James Dallas Hext

I would like to first send my sincere condolences to the wife and daughter of Dallas. Mr. Hext was one of my favorite and most memorable teachers from the days I attended Austin Elementary in Harlingen as a child in the 60's. All of us recall the famous "paddling" incident we shared, but more fondly, I remember how he would bring his powered model planes to school and fly them for us kids at the playground at Austin. He loved the F4U Corsair and he even had a b&w photo of a flight of them...

It is always sad for the loss of family. Dallas would bring Allen over to play when he would come to the farm. He was so kind and friendly.
Interestingly I had a lady come up to me and asked me "what is this about Hext" I told her I was Walter Hext,Sr.'s daughter and we talked for a long time about Dallas and his brothers. Apparently she was one of their high school friends, and it was nice to hear her stories. So long ago the time in Harlingen, but memories are with all of us and I...

My Dad, J. W. (Bill) Howell was a friend of W. A.,We knew all the family and I recall visiting them in their home on Taylor Street, which had belonged to H. E Butt and the family of our HHS Home Economics teacher, Miss Annie R. Hill. I was very fond of Mrs. Hext and admired her easy going, soft spoken ways.