In Memoriam – November

The State Bar of Texas’ Membership Department was informed in November 2018 of the deaths of these members. We join the officers and directors of the State Bar in expressing our deepest sympathy.

• Virgil H. Barfield, 82, of Houston, died August 23, 2017. He received his law degree from the University of Houston Law Center and was admitted to the Texas Bar in 1970.
• Jeanne Babette Barrows, 56, of Waxahachie, died September 13, 2017. She received her law degree from Texas Wesleyan University School of Law and was admitted to the Texas Bar in 1995.
• Billie J. Bell, 77, of Royse City, died November 9, 2018. He received his law degree from Loyola University New Orleans College of Law and was admitted to the Texas Bar in 1971.
• Thomas H. Burton Jr., 86, of Houston, died November 14, 2018. He received his law degree from the University of Texas School of Law and was admitted to the Texas Bar in 1957.
• Stephen M. Coleman, 64, of Rosharon, died September 13, 2018. He received his law degree from South Texas College of Law and was admitted to the Texas Bar in 1990.
• Gary E. Conrad, 72, of Decatur, died November 17, 2018. He received his law degree from Southern Methodist University School of Law and was admitted to the Texas Bar in 1971.
• Thomas Anthony Cowen, 66, of San Antonio, died July 4, 2018. He received his law degree from the University of Houston Law Center and was admitted to the Texas Bar in 1988.
• Joseph Edward Eckert, 49, of Dallas, died September 18, 2018. He received his law degree from the University of Texas School of Law and was admitted to the Texas Bar in 1997.
• J. Darlene Ewing, 64, of Sunnyvale, died November 16, 2018. She received her law degree from the University of Texas School of Law and was admitted to the Texas Bar in 1978.
• Goodwin Hale, 87, of Crosbyton, died November 3, 2018. He received his law degree from Texas Tech University School of Law and was admitted to the Texas Bar in 1975.
• Robert B. Harris, 83, of Bryan, died August 1, 2018. He received his law degree from American University Washington College of Law and was admitted to the Texas Bar in 1977.
• Hugh Ely Henson Jr., 82, of Waco, died October 3, 2018. He received his law degree from Yale Law School and was admitted to the Texas Bar in 1959.
• Howard S. Hoover Jr., 80, of Houston, died November 5, 2018. He received his law degree from Southern Methodist University School of Law and was admitted to the Texas Bar in 1963.
• Burrell D. Johnston Jr., 84, of Austin, died October 15, 2018. He received his law degree from the University of Texas School of Law and was admitted to the Texas Bar in 1966.
• Robert Davis Jones, 83, of Austin, died October 17, 2018. He received his law degree from the University of Texas School of Law and was admitted to the Texas Bar in 1960.
• Abby Loudermilk, 39, of San Antonio, died November 1, 2018. She received her law degree from St. Mary’s University School of Law and was admitted to the Texas Bar in 2016.
• Christopher J. Merlo, 58, of Dallas, died November 13, 2018. He received his law degree from Western Michigan University Thomas M. Cooley Law School and was admitted to the Texas Bar in 1987.
• Herman I. Morris, 91, of Plano, died November 17, 2018. He received his law degree from the University of Texas School of Law and was admitted to the Texas Bar in 1950.
• M. Scott Nickson Jr., 84, of Edmond, Oklahoma, died November 13, 2018. He received his law degree from the University of Oklahoma College of Law and was admitted to the Texas Bar in 1981.
• John Walter Overton, 92, of Houston, died October 30, 2018. He received his law degree from South Texas College of Law and was admitted to the Texas Bar in 1963.
• Robert Kelly Pace, 69, of Whitehouse, died November 1, 2018. He received his law degree from Southern Methodist University School of Law and was admitted to the Texas Bar in 1975.
• Susan I. Paquet, 72, of El Paso, died November 1, 2018. She received her law degree from the University of Arizona College of Law and was admitted to the Texas Bar in 1983.
• Quay F. Parker, 75, of McKinney, died October 20, 2018. He received his law degree from Oklahoma City University School of Law and was admitted to the Texas Bar in 1973.
• Robert Pierce, 40, of Fort Worth, died November 16, 2018. He received his law degree from Texas Tech University School of Law and was admitted to the Texas Bar in 2008.
• Hugh Jones Plummer, 74, of Houston, died November 5, 2018. He received his law degree from the University of Houston Law Center and was admitted to the Texas Bar in 1972.
• Reed A. Rankin, 85, of Seguin, died October 25, 2018. He received his law degree from St. Mary’s University School of Law and was admitted to the Texas Bar in 1959.
• Philip F. Ricketts, 73, of Austin, died November 2, 2018. He received his law degree from the University of Texas School of Law and was admitted to the Texas Bar in 1973.
• Edwin Rinehart Jr., 75, of San Antonio, died September 1, 2018. He received his law degree from the University of Texas School of Law and was admitted to the Texas Bar in 1968.
• Alice Kay Roska, 68, of Dallas, died November 9, 2018. She received her law degree from Southern Methodist University School of Law and was admitted to the Texas Bar in 1990.
• Robert Lowell Thompson, 48, of Corsicana, died October 24, 2018. He received his law degree from Texas Tech University School of Law and was admitted to the Texas Bar in 1998.
• Thomas Thorpe, 88, of Dallas, died October 27, 2018. He received his law degree from St. Mary’s University School of Law and was admitted to the Texas Bar in 1951.
• Jack L. Underwood, 89, of McKinney, died November 13, 2018. He received his law degree from the University of Texas School of Law and was admitted to the Texas Bar in 1956.
• Harland Tod Weaver, 94, of Dallas, died November 20, 2018. He received his law degree from the University of Texas School of Law and was admitted to the Texas Bar in 1953.
• Carol J. Westmoreland, 69, of Spring, died October 16, 2018. She received her law degree from the University of Oklahoma College of Law and was admitted to the Texas Bar in 1977.
• Joel R. White, 58, of Dripping Springs, died July 22, 2018. He received his law degree from the University of Texas School of Law and was admitted to the Texas Bar in 1987.
• Julius Whittier, 68, of Plano, died September 24, 2018. He received his law degree from the University of Texas School of Law and was admitted to the Texas Bar in 1980.
• Kerry D. Woodson, 69, of Mount Pleasant, died October 24, 2018. He received his law degree from Texas Tech University School of Law and was admitted to the Texas Bar in 1978.
• Paul William Wright, 74, of Wimberley, died August 20, 2018. He received his law degree from Georgetown Law School and was admitted to the Texas Bar in 1973.
• Douglas E. Yeager, 71, of Dallas, died October 28, 2018. He received his law degree from the University of Texas School of Law and was admitted to the Texas Bar in 1972.

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