Living

Living married Living [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Bill earned BA and MA degrees from the University of Texas, and a PhD from the University of Michigan. He taught biological chemistry in medical schools in Texas, Michigan, and Alabama. He was a member of Phi Chi social fraternity, Phi Beta Kappa, and Sigma Xi. He worked in cancer research from 1950 to 1954 at M.D. Anderson Hospital in Houston. The family then moved to Birmingham, Alabama, where he taught at the University of Alabama Medical School until he retired in 1981. Bill enjoyed target shooting, hunting, fishing, and traveling. During an extended power outage during the Blizzard of 1993, Bill suffered a fall while at home alone and was unable to tend the fireplace. By the time help arrived, he already suffered from hypothermia.

Buried:
Plot: Sec 3, Lot 320A, Space 1

William married Laura Edith MILLER on 2 Jun 1940 in Ballinger, Runnels, Texas, USA. Laura (daughter of Quincy Victor MILLER and Julia Lena VON ROSENBERG) was born on 9 Nov 1917 in Ballinger, Runnels, Texas, USA; died on 28 Apr 2010; was buried in Evergreen Cemetery, Ballinger, Runnels, Texas, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Laura was a member of Alpha Delta Pi sorority at the University of Texas, graduating Phi Beta Kappa. She studied foreign languages there and at the University of Michigan while Bill worked on his Ph.D. She taught in the Water Valley schools in Galveston. After the children were older, she returned to teaching in the Jefferson County schools in Birmingham, Alabama. She earned the title of Life Master in the American Contract Bridge League and worked as a sectional director for 18 years, receiving credit for original progressions for individual player tournaments. After Bill’s death, Laura moved to Dallas, Texas to be nearer her family. She did some Spanish coaching, bridge playing, and traveling. She was a member of Covenant Presbyterian Church.

Buried:
Plot: Sec 3, Lot 320A, Space 2

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William was a 1906 graduate of the University of Texas. He was a civil engineer who worked for the Frisco Railway system. He also farmed, retiring from that endeavor in 1956. At that time he moved from his farm at Lockney to Tulia. He had moved to Lockney from Clovis, New Mexico, in the ‘20s.

Birth:
1900 census: Jul 1885

Died:
at 11:05 a.m. at Swisher Memorial Hospital

William married Emilie Josephine THOMAS about 1917. Emilie was born on 3 Sep 1890 in Texas, USA; died on 14 Jan 1972 in Tulia, Swisher, Texas, USA; was buried on 17 Jan 1972 in Rose Hill Cemetery, Tulia, Swisher, Texas, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Died:
at 11:50 p.m. at Swisher Memorial Hospital

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At the age of 14 Vic was tangled while hitching a spirited team of horses. Tetanus had to be administered to safe his life, but one leg was amputated. Severed nerves would continue to cause him pain. However, it did not stop him from riding and driving or hunting and fishing.

After graduating with a degree in law, Vic joined his father’s bank in Ballinger and then managed his father-in-law’s compress business in Elgin. However, his father’s death brought financial disaster. He did manage to salvage the familiy home for his mother as well as a modest income. Determined to avoid his father’s countywide promotions, Vic dedicated his practice to the unfortunate, the small businessman, and the farmer. He often only accepted a day of yard work as his fee.

Vic tried his hand at a bottling works, a race for County Judge, and in dealing oil, cotton, grain, and livestock. After tiring of office work, he worked land that his father had sold to Julia, his wife. He converted the farm to ranch and registered the “Running V” brand.

He taught his children tennis and bridge as well as to swim, ride and shoot. He was loved by the youth of the community and would manage a picnic or camp for Boy Scouts or Camp Fire Girls. He suffered a head injury in an auto accident in Austin. He soldiered on for two months before passing away.

Died:
at 10 p.m. at his residence, 701 6th St.

Buried:
Plot: Sec 3, Lot 320A, Space 3

Quincy married Julia Lena VON ROSENBERG on 3 Jun 1916 in La Grange, Fayette, Texas, USA. Julia (daughter of Carl Johannes VON ROSENBERG and Dorothea Elisabeth Charlotte MEYER) was born on 19 Jan 1896 in La Grange, Fayette, Texas, USA; died on 8 Apr 1996 in Runnels County, Texas, USA; was buried in Evergreen Cemetery, Ballinger, Runnels, Texas, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Julia was her mother’s companion, helper, and nurse in many family illnesses. She graduated from La Grange High School and then attended Texas Presbyterian College for one year. Due to her mother’s illness she did not return to college.

It was at a dance in Bellville that she met Victor Miller. He immediately proposed. She laughed. Vic was persistent, persuasive and “never dull.” Their wedding was a week-long affair with many guests. Their marriage was similar with guests invite for birthdays, reunions, trips, picnics, and camps. Julia arranged food, dishes, decorations for bridge parties, church functions, teas, sewing circles, house guests, and youth gatherings. She led a Camp Fire group, working in PTA, and held women’s offices in the Presbyterian church. She was also a popular Bible teacher and for five years sponsored a young women’s service sorority, Beta Sigma Phi. Julia enjoyed travel, entertaining, and letter writing. She also enjoyed gardening, bird watching, bridge playing, and raising canaries and tropical fish.

Buried:
Plot: Sec 3, Lot 320A, Space 4