Billy Gillian Colvin of Fredericksburg, Texas
He was born Sept. 15, 1918, in Kenedy to Cordelia Berry Colvin and Hazel Summers Colvin.
Billy graduated from Kenedy High School in 1936 and shortly thereafter took a job in Houston with Anderson Clayton Cotton Co. In 1941, after the bombing of Pearl Harbor, he enlisted in the U.S. Army Air Corps. He took his pilot training in California; Arizona; and Pecos, Texas. As a bomber pilot, he flew 53 combat missions from his base in England and France. Capt. Colvin served his country in World War II for four years with excellence and courage and was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross, the EMAME campaign medal with five bronze stars, the Air Medal with 10 oak leaf clusters, and the Presidential Unit Citation.
After the war was over, he returned to his job, and on March 12, 1950, he married his boss's secretary, Mary BuBose, in the First Methodist Church in Houston. The company transferred him to West Texas where he was a buyer for Anderson Clayton for 37 years. He was president of the Lubbock Cotton Exchange and a director of the Texas Cotton Association. In 1975 he retired from his company and opened a cotton business of his own in Lubbock. He was a member of the Masonic Lodge of Texas for over 60 years.
After 30 years in West Texas, he promised Mary that he would take her back someday. So in 1980, he retired and they moved to Horseshoe Bay, built a home on the golf course, and spent 20 years of a happy life in that beautiful resort area playing golf, boating on the lake, and enjoying many friends and great times. They were charter members of the Church at Horseshoe Bay and members of Community Garden. He was an outstanding golfer, having won several tournaments. They moved to Fredericksburg because of failing health in 1999. Billy Colvin was a devoted and loving husband to his wife of 57 years, and he was an unselfish, caring, kind, and loving dad to his children. He lived a full and long life and was in every sense of the word a "good man."
As the last member of this generation of Colvins, Billy was preceded in death by his parents; brothers H.S., Jr., Berry, Jim, and Jack; and his twin sister, Peggy Colvin York.
He is survived by his wife, Mary DuBose Colvin of Fredericksburg; his son, Billy Clayton Colvin of Abilene; daughter Karen Jane Colvin of Amarillo; and grandson Chance McClaren of Lubbock. Also to carry on the Colvin name is his nephew, Dr. Jim Colvin and wife Pam of Seguin and their children Chris, Clint, Corrie, and Cathy; nephew Dennis Colvin and wife Vicki of San Antonio and their boys, Treavor, Aaron, and Zac; nephew H.S. Colvin III and wife Janice and their son, Nathan of Helotes; nephew Johnny Colvin of Austin; and his niece, Mary Anne Valentine of Seguin.
He was born Sept. 15, 1918, in Kenedy to Cordelia Berry Colvin and Hazel Summers Colvin.
Billy graduated from Kenedy High School in 1936 and shortly thereafter took a job in Houston with Anderson Clayton Cotton Co. In 1941, after the bombing of Pearl Harbor, he enlisted in the U.S. Army Air Corps. He took his pilot training in California; Arizona; and Pecos, Texas. As a bomber pilot, he flew 53 combat missions from his base in England and France. Capt. Colvin served his country in World War II for four years with excellence and courage and was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross, the EMAME campaign medal with five bronze stars, the Air Medal with 10 oak leaf clusters, and the Presidential Unit Citation.
After the war was over, he returned to his job, and on March 12, 1950, he married his boss's secretary, Mary BuBose, in the First Methodist Church in Houston. The company transferred him to West Texas where he was a buyer for Anderson Clayton for 37 years. He was president of the Lubbock Cotton Exchange and a director of the Texas Cotton Association. In 1975 he retired from his company and opened a cotton business of his own in Lubbock. He was a member of the Masonic Lodge of Texas for over 60 years.
After 30 years in West Texas, he promised Mary that he would take her back someday. So in 1980, he retired and they moved to Horseshoe Bay, built a home on the golf course, and spent 20 years of a happy life in that beautiful resort area playing golf, boating on the lake, and enjoying many friends and great times. They were charter members of the Church at Horseshoe Bay and members of Community Garden. He was an outstanding golfer, having won several tournaments. They moved to Fredericksburg because of failing health in 1999. Billy Colvin was a devoted and loving husband to his wife of 57 years, and he was an unselfish, caring, kind, and loving dad to his children. He lived a full and long life and was in every sense of the word a "good man."
As the last member of this generation of Colvins, Billy was preceded in death by his parents; brothers H.S., Jr., Berry, Jim, and Jack; and his twin sister, Peggy Colvin York.
He is survived by his wife, Mary DuBose Colvin of Fredericksburg; his son, Billy Clayton Colvin of Abilene; daughter Karen Jane Colvin of Amarillo; and grandson Chance McClaren of Lubbock. Also to carry on the Colvin name is his nephew, Dr. Jim Colvin and wife Pam of Seguin and their children Chris, Clint, Corrie, and Cathy; nephew Dennis Colvin and wife Vicki of San Antonio and their boys, Treavor, Aaron, and Zac; nephew H.S. Colvin III and wife Janice and their son, Nathan of Helotes; nephew Johnny Colvin of Austin; and his niece, Mary Anne Valentine of Seguin.
Billy Gillian Colvin of Fredericksburg, Texas
He was born Sept. 15, 1918, in Kenedy to Cordelia Berry Colvin and Hazel Summers Colvin.
Billy graduated from Kenedy High School in 1936 and shortly thereafter took a job in Houston with Anderson Clayton Cotton Co. In 1941, after the bombing of Pearl Harbor, he enlisted in the U.S. Army Air Corps. He took his pilot training in California; Arizona; and Pecos, Texas. As a bomber pilot, he flew 53 combat missions from his base in England and France. Capt. Colvin served his country in World War II for four years with excellence and courage and was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross, the EMAME campaign medal with five bronze stars, the Air Medal with 10 oak leaf clusters, and the Presidential Unit Citation.
After the war was over, he returned to his job, and on March 12, 1950, he married his boss's secretary, Mary BuBose, in the First Methodist Church in Houston. The company transferred him to West Texas where he was a buyer for Anderson Clayton for 37 years. He was president of the Lubbock Cotton Exchange and a director of the Texas Cotton Association. In 1975 he retired from his company and opened a cotton business of his own in Lubbock. He was a member of the Masonic Lodge of Texas for over 60 years.
After 30 years in West Texas, he promised Mary that he would take her back someday. So in 1980, he retired and they moved to Horseshoe Bay, built a home on the golf course, and spent 20 years of a happy life in that beautiful resort area playing golf, boating on the lake, and enjoying many friends and great times. They were charter members of the Church at Horseshoe Bay and members of Community Garden. He was an outstanding golfer, having won several tournaments. They moved to Fredericksburg because of failing health in 1999. Billy Colvin was a devoted and loving husband to his wife of 57 years, and he was an unselfish, caring, kind, and loving dad to his children. He lived a full and long life and was in every sense of the word a "good man."
As the last member of this generation of Colvins, Billy was preceded in death by his parents; brothers H.S., Jr., Berry, Jim, and Jack; and his twin sister, Peggy Colvin York.
He is survived by his wife, Mary DuBose Colvin of Fredericksburg; his son, Billy Clayton Colvin of Abilene; daughter Karen Jane Colvin of Amarillo; and grandson Chance McClaren of Lubbock. Also to carry on the Colvin name is his nephew, Dr. Jim Colvin and wife Pam of Seguin and their children Chris, Clint, Corrie, and Cathy; nephew Dennis Colvin and wife Vicki of San Antonio and their boys, Treavor, Aaron, and Zac; nephew H.S. Colvin III and wife Janice and their son, Nathan of Helotes; nephew Johnny Colvin of Austin; and his niece, Mary Anne Valentine of Seguin.
He was born Sept. 15, 1918, in Kenedy to Cordelia Berry Colvin and Hazel Summers Colvin.
Billy graduated from Kenedy High School in 1936 and shortly thereafter took a job in Houston with Anderson Clayton Cotton Co. In 1941, after the bombing of Pearl Harbor, he enlisted in the U.S. Army Air Corps. He took his pilot training in California; Arizona; and Pecos, Texas. As a bomber pilot, he flew 53 combat missions from his base in England and France. Capt. Colvin served his country in World War II for four years with excellence and courage and was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross, the EMAME campaign medal with five bronze stars, the Air Medal with 10 oak leaf clusters, and the Presidential Unit Citation.
After the war was over, he returned to his job, and on March 12, 1950, he married his boss's secretary, Mary BuBose, in the First Methodist Church in Houston. The company transferred him to West Texas where he was a buyer for Anderson Clayton for 37 years. He was president of the Lubbock Cotton Exchange and a director of the Texas Cotton Association. In 1975 he retired from his company and opened a cotton business of his own in Lubbock. He was a member of the Masonic Lodge of Texas for over 60 years.
After 30 years in West Texas, he promised Mary that he would take her back someday. So in 1980, he retired and they moved to Horseshoe Bay, built a home on the golf course, and spent 20 years of a happy life in that beautiful resort area playing golf, boating on the lake, and enjoying many friends and great times. They were charter members of the Church at Horseshoe Bay and members of Community Garden. He was an outstanding golfer, having won several tournaments. They moved to Fredericksburg because of failing health in 1999. Billy Colvin was a devoted and loving husband to his wife of 57 years, and he was an unselfish, caring, kind, and loving dad to his children. He lived a full and long life and was in every sense of the word a "good man."
As the last member of this generation of Colvins, Billy was preceded in death by his parents; brothers H.S., Jr., Berry, Jim, and Jack; and his twin sister, Peggy Colvin York.
He is survived by his wife, Mary DuBose Colvin of Fredericksburg; his son, Billy Clayton Colvin of Abilene; daughter Karen Jane Colvin of Amarillo; and grandson Chance McClaren of Lubbock. Also to carry on the Colvin name is his nephew, Dr. Jim Colvin and wife Pam of Seguin and their children Chris, Clint, Corrie, and Cathy; nephew Dennis Colvin and wife Vicki of San Antonio and their boys, Treavor, Aaron, and Zac; nephew H.S. Colvin III and wife Janice and their son, Nathan of Helotes; nephew Johnny Colvin of Austin; and his niece, Mary Anne Valentine of Seguin.
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