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Karen Brinkley
February 21, 2020
I didnt have the chance to know Don for very long, but I will never forget how sweet he was to me and my mom after the death of moms brother James. I could just tell that he was a great person. He and his wife Florence took great care of my uncle as he aged. I am grateful to them both.
Bobbie Brinkley
February 21, 2020
I will always be grateful to this wonderful man for the love and kindness he showed my brother, especially during the last years of his illness and and death.
February 19, 2020
Don was such a great guy! The Walsh family loved him so much and we are praying for yall.
Five players on this team played college football ... 3 All District HS and All Tarrant County
Mike Burns
February 19, 2020
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Jim Reynolds
February 19, 2020
I only saw this obituary by chance in the 2/19/20 Star Telegram print edition, during a brief visit to Arlington. I was a player on the autumn 1964 South Davis Bulldog team, coached by Don Strother. He was absolutely great as a leader -- and, he coached our team to the city championship that year. It is interesting/touching that his family felt it fit to mention that South Davis Elementary coaching job. It obviously meant a great deal to Coach Strother too.
After we'd won the championship, he arranged a bus trip for the team to watch the Dallas Cowboys play the Green Bay Packers in the Cotton Bowl -- Tom Landry, Vince Lombardi, Don Meredith, Bart Starr, those pro teams in their classic prime. I only knew Coach Strother for a few weeks, when I was 11 and in 6th grade, but he definitely made a lasting positive impression.
Jim Reynolds
South Davis Class of '65
Mike Burns S Davis Bulldog
February 19, 2020
Love both Coach Strother and Coach LaVallee. Thought it was amazing Bill LaVallee mentioned in the obit.
My freshman year at UTA I while on football scholarship, I attended a UTA baseball game and saw Coach Strother and grabbed a seat beside him.
He was genuinely interested in how I was doing and when he asked me about the coaching staff, he knew more about them than I did. He amazed me.
Saw Coach Strother occasionally when i was attending TCU in 79/80 at football and basketball games. Always asked how I was doing and had an insight to the particular game or personnel we were watching.
15 years ago I attended a Viewing at Wade Funeral for the father of a college girlfriend. Bill LaVallee was there. I introduced myself and we chatted. I asked if he knew what Coach Strother was doing up to these days ....
He's in Pennsylvania ... attending a Coaches Clinic!
Coach Strother and Coach LaVallee made us better in players and young boys by their discipline, fairness and devotion to true leadership by example.
I will miss Coach.
American Heart Association
February 19, 2020
May your memories of the wonderful times you shared with your loved one comfort you and your family, today and always.
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Wade Funeral Home & Crematory - Arlington4140 West Pioneer Pkwy., Arlington, TX 76013
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