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Submitted: 6/26/22 • Approved: 7/2/22 • Last Updated: 7/5/22 • R521417-G0-S3
US Air Force
Korea
December 10, 1930-July 3, 1991
Shared stone with Mary Sue
*Photo, courtesy of Mary (Coggin) Russell
*Obituary
James T. Hull
James T. Hull, 60, president and general manager of Deaf Smith Electric Cooperative and chairmaan [sic] of the board of Golden Spread Electric Cooperative, died July 3, 1991.
Services were held Saturday in the First United Methodist Church with the Rev. Doug Manning of Fellowship of Believers and the Rev. Randall Stotts of Blue Springs, Mo., officiating. Burial was in West Park Cemetery in Hereford, by Rix Funeral Directors of Hereford.
Mr. Hull was born on Dec. 10, 1930 in Dawson, graduated from Sam Houston State University at Hunstville [sic] in 1956 and did graduate work at Sam Houston State and Texas Tech University. He served four years in the U.S. Air Force during the Korean War.
He married Mary Sue Tinsley on Oct. 3, 1954 in Dallas.
After college, Hull went to work for Lone Wolf Electric Cooperative at Colorado City. He was named manager of the co-op in 1964, and became manager of the Deaf Smith Rural Electric Cooperative in 1969.
He was one of the key leaders in organizing the Golden Spread Electric Cooperative, comprised of 12 distribution co-ops on the High Plains. Hull conceived the idea of uniting all of the rural electric cooperatives into a single bargaining unit back in the 1970s. The Golden Spread Co-op was formed in January 1984 with Hull as president.
The Texas Senate and House of Representatives commended Hull for his contributions to rural electrification and his role in the formation of the regional coopertaive [sic]. He also was recognized in the U.S. congressional record for his accomplishments in rural electrification.
Mr. Hull was director of Hereford State Bank, a past president of Hereford Lions Club and Colorado City Jaycees, a past director of Deaf Smith County Chamber of Commerce, a former director of Water Inc., a volunteer worker in the United Way and Boy Scouts of America, and an honorary chapter farmer and state farmer of the Future Farmers of America. He was a charter member of the Fellowship of Believers Church in Hereford and was a 32nd degree Mason. He was a deacon in the First Baptist Church for many years and was a former board chairman.
Mr. Hull also served as chairman of the National Rural Electric Cooperative Resolutions Committee, a past president of Texas Electric Cooperatives, past chairman of the Texas A&M Engineering Extension Service Job Training and Safety Committee, past chairman of the Texas Rural Electric Education Research Committee at Texas Tech, a past director of the Texas Federation of Cooperatives and director of Western Power and Producers.
Survivors include his wife and two sons, Kevin Hull of Hereford and Mike Hull of Austin.
In lieu of flowers, the family requests memorials be to the Fellowship of Believers Building Fund, P.O. Box 2425, Hereford, Texas, 79045.
(Published in The Castro County News, 67th Year-No. 13, Dimmitt, Texas, Thursday, July 11, 1991, Page 12)
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Texas, U.S., Birth Index, 1903-1997
Name: James Thomas Hull
Gender: Male
Birth Date: 10 Dec 1930
Birth Place: Navarro, Texas, USA
Father: W V Hull
Mother: Trudye Shurley
Roll number: 1930_0004
Texas, U.S., Death Index, 1903-2000
Name: James Hull
Death Date: 3 Jul 1991
Death County: Potter
Gender: Male
U.S., Newspapers.com Marriage Index, 1800s-1999
Name: Mr. James Thomas Hull
Gender: Male
Residence Date: Abt 1954
Residence Place: Altus
School: Dawson High School
Marriage Date: 3 Oct 1954
Marriage Place: Dallas, Texas, USA
Father: W. V. Hull
Mother: Hull
Spouse: Mary Sue Tinsley-Was
U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007
Name: Jimmy Thomas Hull [J T Hull]
Gender: Male
Race: White
Birth Date: 10 Dec 1930
Birth Place: Dawson Navar, Texas
Death Date: 15 Jul 1991
Father:
Walter V Hull
Mother:
Trudye M Shurley
Death Certificate Number: 061024
Notes: Jun 1949: Name listed as JIMMY THOMAS HULL; 22 May 1998: Name listed as J T HULL
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