In Memoriam – April 2021

The State Bar of Texas’ Membership Department was informed in April 2021 of the deaths of these members. We join the officers and directors of the State Bar in expressing our deepest sympathy.

• Robert Cleve Beal, 56, of Dallas, died March 16, 2020. He received his law degree from Pepperdine University School of Law and was admitted to the Texas Bar in 1990.
• Grant Cook, 83, of Houston, died March 13, 2021. He received his law degree from Baylor Law School and was admitted to the Texas Bar in 1961.
• Dennis A. Fuller, 65, of Keller, died November 12, 2020. He received his law degree from Baylor Law School and was admitted to the Texas Bar in 1982.
• Sarah E. Garrahan, 84, of San Antonio, died March 26, 2021. She received her law degree from St. Mary’s University School of Law and was admitted to the Texas Bar in 1981.
• N. Dean Hawkins, 63, of Dallas, died January 2, 2021. He received his law degree from the University of Oklahoma College of Law and was admitted to the Texas Bar in 1985.
• George A. Hrdlicka, 89, of Houston, died December 31, 2020. He received his law degree from Saint Louis University Law School and was admitted to the Texas Bar in 1965.
• James Hunt, 89, of Houston, died March 21, 2021. He received his law degree from South Texas College of Law and was admitted to the Texas Bar in 1963.
• Hays Jenkins Jr., 71, of Missouri City, died January 23, 2021. He received his law degree from Texas Southern University Thurgood Marshall School of Law and was admitted to the Texas Bar in 1977.
• Grier P. Jones, 78, of Dallas, died March 17, 2021. He received his law degree from the University of Texas School of Law and was admitted to the Texas Bar in 1967.
• Carlos Lopez, 69, of San Antonio, died February 2, 2021. He received his law degree from Texas Southern University Thurgood Marshall School of Law and was admitted to the Texas Bar in 1987.
• Roy Q. Minton, 89, of Austin, died March 25, 2021. He received his law degree from the University of Texas School of Law and was admitted to the Texas Bar in 1961.
• William H. Montgomery, 90, of McCall, Idaho, died December 26, 2019. He received his law degree from Seton Hall Law School and was admitted to the Texas Bar in 1980.
• Joseph Prestia, 76, of Edinburg, died March 14, 2020. He received his law degree from the University of Pittsburgh School of Law and was admitted to the Texas Bar in 1970.
• Virgilio G. Roel, 98, of Pflugerville, died November 6, 2020. He received his law degree from Georgetown University Law Center and was admitted to the Texas Bar in 1954.
• John Ryan, 86, of Austin, died March 13, 2021. He received his law degree from the University of Texas School of Law and was admitted to the Texas Bar in 1957.
• Stuart Crow Shelton, 83, of Bowie, died August 26, 2020. He received his law degree from Southern Methodist University School of Law and was admitted to the Texas Bar in 1971.
• Henry Stollenwerck, 90, of Dallas, died March 2, 2021. He received his law degree from Southern Methodist University School of Law and was admitted to the Texas Bar in 1954.
• Albert S. Tabor Jr., 82, of Houston, died February 15, 2021. He received his law degree from Ohio State University School of Law and was admitted to the Texas Bar in 1973.
• David F. Vedral, 63, of Midlothian, died February 12, 2021. He received his law degree from Texas Southern University Thurgood Marshall School of Law and was admitted to the Texas Bar in 1984.
• Thomas R. Weaver, 82, of Duncan, Oklahoma, died February 12, 2021. He received his law degree from the University of Texas School of Law and was admitted to the Texas Bar in 1968.

If you would like to have a memorial for a loved one published in the Texas Bar Journal, please go to texasbar.com/memorials. If you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to contact the Texas Bar Journal at 512-427-1701 or toll-free at 800-204-2222, ext. 1701.