Paul Joseph Evershade ’46

Paul "Tex" Evershade died Feb. 26, 2004, at his Houston, Tex., home after a long, courageous battle with ocular melanoma, and surrounded by his loving wife of 57 years, Dorothy, and his family.

A graduate of Lamar Senior HS in Texas and the Peddie School, he majored in economics and played freshman football at Princeton. He served as a torpedo pilot in the Navy Air Corps from 1942-47 with the rank of ensign. He married Dorothy in 1947 and returned to Princeton to live in the Harrison Street "barracks," graduating in 1948.

Returning to Houston, Tex spent some 40 years in the petroleum industry, in refining and oil-field supply, lastly for Vinson Supply Co. A dedicated member and elder at St. Luke's Presbyterian Church, he also was president of Brazos Presbyterian Homes and Pinemont Homes for the elderly in Houston. He served on the board for the Battleship Texas. Golf, skiing, hunting, fishing, travel, and the arts were his leisure interests.

In addition to his wife, Tex is survived by daughters Cheryl Towning, Julia Evershade Smith '74, and Elsa Rosenberg, and three granddaughters. The class extends its deep sympathy to them all on the loss of our loyal member and friend.

The Class of 1946