Ralph Carroll Storm went home to be with our Lord on January 7, 2015. Ralph was born January 11, 1928, in Claude, Texas. Soon the family moved to their farm near Premont, Texas, where he grew up with his five brothers and sister. Ralph attended Schreiner Institute and then Baylor University where he received a B.A. in Business in 1949.
At Baylor he met Jean Morgan, the love of his life. He often regaled his family with tales of his primal efforts to make Jean notice him at football games. Despite those antics, on November 26, 1949, they began a beautiful marriage of 53 years in Corpus Christi, Texas. In 1959 he founded Storm Drilling and perfected slant drilling to draw oil from the Gulf. He sold his company shares in 1968, yet remained active in the oil business through Storm-Prichard Company and in banking as a director of Frost Bank. For the next 30 years, Ralph primarily focused on his family, his church and Baylor University.
He was deeply involved in religious and community activities, serving as a teacher for his Sunday school class, chair of the deacons, chair of the Fiscal Committee, a director of the Corpus Christi Chamber of Commerce, president of the local chapter of the Fellowship of Christian Athletes, and chair of the Palmer Drug Abuse Program. His main hobby was woodworking, much to the benefit of family and friends. He loved flying and even built a Kitfox airplane in his garage. Ralph had a heart as big as Texas and always a story to match. For years Ralph and Jean flew his Beechcraft Baron to Waco most weekends to visit their daughters and attend all Baylor home games.
He avidly backed the football program under Coach Grant Teaff. Ralph and Jean especially enjoyed shepherding and often financially backing young people attending the university they loved. They endowed the Ralph and Jean Storm Chair of Mathematics in 1974. Ralph served as Baylor University trustee/regent for 27 years between 1970 and 2000. He received Baylor's Distinguished Alumni Award, Herbert Reynolds Service Award, and W. R. White Award. In 2007, he and Jean (posthumously) received the Founder's Medal.
Ralph was preceded in death by his parents, Wash and Virginia Storm, his cherished wife, Jean Morgan Storm, his brothers James, Wash, Bob, Jack and Walter Storm and his sister Ann Reagan. Ralph is survived by his daughters Susan (John) Guyton of Durham, NC and Kathy (Ben) Sley of Santa Clara, CA, grandchildren, Morgan (Cheryl) and Julia Guyton, Sarah (Bjorn) Lundgren, David and Mary Elisabeth Sley, nieces and nephews, and six great-grandchildren.
A memorial service will be held at First Baptist Church with private burial at Seaside Memorial Park.
At Baylor he met Jean Morgan, the love of his life. He often regaled his family with tales of his primal efforts to make Jean notice him at football games. Despite those antics, on November 26, 1949, they began a beautiful marriage of 53 years in Corpus Christi, Texas. In 1959 he founded Storm Drilling and perfected slant drilling to draw oil from the Gulf. He sold his company shares in 1968, yet remained active in the oil business through Storm-Prichard Company and in banking as a director of Frost Bank. For the next 30 years, Ralph primarily focused on his family, his church and Baylor University.
He was deeply involved in religious and community activities, serving as a teacher for his Sunday school class, chair of the deacons, chair of the Fiscal Committee, a director of the Corpus Christi Chamber of Commerce, president of the local chapter of the Fellowship of Christian Athletes, and chair of the Palmer Drug Abuse Program. His main hobby was woodworking, much to the benefit of family and friends. He loved flying and even built a Kitfox airplane in his garage. Ralph had a heart as big as Texas and always a story to match. For years Ralph and Jean flew his Beechcraft Baron to Waco most weekends to visit their daughters and attend all Baylor home games.
He avidly backed the football program under Coach Grant Teaff. Ralph and Jean especially enjoyed shepherding and often financially backing young people attending the university they loved. They endowed the Ralph and Jean Storm Chair of Mathematics in 1974. Ralph served as Baylor University trustee/regent for 27 years between 1970 and 2000. He received Baylor's Distinguished Alumni Award, Herbert Reynolds Service Award, and W. R. White Award. In 2007, he and Jean (posthumously) received the Founder's Medal.
Ralph was preceded in death by his parents, Wash and Virginia Storm, his cherished wife, Jean Morgan Storm, his brothers James, Wash, Bob, Jack and Walter Storm and his sister Ann Reagan. Ralph is survived by his daughters Susan (John) Guyton of Durham, NC and Kathy (Ben) Sley of Santa Clara, CA, grandchildren, Morgan (Cheryl) and Julia Guyton, Sarah (Bjorn) Lundgren, David and Mary Elisabeth Sley, nieces and nephews, and six great-grandchildren.
A memorial service will be held at First Baptist Church with private burial at Seaside Memorial Park.
Ralph Carroll Storm went home to be with our Lord on January 7, 2015. Ralph was born January 11, 1928, in Claude, Texas. Soon the family moved to their farm near Premont, Texas, where he grew up with his five brothers and sister. Ralph attended Schreiner Institute and then Baylor University where he received a B.A. in Business in 1949.
At Baylor he met Jean Morgan, the love of his life. He often regaled his family with tales of his primal efforts to make Jean notice him at football games. Despite those antics, on November 26, 1949, they began a beautiful marriage of 53 years in Corpus Christi, Texas. In 1959 he founded Storm Drilling and perfected slant drilling to draw oil from the Gulf. He sold his company shares in 1968, yet remained active in the oil business through Storm-Prichard Company and in banking as a director of Frost Bank. For the next 30 years, Ralph primarily focused on his family, his church and Baylor University.
He was deeply involved in religious and community activities, serving as a teacher for his Sunday school class, chair of the deacons, chair of the Fiscal Committee, a director of the Corpus Christi Chamber of Commerce, president of the local chapter of the Fellowship of Christian Athletes, and chair of the Palmer Drug Abuse Program. His main hobby was woodworking, much to the benefit of family and friends. He loved flying and even built a Kitfox airplane in his garage. Ralph had a heart as big as Texas and always a story to match. For years Ralph and Jean flew his Beechcraft Baron to Waco most weekends to visit their daughters and attend all Baylor home games.
He avidly backed the football program under Coach Grant Teaff. Ralph and Jean especially enjoyed shepherding and often financially backing young people attending the university they loved. They endowed the Ralph and Jean Storm Chair of Mathematics in 1974. Ralph served as Baylor University trustee/regent for 27 years between 1970 and 2000. He received Baylor's Distinguished Alumni Award, Herbert Reynolds Service Award, and W. R. White Award. In 2007, he and Jean (posthumously) received the Founder's Medal.
Ralph was preceded in death by his parents, Wash and Virginia Storm, his cherished wife, Jean Morgan Storm, his brothers James, Wash, Bob, Jack and Walter Storm and his sister Ann Reagan. Ralph is survived by his daughters Susan (John) Guyton of Durham, NC and Kathy (Ben) Sley of Santa Clara, CA, grandchildren, Morgan (Cheryl) and Julia Guyton, Sarah (Bjorn) Lundgren, David and Mary Elisabeth Sley, nieces and nephews, and six great-grandchildren.
A memorial service will be held at First Baptist Church with private burial at Seaside Memorial Park.
At Baylor he met Jean Morgan, the love of his life. He often regaled his family with tales of his primal efforts to make Jean notice him at football games. Despite those antics, on November 26, 1949, they began a beautiful marriage of 53 years in Corpus Christi, Texas. In 1959 he founded Storm Drilling and perfected slant drilling to draw oil from the Gulf. He sold his company shares in 1968, yet remained active in the oil business through Storm-Prichard Company and in banking as a director of Frost Bank. For the next 30 years, Ralph primarily focused on his family, his church and Baylor University.
He was deeply involved in religious and community activities, serving as a teacher for his Sunday school class, chair of the deacons, chair of the Fiscal Committee, a director of the Corpus Christi Chamber of Commerce, president of the local chapter of the Fellowship of Christian Athletes, and chair of the Palmer Drug Abuse Program. His main hobby was woodworking, much to the benefit of family and friends. He loved flying and even built a Kitfox airplane in his garage. Ralph had a heart as big as Texas and always a story to match. For years Ralph and Jean flew his Beechcraft Baron to Waco most weekends to visit their daughters and attend all Baylor home games.
He avidly backed the football program under Coach Grant Teaff. Ralph and Jean especially enjoyed shepherding and often financially backing young people attending the university they loved. They endowed the Ralph and Jean Storm Chair of Mathematics in 1974. Ralph served as Baylor University trustee/regent for 27 years between 1970 and 2000. He received Baylor's Distinguished Alumni Award, Herbert Reynolds Service Award, and W. R. White Award. In 2007, he and Jean (posthumously) received the Founder's Medal.
Ralph was preceded in death by his parents, Wash and Virginia Storm, his cherished wife, Jean Morgan Storm, his brothers James, Wash, Bob, Jack and Walter Storm and his sister Ann Reagan. Ralph is survived by his daughters Susan (John) Guyton of Durham, NC and Kathy (Ben) Sley of Santa Clara, CA, grandchildren, Morgan (Cheryl) and Julia Guyton, Sarah (Bjorn) Lundgren, David and Mary Elisabeth Sley, nieces and nephews, and six great-grandchildren.
A memorial service will be held at First Baptist Church with private burial at Seaside Memorial Park.
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