"Wesley Halliburton of 2275 Court, father of Richard Halliburton, world famous writer and author, died at 10:20 last night at Rosewood Convalescent Center after a long illness. He was 95.
Mr. Halliburton, who also figuratively wore seven league boots, traveled extensively himself and had written many travel articles for the Commercial Appeal and for the Farm Journal.
He was born August 21, 1870, in Haywood County, TN, attended Vanderbilt University where he studied iron and masonry engineering and after graduating from there did advanced study at Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Three and a half years in a Phoenixville, PA engineering office convinced him that the wide open spaces should be his office and the good earth his drawing board. He returned to Haywood County to operate a farm he had inherited.
In 1900 he and his wife, the former Nelle Nance, moved to Memphis and he began a career as a real estate man, specializing in farms and timber lands.
After his retirement in 1941, Mr. and Mrs. Halliburton became extensive travelers until her death in 1955. The famous son, Richard Halliburton , was lost in 1939 in an attempt to sail his Chinese junk across the Pacific Ocean.
Mr. Halliburton was instrumental in bringing Southwestern University to Memphis from Clarksville, TN in 1923 and had been a staunch supporter of the school ever since.
When he celebrated his 50th anniversary in Tucson, AZ on January 15, 1948, he wrote Frank Ahlgren, editor of the Commercial Appeal that he and his wife had been “going together” as man and wife for 50 years. IN the same letter he mentioned that he “belonged to most of the social and civic clubs, but was never an ardent club man and at present was not affiliated with any of them.”
Mr. Halliburton had served as vice president of the old Miss Hutchison's School for Girls and for several years was a trustee for the Spur Ranch for Boys in Tucson, AZ.
In October 1962, he helped dedicate the Richard Halliburton Memorial Tower at Southwestern, a monument he erected to the memory of his writer – adventurer – traveler son.
After the tower dedication was over he glanced up at it and remarked to a friend, “There is no ugliness here, only beauty, see how the stone work melds into the tower, like tree roots into the ground.
His niece, Mrs. Elizabeth Halliburton Shinn of Bradenton, FL, said he became ill last December while spending the winter in Kingston, Jamaica.
He returned to Florida in January and spent six weeks in a Bradenton hospital before returning to Memphis.
He leaves two great-nephews, John Halliburton, an executive with Western Airlines in California and David Halliburton, a student in Denver, CO; another niece, Mrs. Oscar Burnett of Greensboro, NC and a nephew, John Holloway of Coral Gables, FL."
Published in The Commercial Appeal on Tuesday, November 2, 1965.
Mr. Halliburton, who also figuratively wore seven league boots, traveled extensively himself and had written many travel articles for the Commercial Appeal and for the Farm Journal.
He was born August 21, 1870, in Haywood County, TN, attended Vanderbilt University where he studied iron and masonry engineering and after graduating from there did advanced study at Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Three and a half years in a Phoenixville, PA engineering office convinced him that the wide open spaces should be his office and the good earth his drawing board. He returned to Haywood County to operate a farm he had inherited.
In 1900 he and his wife, the former Nelle Nance, moved to Memphis and he began a career as a real estate man, specializing in farms and timber lands.
After his retirement in 1941, Mr. and Mrs. Halliburton became extensive travelers until her death in 1955. The famous son, Richard Halliburton , was lost in 1939 in an attempt to sail his Chinese junk across the Pacific Ocean.
Mr. Halliburton was instrumental in bringing Southwestern University to Memphis from Clarksville, TN in 1923 and had been a staunch supporter of the school ever since.
When he celebrated his 50th anniversary in Tucson, AZ on January 15, 1948, he wrote Frank Ahlgren, editor of the Commercial Appeal that he and his wife had been “going together” as man and wife for 50 years. IN the same letter he mentioned that he “belonged to most of the social and civic clubs, but was never an ardent club man and at present was not affiliated with any of them.”
Mr. Halliburton had served as vice president of the old Miss Hutchison's School for Girls and for several years was a trustee for the Spur Ranch for Boys in Tucson, AZ.
In October 1962, he helped dedicate the Richard Halliburton Memorial Tower at Southwestern, a monument he erected to the memory of his writer – adventurer – traveler son.
After the tower dedication was over he glanced up at it and remarked to a friend, “There is no ugliness here, only beauty, see how the stone work melds into the tower, like tree roots into the ground.
His niece, Mrs. Elizabeth Halliburton Shinn of Bradenton, FL, said he became ill last December while spending the winter in Kingston, Jamaica.
He returned to Florida in January and spent six weeks in a Bradenton hospital before returning to Memphis.
He leaves two great-nephews, John Halliburton, an executive with Western Airlines in California and David Halliburton, a student in Denver, CO; another niece, Mrs. Oscar Burnett of Greensboro, NC and a nephew, John Holloway of Coral Gables, FL."
Published in The Commercial Appeal on Tuesday, November 2, 1965.
"Wesley Halliburton of 2275 Court, father of Richard Halliburton, world famous writer and author, died at 10:20 last night at Rosewood Convalescent Center after a long illness. He was 95.
Mr. Halliburton, who also figuratively wore seven league boots, traveled extensively himself and had written many travel articles for the Commercial Appeal and for the Farm Journal.
He was born August 21, 1870, in Haywood County, TN, attended Vanderbilt University where he studied iron and masonry engineering and after graduating from there did advanced study at Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Three and a half years in a Phoenixville, PA engineering office convinced him that the wide open spaces should be his office and the good earth his drawing board. He returned to Haywood County to operate a farm he had inherited.
In 1900 he and his wife, the former Nelle Nance, moved to Memphis and he began a career as a real estate man, specializing in farms and timber lands.
After his retirement in 1941, Mr. and Mrs. Halliburton became extensive travelers until her death in 1955. The famous son, Richard Halliburton , was lost in 1939 in an attempt to sail his Chinese junk across the Pacific Ocean.
Mr. Halliburton was instrumental in bringing Southwestern University to Memphis from Clarksville, TN in 1923 and had been a staunch supporter of the school ever since.
When he celebrated his 50th anniversary in Tucson, AZ on January 15, 1948, he wrote Frank Ahlgren, editor of the Commercial Appeal that he and his wife had been “going together” as man and wife for 50 years. IN the same letter he mentioned that he “belonged to most of the social and civic clubs, but was never an ardent club man and at present was not affiliated with any of them.”
Mr. Halliburton had served as vice president of the old Miss Hutchison's School for Girls and for several years was a trustee for the Spur Ranch for Boys in Tucson, AZ.
In October 1962, he helped dedicate the Richard Halliburton Memorial Tower at Southwestern, a monument he erected to the memory of his writer – adventurer – traveler son.
After the tower dedication was over he glanced up at it and remarked to a friend, “There is no ugliness here, only beauty, see how the stone work melds into the tower, like tree roots into the ground.
His niece, Mrs. Elizabeth Halliburton Shinn of Bradenton, FL, said he became ill last December while spending the winter in Kingston, Jamaica.
He returned to Florida in January and spent six weeks in a Bradenton hospital before returning to Memphis.
He leaves two great-nephews, John Halliburton, an executive with Western Airlines in California and David Halliburton, a student in Denver, CO; another niece, Mrs. Oscar Burnett of Greensboro, NC and a nephew, John Holloway of Coral Gables, FL."
Published in The Commercial Appeal on Tuesday, November 2, 1965.
Mr. Halliburton, who also figuratively wore seven league boots, traveled extensively himself and had written many travel articles for the Commercial Appeal and for the Farm Journal.
He was born August 21, 1870, in Haywood County, TN, attended Vanderbilt University where he studied iron and masonry engineering and after graduating from there did advanced study at Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Three and a half years in a Phoenixville, PA engineering office convinced him that the wide open spaces should be his office and the good earth his drawing board. He returned to Haywood County to operate a farm he had inherited.
In 1900 he and his wife, the former Nelle Nance, moved to Memphis and he began a career as a real estate man, specializing in farms and timber lands.
After his retirement in 1941, Mr. and Mrs. Halliburton became extensive travelers until her death in 1955. The famous son, Richard Halliburton , was lost in 1939 in an attempt to sail his Chinese junk across the Pacific Ocean.
Mr. Halliburton was instrumental in bringing Southwestern University to Memphis from Clarksville, TN in 1923 and had been a staunch supporter of the school ever since.
When he celebrated his 50th anniversary in Tucson, AZ on January 15, 1948, he wrote Frank Ahlgren, editor of the Commercial Appeal that he and his wife had been “going together” as man and wife for 50 years. IN the same letter he mentioned that he “belonged to most of the social and civic clubs, but was never an ardent club man and at present was not affiliated with any of them.”
Mr. Halliburton had served as vice president of the old Miss Hutchison's School for Girls and for several years was a trustee for the Spur Ranch for Boys in Tucson, AZ.
In October 1962, he helped dedicate the Richard Halliburton Memorial Tower at Southwestern, a monument he erected to the memory of his writer – adventurer – traveler son.
After the tower dedication was over he glanced up at it and remarked to a friend, “There is no ugliness here, only beauty, see how the stone work melds into the tower, like tree roots into the ground.
His niece, Mrs. Elizabeth Halliburton Shinn of Bradenton, FL, said he became ill last December while spending the winter in Kingston, Jamaica.
He returned to Florida in January and spent six weeks in a Bradenton hospital before returning to Memphis.
He leaves two great-nephews, John Halliburton, an executive with Western Airlines in California and David Halliburton, a student in Denver, CO; another niece, Mrs. Oscar Burnett of Greensboro, NC and a nephew, John Holloway of Coral Gables, FL."
Published in The Commercial Appeal on Tuesday, November 2, 1965.
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