James Robert "Jim" Quattlebaum III

James Robert "Jim" Quattlebaum III was born on September 21, 1935, in Dallas, Texas, to James Robert Quattlebaum Jr. and Elizabeth Purviance Quattlebaum. Jim passed away Saturday, June 3, 2006, at his home. He was a graduate of San Jacinto High School in Houston and attended the University of Houston. His career spanned over 55 years. He drove, operated and maintained buses for the family business, School Transit. A lifetime member of the PGA, he was an assistant golf pro at the Houston Country Club in the mid-1950s. In October 1959, he married Frania Elizabeth Stovall of Dallas. His sales career began in Dallas with Nabors Trailers, then working many years with Mack Trucks. Always full of jokes and stories, he made friends wherever he went with his Scottish terrier, Barclay. His life-long passions included golf and Cadillacs, not always in that order. Jim was preceded in death by his wife of 29 years, Frania, in 1989. He is survived by one son, Robert Quattlebaum and wife, Janna, of Midland, Texas; daughters, Karen Quattlebaum and Susan Quattlebaum of Bryan, Texas, and Jenny Quattlebaum of Houston. Surviving him are also two sisters, Eleanor Cox and Emily Holden and husband, Herb, all of Nacogdoches, Texas; and one brother-in-law, Joseph A. Stovall and wife, Magdalena, of Sugar Land, Texas. He is also survived by three grandsons, Cole Quattlebaum, Blake Quattlebaum and Gentry Quattlebaum, all of Midland, Texas; and many nieces and nephews. Special thanks to Bob Patterson, and Dad's many friends at the Terrace at Spring Shadows in Houston. A graveside service will be conducted at 11 a.m. Thursday, June 8, 2006, at Sunset Memorial Park, 5400 North St., Nacogdoches, Texas. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be sent to the the Stephen F. Austin University Building Fund. George H. Lewis and Sons, Houston.