JAMES K. NANCE, of Houston, passed away on Sunday, the 22nd of November 2009, at the age of 93.
He was a retired senior partner in the Baker & Botts law firm. Mr. Nance was born in DeLeon, Texas in 1916. In 1934 he graduated from Fort Worth Central High School as Valedictorian and won 3 scholarships from Rice University (then known as Rice Institute), so he attended Rice for academic and sports purposes. In 1938 he graduated from Rice with summa cum laude honors and was a member of the Phi Beta Kappa Honor Society. As a senior in 1938, he received Rice's top scholastic/athletic honor, the Bob Quinn Award.
Upon graduation from Rice, Mr. Nance attended the University of Texas Law School in Austin, where he met the first love of his life (for 29 years), Kathryn Spence, a University of Texas Sweetheart and co-Phi Beta Kappa. They married and produced 3 sons, Jimmy, Billy and Ralph. Kathryn died accidentally in 1969; thereafter Jim married Lucille Hester Bates of Houston, a trial lawyer's widow, and inherited his first daughter Barbara and another son David. In 1941 he graduated from the University of Texas Law School with highest honors and was a member of the Phi Delta Phi Honor Society and Order of the Coif. In 1941 Mr. Nance joined Baker & Botts and practiced law for 41 years except for four years of World War II, during which he served as Lieutenant in the United States Navy aboard the Destroyer Escort USS Whitehurst (DE634), which participated in the invasions of the Marshall Islands, New Guinea, the Philippine Islands, and Okinawa. After returning from the war, he became a trial lawyer with Baker & Botts.
He was preceded in death by his first wife of 29 years, Kathryn Spence Nance, and his second wife of 39 years, Lucile Hester Nance, along with numerous siblings and immediate family members. He is survived by his 3 children and their spouses: James K. Nance, Jr. and wife June, William S. Nance and wife Edith, Ralph D. Nance and wife Karen; his stepchildren: Barbara Bates Press and husband Tom, David Q. Bates, Jr. and wife Anne; his brother Gaylord Nance; nephews Jan and Alan Nance and niece Mary Lou Nance; his grandchildren and their spouses: Kathryn and Adam Roark, Ashley and Mike Sarraille, Kelley and Ryan Summers, Will and Dayna Nance, Justin Nance, Nathan Nance, Aaron Nance and Abigail and Danny McReynolds; his step-grandchildren: Alex and Bobby Stillwell, Quentin Bates, Hunter Bates and Morgan Bates, and his great-grandchildren: Ted Roark, Camryn Sarraille, Ryan Summers, and Michael Sarraille, in addition to many other relatives scattered across the country.
Friends are cordially invited to a visitation with the family from five o'clock in the afternoon until seven o'clock in the evening on Friday, the 27th of November, in the Drawing Room of Geo. H. Lewis & Sons, 1010 Bering Drive in Houston.
All are invited to join the family for a graveside service, where the U.S. Navy is to render military honors, at ten o'clock in the morning on Saturday, the 28th of November, at Forest Park Lawndale Cemetery, 6900 Lawndale Avenue in Houston.
The Memorial service is to be conducted at twelve o'clock noon on Saturday, the 28th of November, in the Sanctuary of Chapelwood United Methodist Church, 11140 Greenbay in Houston, where Rev. Wick Stuckey, Director of Men's Ministries, will officiate. Serving as casket bearers during the services are his six grandsons, as mentioned above, and Navy Seal Lt. Mike Sarraille, his grandson-in-law.
Obituary adapted from the Houston Chronicle, Thursday, November 26, 2009. Photo also from the Houston Chronicle.
He was a retired senior partner in the Baker & Botts law firm. Mr. Nance was born in DeLeon, Texas in 1916. In 1934 he graduated from Fort Worth Central High School as Valedictorian and won 3 scholarships from Rice University (then known as Rice Institute), so he attended Rice for academic and sports purposes. In 1938 he graduated from Rice with summa cum laude honors and was a member of the Phi Beta Kappa Honor Society. As a senior in 1938, he received Rice's top scholastic/athletic honor, the Bob Quinn Award.
Upon graduation from Rice, Mr. Nance attended the University of Texas Law School in Austin, where he met the first love of his life (for 29 years), Kathryn Spence, a University of Texas Sweetheart and co-Phi Beta Kappa. They married and produced 3 sons, Jimmy, Billy and Ralph. Kathryn died accidentally in 1969; thereafter Jim married Lucille Hester Bates of Houston, a trial lawyer's widow, and inherited his first daughter Barbara and another son David. In 1941 he graduated from the University of Texas Law School with highest honors and was a member of the Phi Delta Phi Honor Society and Order of the Coif. In 1941 Mr. Nance joined Baker & Botts and practiced law for 41 years except for four years of World War II, during which he served as Lieutenant in the United States Navy aboard the Destroyer Escort USS Whitehurst (DE634), which participated in the invasions of the Marshall Islands, New Guinea, the Philippine Islands, and Okinawa. After returning from the war, he became a trial lawyer with Baker & Botts.
He was preceded in death by his first wife of 29 years, Kathryn Spence Nance, and his second wife of 39 years, Lucile Hester Nance, along with numerous siblings and immediate family members. He is survived by his 3 children and their spouses: James K. Nance, Jr. and wife June, William S. Nance and wife Edith, Ralph D. Nance and wife Karen; his stepchildren: Barbara Bates Press and husband Tom, David Q. Bates, Jr. and wife Anne; his brother Gaylord Nance; nephews Jan and Alan Nance and niece Mary Lou Nance; his grandchildren and their spouses: Kathryn and Adam Roark, Ashley and Mike Sarraille, Kelley and Ryan Summers, Will and Dayna Nance, Justin Nance, Nathan Nance, Aaron Nance and Abigail and Danny McReynolds; his step-grandchildren: Alex and Bobby Stillwell, Quentin Bates, Hunter Bates and Morgan Bates, and his great-grandchildren: Ted Roark, Camryn Sarraille, Ryan Summers, and Michael Sarraille, in addition to many other relatives scattered across the country.
Friends are cordially invited to a visitation with the family from five o'clock in the afternoon until seven o'clock in the evening on Friday, the 27th of November, in the Drawing Room of Geo. H. Lewis & Sons, 1010 Bering Drive in Houston.
All are invited to join the family for a graveside service, where the U.S. Navy is to render military honors, at ten o'clock in the morning on Saturday, the 28th of November, at Forest Park Lawndale Cemetery, 6900 Lawndale Avenue in Houston.
The Memorial service is to be conducted at twelve o'clock noon on Saturday, the 28th of November, in the Sanctuary of Chapelwood United Methodist Church, 11140 Greenbay in Houston, where Rev. Wick Stuckey, Director of Men's Ministries, will officiate. Serving as casket bearers during the services are his six grandsons, as mentioned above, and Navy Seal Lt. Mike Sarraille, his grandson-in-law.
Obituary adapted from the Houston Chronicle, Thursday, November 26, 2009. Photo also from the Houston Chronicle.
JAMES K. NANCE, of Houston, passed away on Sunday, the 22nd of November 2009, at the age of 93.
He was a retired senior partner in the Baker & Botts law firm. Mr. Nance was born in DeLeon, Texas in 1916. In 1934 he graduated from Fort Worth Central High School as Valedictorian and won 3 scholarships from Rice University (then known as Rice Institute), so he attended Rice for academic and sports purposes. In 1938 he graduated from Rice with summa cum laude honors and was a member of the Phi Beta Kappa Honor Society. As a senior in 1938, he received Rice's top scholastic/athletic honor, the Bob Quinn Award.
Upon graduation from Rice, Mr. Nance attended the University of Texas Law School in Austin, where he met the first love of his life (for 29 years), Kathryn Spence, a University of Texas Sweetheart and co-Phi Beta Kappa. They married and produced 3 sons, Jimmy, Billy and Ralph. Kathryn died accidentally in 1969; thereafter Jim married Lucille Hester Bates of Houston, a trial lawyer's widow, and inherited his first daughter Barbara and another son David. In 1941 he graduated from the University of Texas Law School with highest honors and was a member of the Phi Delta Phi Honor Society and Order of the Coif. In 1941 Mr. Nance joined Baker & Botts and practiced law for 41 years except for four years of World War II, during which he served as Lieutenant in the United States Navy aboard the Destroyer Escort USS Whitehurst (DE634), which participated in the invasions of the Marshall Islands, New Guinea, the Philippine Islands, and Okinawa. After returning from the war, he became a trial lawyer with Baker & Botts.
He was preceded in death by his first wife of 29 years, Kathryn Spence Nance, and his second wife of 39 years, Lucile Hester Nance, along with numerous siblings and immediate family members. He is survived by his 3 children and their spouses: James K. Nance, Jr. and wife June, William S. Nance and wife Edith, Ralph D. Nance and wife Karen; his stepchildren: Barbara Bates Press and husband Tom, David Q. Bates, Jr. and wife Anne; his brother Gaylord Nance; nephews Jan and Alan Nance and niece Mary Lou Nance; his grandchildren and their spouses: Kathryn and Adam Roark, Ashley and Mike Sarraille, Kelley and Ryan Summers, Will and Dayna Nance, Justin Nance, Nathan Nance, Aaron Nance and Abigail and Danny McReynolds; his step-grandchildren: Alex and Bobby Stillwell, Quentin Bates, Hunter Bates and Morgan Bates, and his great-grandchildren: Ted Roark, Camryn Sarraille, Ryan Summers, and Michael Sarraille, in addition to many other relatives scattered across the country.
Friends are cordially invited to a visitation with the family from five o'clock in the afternoon until seven o'clock in the evening on Friday, the 27th of November, in the Drawing Room of Geo. H. Lewis & Sons, 1010 Bering Drive in Houston.
All are invited to join the family for a graveside service, where the U.S. Navy is to render military honors, at ten o'clock in the morning on Saturday, the 28th of November, at Forest Park Lawndale Cemetery, 6900 Lawndale Avenue in Houston.
The Memorial service is to be conducted at twelve o'clock noon on Saturday, the 28th of November, in the Sanctuary of Chapelwood United Methodist Church, 11140 Greenbay in Houston, where Rev. Wick Stuckey, Director of Men's Ministries, will officiate. Serving as casket bearers during the services are his six grandsons, as mentioned above, and Navy Seal Lt. Mike Sarraille, his grandson-in-law.
Obituary adapted from the Houston Chronicle, Thursday, November 26, 2009. Photo also from the Houston Chronicle.
He was a retired senior partner in the Baker & Botts law firm. Mr. Nance was born in DeLeon, Texas in 1916. In 1934 he graduated from Fort Worth Central High School as Valedictorian and won 3 scholarships from Rice University (then known as Rice Institute), so he attended Rice for academic and sports purposes. In 1938 he graduated from Rice with summa cum laude honors and was a member of the Phi Beta Kappa Honor Society. As a senior in 1938, he received Rice's top scholastic/athletic honor, the Bob Quinn Award.
Upon graduation from Rice, Mr. Nance attended the University of Texas Law School in Austin, where he met the first love of his life (for 29 years), Kathryn Spence, a University of Texas Sweetheart and co-Phi Beta Kappa. They married and produced 3 sons, Jimmy, Billy and Ralph. Kathryn died accidentally in 1969; thereafter Jim married Lucille Hester Bates of Houston, a trial lawyer's widow, and inherited his first daughter Barbara and another son David. In 1941 he graduated from the University of Texas Law School with highest honors and was a member of the Phi Delta Phi Honor Society and Order of the Coif. In 1941 Mr. Nance joined Baker & Botts and practiced law for 41 years except for four years of World War II, during which he served as Lieutenant in the United States Navy aboard the Destroyer Escort USS Whitehurst (DE634), which participated in the invasions of the Marshall Islands, New Guinea, the Philippine Islands, and Okinawa. After returning from the war, he became a trial lawyer with Baker & Botts.
He was preceded in death by his first wife of 29 years, Kathryn Spence Nance, and his second wife of 39 years, Lucile Hester Nance, along with numerous siblings and immediate family members. He is survived by his 3 children and their spouses: James K. Nance, Jr. and wife June, William S. Nance and wife Edith, Ralph D. Nance and wife Karen; his stepchildren: Barbara Bates Press and husband Tom, David Q. Bates, Jr. and wife Anne; his brother Gaylord Nance; nephews Jan and Alan Nance and niece Mary Lou Nance; his grandchildren and their spouses: Kathryn and Adam Roark, Ashley and Mike Sarraille, Kelley and Ryan Summers, Will and Dayna Nance, Justin Nance, Nathan Nance, Aaron Nance and Abigail and Danny McReynolds; his step-grandchildren: Alex and Bobby Stillwell, Quentin Bates, Hunter Bates and Morgan Bates, and his great-grandchildren: Ted Roark, Camryn Sarraille, Ryan Summers, and Michael Sarraille, in addition to many other relatives scattered across the country.
Friends are cordially invited to a visitation with the family from five o'clock in the afternoon until seven o'clock in the evening on Friday, the 27th of November, in the Drawing Room of Geo. H. Lewis & Sons, 1010 Bering Drive in Houston.
All are invited to join the family for a graveside service, where the U.S. Navy is to render military honors, at ten o'clock in the morning on Saturday, the 28th of November, at Forest Park Lawndale Cemetery, 6900 Lawndale Avenue in Houston.
The Memorial service is to be conducted at twelve o'clock noon on Saturday, the 28th of November, in the Sanctuary of Chapelwood United Methodist Church, 11140 Greenbay in Houston, where Rev. Wick Stuckey, Director of Men's Ministries, will officiate. Serving as casket bearers during the services are his six grandsons, as mentioned above, and Navy Seal Lt. Mike Sarraille, his grandson-in-law.
Obituary adapted from the Houston Chronicle, Thursday, November 26, 2009. Photo also from the Houston Chronicle.
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