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SUMMER 1999
MEMORIALS
Compatriot Roye A. Mulholland, a former TXSSAR President
passed away on April 15, 1999. He was 91 years of age. Compa-
triot Mulholland was a member and Past President of the Patrick
Henry Chapter, SAR in Austin. He was also a past Texas Society
President (1958-59). He continued to be active in his chapter and
was a regular attendee at the meetings until his death. Compatriot
Mulholland was born on September 7, 1907 in Coleman, Texas. He served in
the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and after his retirement in 1954 he
maintained a consulting engineering practice in Austin.
Funeral services for Compatriot John C. Lee were conducted at the First
Baptist Church in New Braunfels on Wednesday, July14, 1999 at 10:00 a.m.
Interment was in San Antonio at Fort Sam Houston Cemetery at 11:30 a.m.
Former TXSSAR Historian and Plano Compatriot James M. Head, Jr., died
on May 27,1999. James Manley Head Jr, a compatriot larger than life, was
born in Stephenville, Texas on the 27th of December 1936, the son of James
Manley Head Sr and Lola Mae Bills. HIs Revolutionary War ancestor was
Richard Head Sr, a soldier of Southhampten North Carolina. Compatriot
Head was married to Mona Briens for 28 years and joined the SAR in 1981
where he served in many Chapters in many capacities.
Plano Chapter member Mel Wheat died on June 18, 1999. Mel was very
active in Confederate and Texas history groups.
The Compatriot welcomes submissions from Chapters as well as
individuals. If you have personal knowledge of a Compatriot who has died,
please get in touch with us using the contact information on the last page of
the Compatriot or notify the TXSSAR Chaplain with details.
GROUP PICTURE TAKEN AT NSSAR CONGRESS ON JULY 6,1999
Standing, from left to right: George T. West (Amarillo), Laurence L.(Larry) Loker (Blue Springs, Missouri), Nan Cleveland (Houston), William B. (Buddy)
Cleveland (Houston), Mary Coker (Mineola), TXSSAR Trustee Robert W. Coker (Mineola), FPG Clovis Brakebill (Dallas), Helen Brakebill (Dallas),
TXSSAR Treasurer Nathan White (McKinney), Wanda White (McKinney), John B. Fitzgerald (Fredericksburg), Roma Nelle Fitzgerald (Fredericksburg),
John H. Haughton (Plano)
Seated,from left to right: Susan Gibson (Austin), TXSSAR President Frank Gibson (Austin), TXSSAR President Elect Richard F. Arnold (Dallas), Betty
Jean Arnold (Dallas)
Also in attendance, but not pictured: NSSAR Chancelor General B. Rice Aston and his wife Ursula (Houston), FPG George H. Brandau, M.D. (Houston),
FCG William R. Eddleman and his wife, Rubie (Dallas), Lynn E. Fussell (Richardson).
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