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91 unusual facts about Dallas


1000 de La Gauchetière

The building's architecture is similar to that of the Chase Tower in Dallas, Texas, United States, but with the street-level architecture projecting out in a distinct style, reducing the visual and psychological impact of the entire building from this viewpoint.

2006–07 Montreal Canadiens season

On January 9, 2007, the NHL announced that Sheldon Souray had been voted by the fans to start at defence in the 2007 All-Star Game in Dallas.

2006–07 Vancouver Canucks season

On January 9, 2007, the NHL announced that Roberto Luongo had been voted by the fans to start in goal in the 2007 All-Star Game in Dallas.

Acoustix

Hailing from Dallas, Texas, Acoustix have remained an extremely popular quartet for the last fifteen years and have recorded several CDs in various genres.

Adolphus Busch

Adolphus Busch also built a series of buildings in downtown Dallas.

Al Carrell

A Dallas radio station called him and wanted him to start up his own show where listeners would call in to ask for advice.

AnonymousCulture

AnonymousCulture, is an American rapper and songwriter from Dallas, Texas.

AutoBidsOnline

AutoBidsOnline is a research portal and online car buying site based in Dallas, Texas.

Bachir Gemayel

In 1971, Gemayel also took another law qualification from the American and International Law Academy in Dallas.

Badu Building

After a subsequent career change, he gained some experience at hotel management in Dallas and Austin.

Benjie Bollox

Bollox is also known for his involvement as a member of Riot Squad, U.K. Subs, Splodgenessabounds, The Visitors (who toured with Vice Squad and The Vibrators), and a handful of other local bands in Dallas, Texas, or the United Kingdom.

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He was also a model for a Dallas Texas based clothing and record shop, Last Beat Records, which also was an indie record label and released albums from such bands as Baboon and Fireworks.

Bob Dotson

In 1975 he moved to NBC News, working with Cleveland-based WKYC-TV, before leaving after two years to open a new NBC News bureau in Dallas.

Bobby Bradford

Bobby Lee Bradford's life begins in Mississippi, he and his family then moved to Dallas, Texas in 1946.

Bruce Boudreau

Spending most of the early part of his professional career with Maple Leaf farm teams in Dallas, New Brunswick and St. Catharines, Boudreau also spent significant time playing for the Springfield Indians (for whom he won his only scoring championship in 1988), the Fort Wayne Komets and the Nova Scotia Oilers.

Caswell, Northamptonshire

The GaAs Field effect transistor and the GaAs monolithic ic were invented and developed at Caswell, but what is probably less well known is that scientists on the site were working on silicon integrated circuit(ic) technology almost 18 months before Jack Kilby demonstrated the first working ic at Texas Instruments in Dallas.

Charles Victor Grahmann

Charles Victor Grahmann (born 15 July 1931 in Hallettsville, Texas) is the former sixth Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Dallas, Texas.

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China Stamp Society

China Stamp Society chapters in the United States are located at: San Francisco Bay, California (Chiu Chin Shan Chapter); Los Angeles, California (Chia Nan Chapter); Chicago, Illinois (Ping Yuan Zhi Zhu Chapter); Dallas - Ft. Worth Area (North Texas Chapter); and, Seattle, Washington (Chang Qing Long Chapter).

Chris Gailus

After marrying fellow anchor Jane Carrigan, Gailus took a post anchoring the morning news on WFAA-TV in Dallas in 2000.

Christian Dozzler

Christian Dozzler (born September 22, 1958, Vienna, Austria) is a blues, boogie woogie and zydeco multi-instrumentalist and singer from Austria, now based in the Dallas/Fort Worth (Texas) area.

Christians for Biblical Equality

Beginning in 1989, CBE has presented international conferences—three-day events consisting of plenary sessions and workshops in such U.S. cities such as St. Paul, Minnesota, Winter Park, Colorado, Wheaton, Illinois, San Diego, California, Orlando, Florida, Dallas, Texas Portland, Oregon and Denver, Colorado, Toronto, Canada, and St. Louis, Missouri.

Christie Van Hees

Originally from Kelowna, British Columbia, Van Hees currently resides in Dallas, Texas with Huczek and their two daughters, Evelyn and Faith.

Chuck Dunaway

In the early nineteen-sixties, Dunaway was asked to take over the programming duties at KBOX in Dallas, but soon after the station's number one competitor, KLIF-AM, enticed him to work for the legendary Gordon McLendon at KLIF-AM doing afternoon drive.

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Dunaway occupied the afternoon drive slot at every radio station he worked at during his 35 year career, including radio KILT-AM Houston, KLIF-AM Dallas, WKY Oklahoma City, WABC (AM) New York City and WIXY Cleveland.

Community court

Downtown Austin Community Court (opened in October 1999); South Dallas/Fair Park Community Court (opened in October 2004); West Dallas Community Court (opened November 2008); San Antonio Community Court (opened in May 2006); Seattle Community Court (opened in March 2005).

Cristobal Huet

On January 13, 2007, Huet was announced as one of the three goalies of the Eastern Conference All-Star Team in the 55th NHL All-Star Game in Dallas.

Dallas Association of Young Lawyers

The Dallas Association of Young Lawyers (DAYL) is a bar organization based in Dallas, Texas (USA) dedicated to community service, such as clothing drives for local shelters, 5K runs for charity, holiday teddy bear drives, mentoring programs for children, programs for homeless citizens, and continuing legal education programs for attorneys.

Dallas Protocol

Dallas Protocol is a public-private partnership between the City of Dallas in the U.S. state of Texas and the World Affairs Council of Dallas/Fort Worth, established in March 2003.

Dallas Wind Symphony

The Dallas Wind Symphony (DWS) is a professional concert band based in Dallas, Texas (USA).

Dallas, Kamloops

Here for the article about the city in Texas.

Dallas, Moray

George Mifflin Dallas, whose family originally came from here, became the Vice President of the US, and Dallas, Texas may have been named after him.

Dallas, Oregon

Louis Gerlinger, Sr., incorporated the Salem, Falls City and Western Railway Company late in October 1901 and announced plans to build a railroad from the Willamette River at Salem to the mouth of the Siletz River on the Oregon Coast, a distance of 65 miles.

Dallas/Red Rose, Manitoba

Dallas/Red Rose is situated between the Peguis First Nation and Fisher River Cree Nation about 215 kilometres north of Winnipeg near the western shore of Lake Winnipeg.

Dari Alexander

Prior to joining FNC, Alexander served as a weekend anchor/reporter for WFAA-TV (ABC) in Dallas.

David Philipson

Philipson did not intend to go directly into the ministry, but instead chose to spend time in Dallas to aid in the growth of Reform Judaism there.

Derrius Thompson

Derrius Damon Thompson (born July 5, 1977 in Dallas, Texas) is a former American football wide receiver in the National Football League for the Washington Redskins and the Miami Dolphins.

Ed Wallace

He is the host of Wheels with Ed Wallace which broadcasts out of Dallas, Texas on radio station KLIF 570 AM.

Elaine D. and Charles A. Sammons Park

The Elaine D. and Charles A. Sammons Park will be a public park in the new AT&T Performing Arts Center, located in the Arts District of downtown Dallas, Texas (USA).

Frédéric Fekkai

Fekkai currently operates seven salons in the United States in key markets—three in New York City, in SoHo, the Upper East Side and Fifth Avenue as well as Los Angeles, Dallas, Greenwich, and Palm Beach—and services approximately 1,500 clients per day.

Gela Bezhuashvili

In 1997 obtained Master of Law degree, LL.M-International and Comparative Law, Southern Methodist University (SMU) School of Law, Dallas, United States.

Government of Dallas

The United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas, which exercises original jurisdiction over 100 counties in North and West Texas, convenes in the Earle Cabell Federal Building and Courthouse in the Government District of downtown.

Herschel Forester

Herschel Vincent Forester (born April 14, 1931 in Dallas, Texas) is a former professional American football offensive lineman in the National Football League.

Hubert Sagnières

Hubert Sagnières is a member of the Board of the Essilor Vision Foundation based in Dallas, Texas, which he founded in 2007.

James Cronin

After his father had obtained his doctorate the family first moved to Alabama, and later in 1939 to Dallas, Texas, where his father became a professor of Latin and Greek at Southern Methodist University.

Jeremy Ray

At a very young age, he moved to Dallas, Texas with his parents where he lived for most of his youth.

Jim M. Courtright

Following the Olympics Courtright competed in the 1937 Pan-American Exposition Games (a precursor to the Pan American Games) in Dallas, Texas where he captured the gold medal in the javelin throw.

Jim McMullan

Jim McMullan (born October 13, 1936) is an American actor from Long Island, New York best known for his role as Dr. Terry McDaniel on the 1960s series Ben Casey and as Senator Andrew Dowling on the CBS Primetime Soap Opera Dallas.

John Handy

John Richard Handy III (born February 3, 1933, in Dallas, Texas) is an American jazz musician most commonly associated with the alto saxophone, although he also plays tenor and baritone saxophone, saxello, clarinet, oboe, and sings.

Jorge P Newbery

The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development started foreclosure on the property and, due to the severity of the problems, installed a hot-line in their Dallas office to field the multitude of tenant complaints during the receivership term.

Kalita Humphreys Theater

At the end of the 2007-2008 season the Dallas Theater Center moved their administrative offices to the Dee and Charles Wyly Theatre at the Dallas Center for the Performing Arts in the Dallas Arts District and began performing the majority of its season there.

Kannada American

There are large Kannada American communities in various cities, including New York City, New Jersey, Chicago, Illinois, San Francisco Bay Area, the suburbs of Washington, D.C., Los Angeles, California, Dallas, Texas and Houston, Texas; and in Canada: Calgary and Edmonton, Alberta.

Keyuo Craver

Keyuo Boderek Craver (born August 22, 1980 in Dallas, Texas) is an American football defensive back currently playing with the Winnipeg Blue Bombers of the Canadian Football League, who signed Craver as a free agent on March 5, 2009.

Knox–Henderson Station

DART's original system plan featured a tunnel underneath North Central Expressway, connecting Pearl Station and Mockingbird Station, with underground stations serving the Knox-Henderson and Cityplace neighborhoods.

KOLD-TV

On November 15, 2011, Dallas-based broadcasting company Belo Corporation, owners of local Fox affiliate KMSB and MyNetworkTV affiliate KTTU, announced that it will enter into a shared services agreement with Raycom Media beginning in February 2012, resulting in KOLD taking over the two stations' operations and moving their advertising sales department to the KOLD studios.

KVDA

In 2007, budget cuts announced by NBC Universal resulted in the cancellation of Noticiero 60 and its replacement with a regional newscast based out of a new production center at KXTX-TV in Dallas.

Lameck Aguta

He ran the Dallas White Rock Marathon in 2004 before attempting to run Boston again in 2005.

Le'Shai Maston

Maston graduated from David W. Carter High School of Dallas in 1989 and was a member of the Carter 1988 Texas state championship football team.

Lucy Ewing

She is also briefly mentioned in the 1996 television movie Dallas: J.R. Returns, but appears in neither the last episode nor the reunion film.

Marco Barrientos

He and his wife, Carla, have been married for fifteen years and currently reside in Dallas, Texas, along with their two children, Daniela and Marco.

Martin W. Littleton

Born near Kingston in Roane County, Tennessee, he moved to Texas in 1881 with his parents, who settled in Dallas.

Martina Moravcová

She is one of Slovakia's greatest female athletes, although she has lived in Dallas, TX, USA since she started attending Southern Methodist University in the mid-1990s.

Nadine Haobsh

She was born in New York City in 1980 and spent her childhood in San Diego, Dallas and Atlanta.

NQ Mobile Inc.

(NYSE: NQ; formerly NetQin Mobile Inc.) is a global mobile security privacy and productivity software company co-headquartered in Beijing, China and Dallas, Texas, USA.

Payne Harrison

He lives in Dallas, Texas and formerly worked as a newspaper reporter and business consultant.

Peggy Llewellyn

In 2007, Peggy Llewellyn became the first woman of color to win a professional motorsports event, carrying off the title at the NHRA POWERade Dallas event.

Pregnancy after a loss

Along with working for the Associated Press, Newsweek, Reuters, and Vatican Radio in Italy she received her PhD at the University of Texas at Dallas, planning on specializing in public health research.

Radio Nord

The transmitters had been flown in from the factory at Dallas, Texas in six thousand parts.

Ray Krebbs

In 1998 Ray makes a shock return (with dyed brown hair) in War of the Ewings when, out of nowhere, he helps Bobby and Sue Ellen in a barroom brawl.

Remove Silence

Recently the band signed the contract for the release of Fade in North America with Dallas, Texas based Metaledge Records.

Republican Party presidential primaries, 1984

Incumbent President Ronald Reagan was again selected as the nominee through a series of primary elections and caucuses culminating in the 1984 Republican National Convention held from August 20 to August 23, 1984 in Dallas, Texas.

Ridgewood Park, Dallas

Ridgewood Park is a neighborhood in east Dallas Texas (USA).

Robert Yarber

Robert Yarber (born Dallas, Texas, 1948) is an American painter and Distinguished Professor of Art at Pennsylvania State University.

Robyn Miller

Robyn Charles Miller (born August 6, 1966, in Dallas, Texas) is the co-founder of Cyan Worlds (originally Cyan) with brother Rand Miller.

Ryan Owens

On October 20, 2008, Owens was named as ABC News's Dallas, Texas, correspondent.

S.A Ghafari

He will speak at 2011 MoneyShow traders expo that will be held in Mid June 2011 in Dallas, United States.

Sagi Kalev

Sagi Kalev (born July 30, 1971 in Tel Aviv, Israel) is the former two-time "Mr. Israel" and fitness model, bodybuilding title-holder, and nutritionist and resident of Dallas, Texas who immigrated to the United States in 1993 to pursue bodybuilding and modeling.

SB Sberbank of Russia JSC

The bank was established as a TexakaBank in March 19, 1993 in Dallas, Texas.

Steve Pickett

He was a news reporter at NBC affiliate television station KGW serving the Portland, Oregon metropolitan area, and now is reporter-anchorman at CBS owned-and-operated television station KTVT licensed to Fort Worth, Texas, and serving the Dallas-Fort Worth designated market area.

Texas gubernatorial election, 1982

The Democrats nominated one-term State Attorney General Mark White of Houston to face the outspoken and controversial Republican incumbent from Dallas for the general election.

TIAA–CREF

TIAA–CREF is headquartered in New York City in the United States and has major offices in Denver, Colorado; Charlotte, North Carolina; and Dallas, Texas; as well as seventy local offices throughout the U.S..

To Be Kind

The album was produced by Michael Gira and recorded by John Congleton at Sonic Ranch, the world's largest residential recording studio complex, in Tornillo, Texas, 30 miles from El Paso and at Congleton's studio in Dallas.

Tom Van Sant

These include the international airports of Honolulu, Taipei and Los Angeles, the civic centers of Los Angeles, Newport Beach and Inglewood, and corporate centers in Taiwan, Manila, Salt Lake City, Dallas, Honolulu and San Francisco.

Turtle Creek Boulevard

Turtle Creek Boulevard is a thoroughfare that runs through the Turtle Creek neighborhood of Oak Lawn, Dallas, Texas (USA), generally alongside the actual Turtle Creek.

Ultratech, Inc.

Within the United States, as of 2004, sales and support offices are also leased in Woburn, Massachusetts and Dallas, Texas.

USS Dallas

The first ship was named after Alexander J. Dallas and the second after Dallas, Texas.

V. Trygve Jordahl

In 1925, he accepted a call to be pastor of Central Lutheran Church in Dallas, Texas.

WFAA Communications Center Studios

WFAA Communications Center Studios is the main headquarters studio operations of Belo owned television station WFAA which is an ABC affiliate, located at 606 Young Street in Dallas, Texas.

William Lamson

Lamson is represented by Pierogi gallery in Brooklyn, New York, and Marty Walker gallery in Dallas, Texas.

Wim De Waele

Later on he became vice-president for consumer goods and retail and moved to the headquarters of i2 Technologies in Dallas (Texas, USA).

Wojtek Wolski

In his first full professional season, Wolski played in the NHL YoungStars Game on January 23, 2007, a part of the 55th National Hockey League All-Star Game festivities held in Dallas.


2014 Heart of Dallas Bowl

The 2014 Heart of Dallas Bowl was an American college football bowl game that was played on January 1, 2014 at the Cotton Bowl at Fair Park in Dallas, Texas.

Act 1: Goodbye Friends of the Heavenly Bodies

Tracks that were to appear on Act I include another track sung by Daniel Victor entitled "Head Down", "Throwing Chairs" featuring Jonathan Foreman of Switchfoot, "John Dies at 56" featuring Mogwai, "Shipbuilding", an Elvis Costello cover featuring Andy Yorke, and "This Is My Fate", another track featuring Dallas Green.

Bill Keffer

In 2012, after a six-year absence from the legislature, Keffer tried to win the District 114 seat vacated in north Dallas by the retiring Republican Will Ford Hartnett, another Dallas lawyer.

Bruce Chambers

He then became coach at Dallas Carter High School, coaching the freshmen and junior varsity before becoming varsity assistant to Freddie James in 1989.

Burt Topper

Topper's 1963 film War Is Hell (which he wrote wrote, produced, directed and played a small role as an army lieutenant) was playing at the Texas Theatre in Dallas on November 22, 1963.

Combat Jack

Combat Jack's co-hosts include Dallas Penn, Premium Pete, DJ Benhameen, AKing, and Just Blaze.

Dusty Saxton

In 2005 Dusty responded to a MySpace ad for a guitarist spot in Dallas, Texas based rock band, Analogue, fronted by eventual Jonathan Tyler and the Northern Lights bassist, Nick Jay.

First Franklin Financial Corp.

(One of the co-founders of the company was Bill Dallas, who served as its Chairman, CEO and Chairman Emeritus until 2003, and who subsequently bought OwnIt Mortgage Solutions, which was 20% owned by Merrill Lynch. OwnIt filed Chapter 11 bankruptcy in December 2006.)

Food and Nutrition Service

It administers the programs through its headquarters (HQ) in Alexandria, VA; regional offices (ROs) in San Francisco, Denver, Dallas, Chicago, Atlanta, Boston, and Robbinsville (NJ); and field offices throughout the US.

Genesis Television Network

Genesis was launched in 2006, originally only viewable in the Dallas/Fort Worth area on former Almavision affiliates KNAV-LP (in Spanish) and KHPK-LP (in English).

George Rickey

In 2010, his sculpture "Two Open Rectangles, Horizontal" that was located in situ west of the SBC (now ATT) office building in downtown Dallas was moved to a site just outside the Bob Hope Peristyle Courtyard of the Owen Art Center, which houses SMU's Meadows School of the Arts.

George Sprague

During his time as mayor, Sprague supported the merger of Dallas, University Park and Highland Park and the election of the mayor by the citizens instead of the city council.

Ian Lewison

In September 2013, Lewison was named mandatory contender for the vacant Southeast Area title he fought Tom Dallas in an explosive bout where he stopped Dallas in the second round by TKO.

If I Could See Dallas

If I Could See Dallas is the first album by the indie rock band Japancakes.

Jorge Alvial

Alvial has been credited for scouting top players as Humberto Suazo, Franco Di Santo, Rogelio Funes Mori and Ramiro Funes Mori, Mark González, Jhon Pírez (Chelsea FC Youth), Brek Shea(F.C. Dallas), Diego Fagundez (N.E.Revolution), Cristian Cuevas(Chelsea FC), Neymar at 14yrs old, Pastore at 16yrs old, Higuain at 17 rys, Falcao at 17yrs old.

Justin F. Kimball

Justin F. Kimball High School - a school in Dallas, Texas, administered by the Dallas Independent School District

KGAB

The Oliver Stone movie Talk Radio takes place at a fictional radio station called KGAB, located in Dallas, Texas.

LaMarcus Tinker

He is best known for his roles as teenage football star Dallas Tinker on the NBC and Direct TV television drama Friday Night Lights, and as Kevin on the ABC comedy Cougar Town.

Laura Furman

After living in Houston, Galveston, Dallas, and Lockhart she settled in Austin with her husband, Joel Warren Barna, and their son.

Lee Montgomery

In the 1980s, he made more cameo appearances such as CHiPs, Family Ties and Dallas, and he made a transition to adult roles in films such as Split Image (1982) with Peter Fonda, Night Shadows (1984) with Wings Hauser, and Into the Fire (1988) co-starring Susan Anspach.

Lyda Hill

Additionally, she was named Outstanding Business Leader by Northwood University in 1999, received the Distinguished Service Award from the University of Colorado in 2002, and the Outstanding Alumni Award from Leadership Dallas in 2004.

Mac Brunson

In 1999 Brunson was appointed senior pastor of the historic First Baptist Church in Dallas, Texas.

Marcelo Grassmann

His works figure, among others, in the collections of the MoMA in New York, the Bibliothèque Nationale in Paris, the Museum of Fine Arts in Dallas and the Pinacoteca do Estado in São Paulo.

Margaret Hunt Hill Bridge

The bridge was officially lit in a special ceremony conducted by the City of Dallas and Mayor Mike Rawlings.

Mike Current

On Monday January 16, 2012, Current died after committing suicide by shooting himself in the head with a 20 gauge shotgun at the scenic outlook at Baskett Slough National Wildlife Refuge near Dallas, Oregon.

Norman Ayrton

He went on to direct his first production in the United States in 1967 with Twelfth Night in Dallas, Texas.

Oncor Electric Delivery

Predecessor companies include Dallas Power & Light (DP&L), which served the city of Dallas; Texas Electric Service Company (TESCO), which served areas surrounding Fort Worth; and Texas Power and Light (TP&L), which served other areas of northern and west-central Texas.

Parker University

18 months later, Dr. Parker served as many as 300 patients a day at affiliate clinics in Dallas, Waco, Texas, and Meridian, Texas.

Probe 7, Over and Out

Hours before "Night Call" was to air though, President John F. Kennedy was assassinated in Dallas, Texas.

Ray Roberts

On November 22, 1963, Congressman Roberts was in the Dallas motorcade when President John F. Kennedy was assassinated.

Rick Squillante

Designed by Philippe Starck and financed by Dallas businessman Blake Woodall, the club's investors included music star Stevie Nicks, who performed on opening night along with Grace Jones on Memorial Day weekend of 1984.

Robert D. Bullard

Over the 1980s Bullard widened his study of environmental racism to the whole American South, focusing on communities in Houston, in Dallas, Texas, Alsen, Louisiana, Institute, West Virginia, and Emelle, Alabama.

Ronnie Claire Edwards

Edwards also briefly appeared on an episode of PBS's Antiques Roadshow (2008) from Dallas, Texas, when she brought in for appraisal a chair formerly owned by P. T. Barnum.

Ruthe B. Cowl

During a trip to Mexico during the Christmas school vacation in 1952, the family stopped in the Rio Grande border city of Laredo, the seat of Webb County in south Texas to visit people whom they had met through mutual friends in Dallas.

Schellas Hyndman

Hyndman is also an established Aiki Ju-Jutsu coach, and has been teaching the discipline for over 25 years in the Dallas area.

Sidney A. Fitzwater

Fitzwater's nomination sparked controversy in part because of allegations raised at his confirmation hearing about alleged voter intimidation in African-American neighborhoods in south Dallas, Texas during the unsuccessful 1982 re-election campaign of Texas Gov. Bill Clements.

St. Clair Entertainment Group

It also has corporate offices and representation in Atlanta, Dallas, Detroit, Miami, Minneapolis, Montreal, New York, Seattle, Toronto and Vancouver.

The Hourly Radio

The Hourly Radio was a Dallas based band consisting of Aaron Closson (vocals and guitar), Ryan Short (guitar), Adam Vanderkolk (drums) and Tim Jansen (bass).

The Potter's House Church, Dallas

As of 2010 the church had 30,000 members and four campuses in Dallas, Fort Worth, North Dallas and Denver.

The Price of Power

Even in the assassination scene, Cuadra seems to emulate many of the same actions from Jackie Kennedy's last moments with John F. Kennedy in Dallas in 1963.

Tommy Brooker

On September 8, 1963, in the Chiefs’ inaugural game since moving from Dallas, Brooker converted eight extra points in a 59-7 victory over the Denver Broncos.

Vashti Murphy McKenzie

At this General Conference, she was reappointed to serve as the presiding prelate of the 10th Episcopal District, serving major cities such as Fort Worth, Waco, Dallas, Tyler, Austin, San Antonio, Houston, and Galveston, Texas; in the Northwest, North, Southwest, and Texas Annual Conferences.

W. Scott Wilkinson

On April 9, 1919, he married the former Margaret West (1898–1995), then of Corsicana, the seat of Navarro County south of Dallas, Texas.