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HOUSTON (Reuters) -Autry Stephens, the billionaire founder and chairman of Endeavor Energy Resources, has died aged 86, the company disclosed on Friday, after a prolonged battle with cancer.
Stephens was born March 8, 1938, in De Leon, Texas, one of five children to Martin Elmore Stephens, a watermelon and peanut farmer, and Hazel Lila Stephens (née Johnson; 1905–2011). [5] [6] He earned his Bachelor of Science in 1961 and his Master of Science in 1962, both in Petroleum engineering from the University of Texas at Austin. [7]
This is intended to be a complete list of properties listed on the National Register of Historic Places in Stephens County, Texas. There are two properties listed on the National Register in the county. One property is both a State Antiquities Landmark and a Recorded Texas Historic Landmark.
Higher education came to Snyder in 1971 with the founding of Western Texas College. The Scurry County Coliseum in Snyder, operated by Western Texas College since 2008, is a large arena which hosts area events. Outside the coliseum is a locomotive engine and a small restored historic village. Also located in Snyder is the Diamond M Museum.
Jackson Thomas Stephens Sr (August 9, 1923 – July 23, 2005) [1] was an American oilman and investment banker.
Scurry County was one of 46 prohibition, or entirely dry, counties in the state of Texas, until a 2006 election approved the sale of beer and wine in Snyder, and a 2008 election approved the sale of liquor by the drink throughout the county. Scurry County comprises the Snyder, Texas, micropolitan statistical area.
Robert L. "Silver Fox" Stephens (December 1, 1921 – May 21, 1984) was a United States Air Force test pilot who set several speed and altitude records while testing the Lockheed YF-12 and SR-71. Biography
Stephens County is a powerfully Republican county. In 2016, the Democrat for president, Hillary Clinton , received just 10% of the county's vote. The last Democrat to win the county in a presidential election was southerner Jimmy Carter , and the last Democrat to receive over 1,000 votes in the county was southerner Bill Clinton.