Wilmot Alton "Bill" Paul Jr., 89, of Canyon died Thursday, July 2, 2009, in Amarillo.
Private burial will be by Brooks Funeral Directors.
Mr. Paul was born Dec. 23, 1919, in Fallon, Nev., on the family farm. During junior high, the family moved to Texas, farming in Deaf Smith County, and also soon occupying a home in Canyon. Mr. Paul graduated from Canyon High School and attended West Texas State Teachers College, receiving his B.A. degree in speech. With the college flying club, he received private pilot instruction, learning to fly in a Piper Cub from the grass training field just north of the city. Aviation and airplanes became a lifelong interest. Enlisting in the Army Air Corps early in World War II took him to St. Louis for radio school, where he met his wife, Dee Dee, who was at the time his training instructor. Serving in the Pacific theater, he was radar officer for the Black Widow night fighter squadron on Okinawa.
Returning to Amarillo after the war, Bill and Dee Dee worked together in their residential construction business for 40 years and raised two sons. Later, in 1978, they returned to Canyon and built a home, which they had occupied since. They enjoyed traveling abroad and made surprisingly long scenic driving trips to Canada and locales in the states, including Alaska. Eventually finding a favorite spot, they visited often in Lake Isabel, Colo.; trout are even still there, having eluded Bill's goal to catch all of them.
He was preceded in death by his loving wife, Dee Dee.
Survivors include two sons, and his younger brother.
Amarillo Globe-News, July 18, 2009
Private burial will be by Brooks Funeral Directors.
Mr. Paul was born Dec. 23, 1919, in Fallon, Nev., on the family farm. During junior high, the family moved to Texas, farming in Deaf Smith County, and also soon occupying a home in Canyon. Mr. Paul graduated from Canyon High School and attended West Texas State Teachers College, receiving his B.A. degree in speech. With the college flying club, he received private pilot instruction, learning to fly in a Piper Cub from the grass training field just north of the city. Aviation and airplanes became a lifelong interest. Enlisting in the Army Air Corps early in World War II took him to St. Louis for radio school, where he met his wife, Dee Dee, who was at the time his training instructor. Serving in the Pacific theater, he was radar officer for the Black Widow night fighter squadron on Okinawa.
Returning to Amarillo after the war, Bill and Dee Dee worked together in their residential construction business for 40 years and raised two sons. Later, in 1978, they returned to Canyon and built a home, which they had occupied since. They enjoyed traveling abroad and made surprisingly long scenic driving trips to Canada and locales in the states, including Alaska. Eventually finding a favorite spot, they visited often in Lake Isabel, Colo.; trout are even still there, having eluded Bill's goal to catch all of them.
He was preceded in death by his loving wife, Dee Dee.
Survivors include two sons, and his younger brother.
Amarillo Globe-News, July 18, 2009
Wilmot Alton "Bill" Paul Jr., 89, of Canyon died Thursday, July 2, 2009, in Amarillo.
Private burial will be by Brooks Funeral Directors.
Mr. Paul was born Dec. 23, 1919, in Fallon, Nev., on the family farm. During junior high, the family moved to Texas, farming in Deaf Smith County, and also soon occupying a home in Canyon. Mr. Paul graduated from Canyon High School and attended West Texas State Teachers College, receiving his B.A. degree in speech. With the college flying club, he received private pilot instruction, learning to fly in a Piper Cub from the grass training field just north of the city. Aviation and airplanes became a lifelong interest. Enlisting in the Army Air Corps early in World War II took him to St. Louis for radio school, where he met his wife, Dee Dee, who was at the time his training instructor. Serving in the Pacific theater, he was radar officer for the Black Widow night fighter squadron on Okinawa.
Returning to Amarillo after the war, Bill and Dee Dee worked together in their residential construction business for 40 years and raised two sons. Later, in 1978, they returned to Canyon and built a home, which they had occupied since. They enjoyed traveling abroad and made surprisingly long scenic driving trips to Canada and locales in the states, including Alaska. Eventually finding a favorite spot, they visited often in Lake Isabel, Colo.; trout are even still there, having eluded Bill's goal to catch all of them.
He was preceded in death by his loving wife, Dee Dee.
Survivors include two sons, and his younger brother.
Amarillo Globe-News, July 18, 2009
Private burial will be by Brooks Funeral Directors.
Mr. Paul was born Dec. 23, 1919, in Fallon, Nev., on the family farm. During junior high, the family moved to Texas, farming in Deaf Smith County, and also soon occupying a home in Canyon. Mr. Paul graduated from Canyon High School and attended West Texas State Teachers College, receiving his B.A. degree in speech. With the college flying club, he received private pilot instruction, learning to fly in a Piper Cub from the grass training field just north of the city. Aviation and airplanes became a lifelong interest. Enlisting in the Army Air Corps early in World War II took him to St. Louis for radio school, where he met his wife, Dee Dee, who was at the time his training instructor. Serving in the Pacific theater, he was radar officer for the Black Widow night fighter squadron on Okinawa.
Returning to Amarillo after the war, Bill and Dee Dee worked together in their residential construction business for 40 years and raised two sons. Later, in 1978, they returned to Canyon and built a home, which they had occupied since. They enjoyed traveling abroad and made surprisingly long scenic driving trips to Canada and locales in the states, including Alaska. Eventually finding a favorite spot, they visited often in Lake Isabel, Colo.; trout are even still there, having eluded Bill's goal to catch all of them.
He was preceded in death by his loving wife, Dee Dee.
Survivors include two sons, and his younger brother.
Amarillo Globe-News, July 18, 2009
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