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WILLIAM THOMAS CHUMNEY JR.Chumney, 88, of SanAntonio, died June16, 2015. He servedin the U.S. Navyfrom 1944 to 1946.Chumney received hislaw degree from the

University of Texas School of Lawand was admitted to the Texas Bar in1951. Also a CPA, he was managingpartner in the accounting firm ofCarneiro, Chumney & Co. from 1951to 1990 and was a past president ofthe San Antonio CPA Society. Chum-ney loved history and music and waspresident of the San Antonio Sym-phony. He also was an active memberof Christ Episcopal Church and was asenior warden four times. He is survivedby his wife of 60 years, Betty; daughters,India Guilbot, Winifred Meaden, andattorney Elizabeth Breazeale; brother,Patrick; seven grandchildren; and fivegreat-grandchildren.

RICHARD D. HUFFHuff, 67, of Boerne,died August 19, 2015.He received his lawdegree from DukeUniversity School ofLaw, was admittedto the Texas Bar in

1972, and also was a member of theNorth Carolina Bar. Huff was anassociate of Fulbright & Jaworski inHouston from 1976 to 1980; a part-ner in Dumas Huguenin Boothman &Morrow in Dallas from 1980 to 1981;and a partner in Fulbright & Jaworskiin Houston from 1981 until his re-tirement in 2008. He was a chartermember of the Covenant Church inHouston. Huff served in the U.S. AirForce for four years. He is survived byhis daughter, Raquel Richards, andbrother, Wayne.

JOHN LEO ROBERSONRoberson, 69, of SanAntonio, died May4, 2015. He receivedhis law degree fromBaylor Law Schooland was admitted tothe Texas Bar in

1970. Roberson was an attorney withAlamo Title from 1970 to 2005 andwith Presidio Title from 2005 to2015. He also had been an adjunctprofessor at San Antonio Collegefrom 1990 to 1998. Roberson servedas an officer in the U.S. Air ForceJudge Advocate General’s Corpsfrom 1970 to 1974. He loved militaryhistory and playing the piano andorgan. Roberson is survived by hiswife of 22 years, Ninette; sons, Ericand Justin; daughter, Genevieve; andbrother, Robert.

ROBERT HILARY HOY JR.Hoy, 81, of El Paso,died June 26, 2015.He received his lawdegree from theUniversity of TexasSchool of Law andwas admitted to the

Texas Bar in 1958. Hoy was a partnerin Goodman, Hallmark, Hoy, Beard,Akard & Galbraith from 1958 to1972. He received the OutstandingYoung Lawyer of El Paso Award in1966. Hoy served as a first lieutenantin the U.S. Army Judge AdvocateGeneral’s Corps from 1958 to 1964.He also was a multi-franchise auto-mobile dealer for 43 years. Hoy is remembered as somebody whotreated others as he would like to be treated and a notable philanthro-pist who had his finger on the pulseof El Paso. He is survived by his wifeof 60 years, Rose; son, Steven; andfour grandchildren.

JOHN FLOYD CAMPBELL IICampbell, 88, ofAustin, died June28, 2015. He servedin the U.S. Navy inWorld War II andlater received hislaw degree from the

University of Texas School of Law.Campbell was admitted to the TexasBar in 1961 and was the high scoreron the bar exam that year. He lovedthe law and practiced in Austin for54 years. In 1975, Campbell becameone of the first attorneys in the stateto be board certified in family law. In2012, he was inducted into thePampa High School Hall of Fame.He is survived by his longtime com-panion Shirley Kosarek; daughters,attorney Mary Jay Hancock and JuliaCampbell; sons, William and JohnIII; 10 grandchildren; nine great-grandchildren; and one great-great-grandchild.

GEORGE PORTER SPICER JR.Spicer, 89, of Dallas,died April 16, 2015.He served in theU.S. Army Air Corpsduring World War IIand later receivedhis law degree from

Southern Methodist University Schoolof Law. Spicer was admitted to theTexas Bar in 1954. Also a CPA, hewas president of his accounting andlaw practice in Dallas and addition-ally was involved in oil and gas andreal estate businesses and ownedlocal car dealerships. Spicer trulyenjoyed life and was an avid hunter,fisherman, and tennis player. He issurvived by his wife of 61 years, Joan;son, Samuel; daughters, Sally Pear-son and Joanne Jordanou; and threegrandchildren.

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KATHLEEN MARTHA CAMPBELLCampbell, 65, ofHouston, died Nov-ember 12, 2014. Shereceived her lawdegree from FloridaCoastal School ofLaw and her Master

of Laws from the University of HoustonLaw Center and was admitted to theTexas Bar in 2006. Campbell was anattorney with International Oil & GasCo. from 2007 to 2009. She is survivedby her husband of 24 years, Dean; andsisters, Phyllis Pistillo and Paula Boyd.

HON. JAMES B. MARTINMartin, 70, of Dallas,died April 19, 2015.He received his lawdegree from SouthernMethodist UniversitySchool of Law andwas admitted to the

Texas Bar in 1969. Martin was anattorney with Andress, Woodgate,and Lodewick from 1971 to 1977 andbecame board certified in family lawin 1976. He then was an attorneywith Ungerman, Hill, Ungerman,Angrist, Dolginoff, Teofan, and Vickersfrom 1977 to 1979; an attorney withthe Law Offices of James B. Martinfrom 1979 to 2010; and judge of the254th Family District Court of DallasCounty from 2010 until his death.Martin also served as presiding familydistrict judge of Dallas County, as amember of the Board of Appeals ofthe city of Dallas, and as a presidentof the Annette Stewart AmericanInn of Court. He was a member andpresident of the Vocal Majority Cho-rus for 44 years, a member of FirstUnited Methodist Church of Dallasand its Chancel Choir for 20 years,and was on the Leadership Councilof the Dallas County DemocraticParty. Martin is survived by his wifeof 20 years, Cynthia; daughter, SarahHall; son, Michael Pickens Jr.; brother,Henry; and three grandchildren.

ADAIR DYERDyer, 82, of Austin,who was instrumen-tal in creating theHague’s global treatyto counter child ab-duction, died June11, 2015. He received

his law degree from the University ofTexas School of Law and his Masterof Laws from Harvard Law Schooland was admitted to the Texas Bar in 1961. Dyer was an associate ofBranscomb, Gary, Thomasson & Hallin Corpus Christi from 1961 to 1962;corporate counsel to Southern UnionGas Co. in Dallas from 1962 to 1964;an associate of Dedman & May inDallas from 1964 to 1965; an associateof White, McElroy & White in Dallasfrom 1965 to 1967; and a solo practi-tioner in Dallas and Farmers Branchfrom 1967 to 1973. From 1973 to 1997,he was the first American appointedto the Hague Conference on PrivateInternational Law in the Nether-lands, where he played a large role inguiding the 1980 Hague Conventionon the Civil Aspects of InternationalChild Abduction through negotia-tion and completion. Today there are93 contracting states. After retiringas deputy secretary general in 1997,he was a private practitioner inAustin focusing on internationalchild abduction and other interna-tional issues until his death. Dyerreceived many awards throughout hiscareer, including the American BarAssociation Section of InternationalLaw’s Leonard J. Theberge Award forPrivate International Law in 2000.He loved good food, Red Sox base-ball, and French language and cul-ture, and he will be remembered as agentleman and a scholar who had awonderful sense of humor. Dyer issurvived by his wife of 38 years,Susan; daughter, Julia; son, Stephen;stepdaughters, Carol Godso, AmandaMcDonough, and Donne Railsback;and 18 grandchildren.

WINFRED G. BORIACKBoriack, 85, of Hous-ton, died June 25,2015. He received hislaw degree from Lou-isiana State Univer-sity Law Center, wasadmitted to the Texas

Bar in 1975, and also was a memberof the Louisiana Bar. Boriack servedas a major in the U.S. Army JudgeAdvocate General’s Corps for twoyears. In 1956, he joined the legaldepartment of Shell Oil Co. in NewOrleans, retiring in 1991 as seniorattorney in Houston. Boriack is sur-vived by his son, Philip; daughter,Jane; brother, Norman; sister, IreneMeyer; and two grandchildren.

HUGH TANNEHILL MATTHEWS JR.Matthews, 89, ofAustin, died May 7,2015. He served inthe U.S. Army AirCorps doing AirTransport Commandflights from Califor-

nia to Japan after World War II. Helater received his law degree from theUniversity of Texas School of Lawand was admitted to the Texas Bar in1955. Matthews became an attorneywith Callaway and Reed in Dallas in1956 and spent his long career as atransportation attorney representingtrucking firms in Texas, Oklahoma,and New Mexico, as well as clients inthe interstate market. Matthewsloved his family and coaching hischildren’s sports teams, and heenjoyed spending time outdoors inthe Colorado mountains, at LagunaBeach, and in the Piney Woods ofEast Texas. He was a lifelong learner,having entered UT for a third timeduring his retirement under provi-sions of the GI Bill. Matthews is sur-vived by his wife of 38 years, Melba;children, Hugh Lee and TannaLouise; stepdaughters, Paula, Marsha,and Melanie; and four grandchildren.

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BILL ATKINSAtkins, 88, of Ar-lington, died July 2,2015. He served inWorld War II as a photographer onthe USS Mt. Mc-Kinley and in Ja-

pan. Atkins received his law degreefrom the University of Texas Schoolof Law and was admitted to theTexas Bar in 1956. He was an assis-tant district attorney for TarrantCounty and then was appointedU.S. commissioner for the North-ern District of Texas. Atkins lateropened a law practice in Arlingtonand designed and built his officebuilding. He was a past president ofthe Arlington Bar Association anda member of the American BarAssociation’s Criminal Procedureand Evidence and Trial Techniquescommittees as well as the Solo,Small Firm and General PracticeDivision. Atkins was an activemember of First United MethodistChurch and its adult Bible class, a32nd-degree Mason, and a boardmember of the Arlington GirlsClub. He is survived by his wife,Lila; daughters, Elizabeth Pirkeyand Suzanne Militzer; and threegranddaughters.

JANE ANN CRUCECruce, 54, of Mes-quite, died Janu-ary 12, 2015. Shereceived her lawdegree from theUniversity of Ar-kansas School of

Law, was admitted to the ArkansasBar in 1986, and was admitted tothe Texas Bar in 1993. Cruce was apartner in the Law Office of B.W.Cruce Jr. from 1986 to 1990 and anassociate of the Ben Abbott LawFirm from 1999 to 2006. She thenworked for several other firms andwas a solo practitioner at the time

W. Bush; and past chair of theCriminal Law Section of the StateBar of Texas. Wilborn was a de-voted family man and longtimemember of Trinity EpiscopalChurch, and he loved spendingtime on the ranch with family andfriends. He is survived by his wife of 39 years, Charlotte; son, Grant;daughter, Stephanie Johnson; andtwo grandsons.

BENJAMIN L. GRANTGrant, 79, of Gar-land, died Novem-ber 10, 2014. Hereceived his lawdegree from theUniversity of Mis-souri Kansas City

School of Law, was admitted to theTexas Bar in 1979, and also was amember of the Missouri Bar. Grantwas vice president of and regionalcounsel to Chicago Title and Fidel-ity National Financial in Dallas. Heserved in the U.S. Air Force from1959 to 1962 and in the Air ForceReserve until 1967. Grant is sur-vived by his wife of 55 years, Ann;daughters, Laurie Lang and MarcyWright; and seven grandchildren.

SANDRA ALLISONAllison, 72, of Kings-land, died January30, 2014. She re-ceived her law de-gree from Baylor LawSchool and was ad-mitted to the Texas

Bar in 1966. Allison was an associateof Allison, Mann & Allison in Level-land from 1968 to 1970 and a partnerin Allison & Davis from 1971 to1983. She then became a solo practi-tioner in Dallas-Fort Worth, Kings-land, and throughout South Texaswhile working in the oil and gasindustry. Allison is survived by herdaughters, Ashley and Andrea Davis,and one grandchild. TBJ

of her death. Cruce was a memberand president of the MesquiteWomen’s Club and a member andchair of the Mesquite Planning andZoning Commission. She enjoyedmaking scrapbooks, ornaments, andjewelry. Cruce is survived by hermother, Marlene; brother, Joe; sis-ter, Jill; and nieces, Laci and JessicaLusk.

EDWARD “WAYNE” DICKEYDickey, 67, of Waco,died May 7, 2015.He received his lawdegree from BaylorLaw School andwas admitted to theTexas Bar in 1979.

Dickey was a general law solo prac-titioner in Waco. He is survived byhis wife of 45 years, Vicki; daughter,Debbie; mother, Mary; and sister,Donna Long.

HON. CARROLL E. WILBORN JR.Judge Wilborn, 69,of Anahuac, diedJuly 6, 2015. Hereceived his lawdegree from theUniversity of Hous-ton Bates College

of Law and was admitted to theTexas Bar in 1971. Wilborn was aprivate practitioner from 1971 to1972; an assistant county attorneyof Chambers County from 1972 to1973; an assistant district attorneyfor Chambers and Liberty countiesfrom 1973 to 1977; district attorneyfor Chambers and Liberty countiesfrom 1977 to 1983; and the first dis-trict judge of the 344th DistrictCourt in Chambers County from1983 to 2012. He was a member,past chairman, and past secretary ofthe Judicial Advisory Council ofthe Texas Department of CriminalJustice; chairman of the CriminalProcedure and Revision Commit-tee, appointed by then-Gov. George

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