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William Lewis Moody Jr. (January 25, 1865 – July 21, 1954) [1] [2] [3] was an American financier and entrepreneur from Galveston, Texas, who founded a private bank, an insurance company, and one of the largest charitable foundations in the United States. [4] Moody was active in the day-to-day operations of his companies until two days before ...
The Daily News, [2] formerly the Galveston County Daily News and Galveston Daily News, is a newspaper published in Galveston, Texas, United States. It was first published April 11, 1842, making it the oldest newspaper in the U.S. state of Texas. The newspaper founded The Dallas Morning News on October 1, 1885, as a sister publication. [3]
Legacy.com is a United States–based website founded in 1998, [2] the world's largest commercial provider of online memorials. [3] The Web site hosts obituaries and memorials for more than 70 percent of all U.S. deaths. [4] Legacy.com hosts obituaries for more than three-quarters of the 100 largest newspapers in the U.S., by circulation. [5]
Southern Newspapers Inc. (SNI) is a publishing holding company headquartered in Houston, Texas. [1] The company was founded as Southern Newspapers, Inc., of Tennessee in 1967 by Carmage Walls . Its flagship paper, the Galveston County Daily News is the oldest newspaper in Texas, founded in 1842.
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Shearn Moody Jr., was born on May 23, 1933, to Shearn Moody Sr. and Frances Moody Newman in Galveston, Texas. [5] His father died in 1936, while he was an infant. [6] Moody was well known for eccentric behavior, such as building a slide from his bedroom window to a swimming pool, where he kept pet penguins, and wearing house slippers wherever he went. [3]
Mike Mitchell settled in Galveston, where he ran a succession of shoe-shining and pressing shops. When he saw the picture of a beautiful woman in a local Greek newspaper, he headed for Florida, where she had settled, according to family lore. He persuaded her to abandon her fiancé and marry him. They lived above the shoeshine shop. [3]
In 1976, the Mental Health Association in Galveston honored Kempner for his spirit of giving. [9] The Boys Club of Galveston awarded Kemper their Man of the Year award in 1986. [10] In 1982, the University of Texas Medical Branch (UTMB) at Galveston established the H. L. Kemper Award in honor of Kempner's support for the hospital. He was also ...