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Submitted: 1/24/21 • Approved: 1/24/21 • Last Updated: 1/27/21 • R381559-G381557-S3
John Sherman
Oct 2, 1912 - June 20, 1989
Spouses;
Virginia Nell DeGolyer Maxson
1913–1988
Helon Almena George Maxson
1913–2001
Helon Almena
Mar 16, 1918 - May 2001
(Cenotaph)
BURIAL
Helon Tabb Burial Site
Albany, Shackelford County, Texas
Spouses;
Jack Farmer
1897–1957
John Sherman Maxson
1912–1989
Morris Sheppard Tabb
1905–1994
Section: Companion Garden II
*Note
John Sherman Maxson (called Jack) was educated at Highland Park High School and the University of Texas. In 1937 he married pianist Virginia DeGolyer (1913-1988), eldest daughter of famed geologist and bibliophile Everett Lee DeGolyer, whose White Rock Lake hacienda is now the Dallas Arboretum & Botanical Garden. Maxson succeeded his father as Senior Partner at Maxson Mahoney Turner. He also had an interest in Church matters, and was Senior Warden at St. Luke’s Episcopal Church and Board member of St. Mark’s School 1953-1965. The Maxsons owned the 5300-acre Little Hoss Ranch at Godley, near Cleburne, and Jack Maxson was chairman of the Beef Brown Swiss Association. Gina Maxson attended Smith College and was a 1936 Dallas debutante. She served on the boards of the Dallas Symphony League, St. Matthew’s Children’s Foundation and the DeGolyer Foundation, and was active in the Junior League. The Maxsons lived 1948-69 at the Old Slaughter Estate at 4434 Northwest Highway, and had a duplex in Taos, New Mexico.
Jack Maxson's ashes were scattered near the headquarters complex at his beloved ranch, and the Sparkman-Hillcrest Cemetery in Dallas headstone is strictly commemorative.]
Adapted from Proud Heritage - Pioneers Families of Dallas County, Volume II, published by the Dallas County Pioneer Association, 1993, pages 159-61.
Photo courtesy of Annette Shaw
Contributed on 1/24/21 by hawkinsdonna48
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