it was vintage and could be collected, Jim did it! In addition to the Christmas decorations he collected unique musical instruments (he still has a pump organ he rebuilt in his teens), music boxes of all types, china, vintage kitchen appliances (he was a wonderful cook!), but when asked what his most cherished collection was, it was his family and friends. Jim and his partner Stan built a life together that included countless dinners with friends and family, filled with laughter and joy. Jim cherished his partner, family and marvelous group of friends. Stan lovingly cared for Jim in the final months of his life. Jim will be remembered by all who crossed his path because of his caring nature, huge smile and twinkle in his eye.
He is survived by his partner of almost 50 years, Stan Mayfield; bother, Bert Meadows; nieces and nephew Michelle Meadows, Clayton Meadows, Cheryl Meadows and great-nephew Nicholas Meadows, all of Dallas, Texas.
Per Jim’s wishes, a small family gathering was held in his memory.
In lieu of flowers, the family requests donations be made to the First Unitarian Church of Dallas.
Please note in the Memo section: Jim Meadows Choir Gift. The funds will be dedicated to purchasing or commissioning choir anthems in his memory.
First Unitarian Church of Dallas
4015 Normandy Ave.
Dallas, Texas 75205

Stephen Lee Shaw1938-2019

Stephen Lee Shaw, age 80, of Houston, Texas passed away peacefully on Monday April 8, 2019. He was born September 17, 1938 to James and Edith Shaw.
He is preceded in death by his parents and his son, David Shaw. He is survived by his loving wife of 28 years, Sharon Shaw, his children; Mr. & Mrs. Stephen Shaw, Jr., and Sabrina Shaw, their mother; Julia Toler and 4 grandchildren and 3 great-grandchildren.
Stephen graduated from Lamar University in 1956. He loved playing the drums and was a member of the Aggie Corp Band while he briefly attended Texas A&M. He was an Army Reservist and a Civil Engineer for the State of Texas for over 30 years.

Published in Houston Chronicle on Apr. 13, 2019

William C. ("Watty") Watkins

William C.  ("Watty") Watkins 1937-2019

Bill Watkins lost a one year fight with pancreatic cancer on March 19, 2019.  His family was with him constantly and will greatly miss his gentle, loving, kind friendship. He always had a joke and a helping hand for his friends, patients, and loved ones.
Bill was born on May 7, 1937, to George and Edna Watkins in Lubbock, Texas.  He was a graduate of Pershing Junior High School, Lamar High School, Texas A&M University, and the University of Texas Dental Branch, where he met and married Elena Densford, his best friend and love of his life.
He served as a dentist in the US Navy in Washington, DC, and the Holy Loch, Scotland, aboard the USS Hunley, a submarine tender.
After his naval service, Bill and Elena started their dental practice in Houston on West Orem Drive, where they happily served for 51 years.  They lived in the same house on Maple Street in Bellaire for nearly 50 years, where they raised their beautiful children, Andy and Eron, served the community, played tennis, softball, and made lifelong friends.
Bill was also an avid landscaper, liking nothing more than designing flower beds, planting trees, and enjoying his beautiful yard with its lush tropical ambience.  Twice the Bellaire Home Tour featured his home and gardens.
Bill and Elena loved to travel, enjoying people and places in every continent except Antarctica, which they came close to when they sailed Cape Horn.  Bill intended to explore every one of the 7 Wonders of the Modern World, but never made it to the Taj Mahal.
His was a full, rich life that just kept getting better when his children married into wonderful families and provided him with beautiful grandchildren.  Dr. Andrew William and Heather Haft Watkins, parents of Evan Andrew and Kelly Rose, and Eron Elena Watkins Grant and Dr. Mark Cullen Grant, parents of Kasidy Cora and Cullen William have all made him very proud.
After retirement, he and Elena moved to Cypress, Texas to The Heritage in Towne Lake, a wonderful community of loving caring people, where he happily landscaped his yard on the lake.  He loved playing horseshoes, table shuffleboard, golf, going to lunch and breakfast with his friends, and taking family and friends out in his boat.
BIll was not ready to leave this life, but knew he would be welcomed in heaven by God, his parents, his parents-in-law, and brother-in-law, among other relatives and friends who preceded him in death.
Honored to serve as pallbearers will be Dr. Andrew Watkins, Evan Watkins, Dr. Mark Grant, Cullen Grant, Maj. George Watkins (ret.), Col. Charles Densford (ret.), Maj. Gen. Dan Densford (ret.), S. Sgt. Bucky Densford (ret.), Richard Grant, Rody Grant, and Ronald Haft.  Honorary pallbearers are so many close and dear friends who know they are brothers of his, too.
Bill loved flowers, but he would also love to know that someday there might be a cure for this dreadful disease that took his life too early, so our family selected Pancreatic Cancer Action Network as a worthy organization that not only works for a cure, but counsels patients.  To make a donation in Bill’s name, please visit pancan.org.
A funeral service honoring the life of Bill Watkins will be held at 10:00 a.m., Friday, March 22, 2019 at Trinity Downtown Lutheran Church, 800 Houston Avenue in Houston, Texas.

Helen Raaz Viereck

Helen Raaz Viereck

October 19, 1937 – September 23, 2018

Helen Raaz Viereck was born on October 19, 1937 in Houston, Texas and passed away on September 23, 2018 in Houston, Texas.

Mary Gail Hatch Lewis

Mary Gail Hatch Lewis. 1937-2018

Mary Hatch Lewis was born in Texarkana, Texas, on December 30, 1937 to Reverend Bernard and Lois Hatch, both of whom predeceased her.  She was a professional actress, singer and voice teacher with students who went on to perform, themselves, in New York and California.  As part of her education, she received a Bachelor of Fine Arts from the University of St. Thomas and a Master of Theater from the University of Houston.  Later in life, she received a Master of Anglican Theology and Pastoral Care from Iliff School of Theology.  At the end of her life she served beside her beloved husband of 49 years, the Reverend Huston A. Lewis, at the Holy Trinity Anglican Church in Houston, Texas.

Mary passed from this life to be with God on November 14, 2018. She is survived by her three sons Evan, Orin and Alon Lewis, their wives, Jen, Lorraine, and Mary, and her three grandchildren Drake, Shannon and Zachary Lewis.  Mary also enjoyed the love of her brother Bernard Hatch and nephew Traey as well as her sister-in-law Frances Hatch, and nephew Robert and niece Rebecca.

Funeral Home Services for Mary are being provided by Garden Oaks Funeral Home of Houston, TX.

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Howard Hoover, Jr.

Howard Hoover Jr.

1938 - 2018 Obituary

Howard Spencer Hoover, jr.
1938-2018

Howard Spencer Hoover, Jr. passed away on Monday, the 5th of November 2018, after a brief yet valiant battle with esophageal cancer at Houston's Methodist Hospital. In 2013, Howard received the gift of life through a successful liver transplant at Houston's Methodist through the extraordinary care of the JC Walter Transplant Center's team of Doctors Ghobrial, Gaber, Sahairi, Mansour and Victor.
Howard was born in Houston on the 11th of October 1938, to Lillian England and Howard S. Hoover, Sr. and attended Roberts Elementary, Lanier Middle School and graduated from Mirabeau B. Lamar High School in 1956. He is also a graduate of Southern Methodist University (BBA 1961) where he was a member of Phi Delta Theta fraternity. Howard married first wife Nancy Jean Margraves in 1958 and together they completed their undergraduate educations at SMU and then moved to Austin for three years where Howard completed his law school days at The University of Texas School of Law (JD 1963) where he was President of Phi Alpha Delta legal fraternity.

As a young attorney, Howard began his legal career under the tutelage of his father, Howard S. Hoover, Sr. at Murfee & Hoover now known as Hoover Slovacek, LLP. Moving onto Texas Eastern Corporation in 1965-70, Howard was a division attorney for the natural gas and liquids marketing subsidiary where he participated in all legal areas of the retail and wholesale marketing of propane to rural and suburban customers in the Eastern and Midwestern United States. In 1970, Howard joined Tom Fatjo, Sr. and his partners in the solid waste industry at Browning-Ferris Industries as their chief legal counsel. Over the course of his 25+ year career with BFI, Mr. Hoover served as Executive Vice President, Secretary and General Counsel as well as a member of the Senior Management Committee and of the Finance Committee of the Board of Directors. In the 1990s, he worked as an independent business and legal consultant to Arthur Andersen Houston and helped roll out its environmental consulting practice. In the late 1990s, Mr. Hoover was Co-Founder and Executive Chairman of the Board for American Residential Services. He was a member of the State Bar of Texas (Director, 1982-85 4th District Place 6) along with his father, Howard S. Hoover, Sr. — a rare distinction for a son and father to serve together; Houston Bar Association; Life Fellow Texas Bar Foundation; Houston Bar Foundation; Honorary Lifetime Member, Board of Directors of Boys and Girls Country of Houston; Founding Member of Houston Police Foundation; Lifetime Member, Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo (RodeoHouston); HLS&R Committees: World's Champion Barbecue Contest, Junior Rodeo and Wine Competition; Lakewood Yacht Club and Houston Country Club.

We will miss Howard's warmth, ready smile, wise counsel and quick wit. Howard was a loving husband to Janet for 40 beautiful years; a devoted father to Elizabeth & Michael; fun loving grandfather to Mac, Nina, Ellie & Kate; uncle to Laura & James; friend and mentor to younger lawyers as well as to many younger committeemen with RodeoHouston. In the digital age, Howard's four grandchildren abbreviated his grandfather moniker "Granddaddy" into Gddy. Gddy loved it all and strove to stay current on digital communication advancements, apps, etc. so he could stay in close contact with friends and family. Political and blonde jokes were among his favorites to pass along and if you were "lucky" enough to be on Howard's distribution lists, your crowded inbox reflected his devotion to expressing his opinions on various topics. We will miss Gddy's texts, warning of hazardous or beautiful weather forecasts. Also known as "The Hoove," Howard was one of a kind.

Howard is predeceased by his parents, Lillian England and Howard Spencer Hoover, Sr.; his younger brother, James England Hoover and by his son, Michael Drennan Hoover. Mr. Hoover is survived by his loving and devoted wife of 40 years, Janet Lee Brenner Hoover; by his daughter, Elizabeth England Hoover Rotan and husband Matthew Padgitt Rotan and their children: Edward McCall Rotan (Mac), Nina England Rotan, Elizabeth Sterling Rotan (Ellie) and Katherine Ross Rotan (Kate). He is also survived by his sister Margaret Hoover Perkins and her husband Jim Perkins of Tyler, Texas and by their children James Irvine Perkins III of Conroe & Houston and Laura Perkins Fonville and husband Jerry Fonville and his son Tanner of Dallas, Texas. Howard also leaves behind his lifelong friend & brother in law Ross D. Margraves Jr. and wife Madeline as well as wonderful in law, Liney Rotan and her two younger sons, Douglas McCall Rotan and wife Margaret and their children Patricia, Mary Margaret and Douglas and Clayton Ross Rotan and wife Kendall and their daughters Hunter and Logan; brother in law Robert Brenner; sister in law Susie Smith; cousins Milton England Black, Sr. and wife Bess and their children Milton England Black, Jr. and wife Elizabeth; Kirby Stewart Black and girlfriend Andrea Dickerson and Stewart Courtland Black and wife Kim; Susan Black Gross and husband Richard and their children, Richard Gross and wife Lori; Susan Reedy and husband Robert; and Allison Wallace and husband John.

The memorial service is to be conducted at one o'clock this afternoon on Friday, the 9th of November, at St. Martin's Episcopal Church, 717 Sage Road in Houston, where The Rev. Dr. Russell J. Levenson, Jr., Rector, and The Rev. Martin J. Bastian, Vice-Rector, and are to officiate.

Immediately following, all are invited to greet the family during a reception to be held in the adjacent Bagby Parish Hall.
In lieu of customary remembrances, the family requests with gratitude that memorial contributions be directed to the Boys and Girls Country of Houston, 18806 Roberts Road, Hockley TX 77447(https://www.boysandgirlscountry.org/contact-us/); or to St. Martin's Episcopal Church, 717 Sage Road, Houston TX 77056.

"I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith. Now there is in store for me the crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous Judge, will award to me on that day — and not only to me, but also to all who have longed for his appearing." 2 Timothy 4:7-8

Published in Houston Chronicle from Nov. 8 to Nov. 9, 2018