YARBROUGH, DAVID BERT YARBROUGH. Born on January 14, 1919 in Athens, Alabama to Thomas McClellan Yarbrough and Irene Slate Yarbrough, died in Dallas, Texas on April 3, 2005. He was raised in Nashville, Tennessee, attended Vanderbilt University and came to Texas in 1937 to attend Texas A&M University, an institution to which he remained devoted throughout his lifetime, and where he was a member of the Ross Volunteers. He graduated in June, 1941 with a B.S. in Civil Engineering and was immediately commissioned a Second Lieutenant in the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. He was ordered to active duty upon completion of the Officers Training program and was in the first convoy that left the United States for the Pacific area when war was declared in 1941. He proudly served as a Captain with the 46th Engineers in Australia, New Guinea, and on many islands in the Phillippines, including the invasion at Leyte. He returned to the United States on December 3, 1944 and married Lu Ella Futrell of Gilmer, Texas on January 20, 1945. Before his discharge from active service, he was stationed at Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri, Fort DuPont, Delaware and Fort Belvoir, Virginia. He remained in the Army reserves and was called back into service in December, 1950 to be in charge of the carpentry school at Fort Belvoir. He was honorably discharged from the Army in 1953. Upon his return to Dallas in 1952, he founded Yarbrough Construction Company and served as its President until his retirement in 1985. Among his achievements were the construction of St. Patrick Catholic Church, the Richardson Public Library, many schools, and over sixty churches in Texas. He was a member of the American Society of Civil Engineers, the Texas Society of Professional Engineers, the Associated General Contractors of America, and served as President of the Dallas AGC Chapter in 1964 and President of the Texas AGC Chapters from 1965-1966, and as a National AGC Director. In 1986 he founded Yarbrough Investments and served as its principal until his death. He was a dedicated member and life deacon of Park Cities Baptist Church, and served a term as church Treasurer and was a Sunday School teacher. He was an avid golfer and held in high esteem by his many playing partners on courses both in the United States and the British Isles. He was a member of the Dallas Country Club, and a Texana historian. He is survived by his wife of sixty years, Lu, two daughters, Julie Yarbrough of Dallas and Susan Yarbrough of Houston, a sister Katherine Yarbrough Baucom of Athens, Alabama, and a large extended family. The family acknowledges with deep gratitude the professional, medical, and support staff at The Plaza at Edgemere for their care.