Bill Shaver

Funeral services for BILL SHAVER, 73, beloved husband, father, grandfather and great grandfather, of Richmond, Texas will be held at 2:00 P.M., Monday, April 18, 2005 at Davis-Greenlawn Funeral Chapel in Rosenberg, Texas. Interment will follow at Greenlawn Memorial Park in Rosenberg, Texas. Visitation will be from 5:00 P.M. until 9:00 P.M., Sunday, April 17, 2005 in the Chapel of Davis-Greenlawn Funeral Home in Rosenberg, Texas. Bill was born February 13, 1932 in Grapeland, Texas to Bethley Shaver and Eva Murdoch Shaver. He passed away April 14, 2005 in Sugar Land, Texas. He was a member of 1st Baptist Church of Sugar Land, Bill also was a member of the Lion's Club, Rotary Club and the Chamber of Commerce. He served on the Board of Directors of the Brazos Valley School Credit Union and the University Scholastic League. Bill was a member of the Texas Association of School Administrators and Texas Association of School Superintendents. He is preceded in death by his parents, Bethley and Eva Shaver and his older brother, Maurice Shaver. Bill is survived by his adoring wife of 11 1/2 years, Alana Shaver, of Richmond; son: John Randolph Shaver and his wife, Janet of Stafford; daughter: Patricia Lynn Dillender and her husband, Glen, of Katy; step son: Robert Lee Quintanilla and wife, Andrea, of Missouri City; grandchildren: Jason, Danielle, Kelly, Jeffrey and Logan; great grandchildren: Jackson and Audrey; brothers: Bobby Wilson Shaver and wife, Dee, of Houston; Larry Gene Shaver and wife, JoAnn, of Nashville, TN; sister: Margie LeGendre and her husband, James, of Vidor; also, several nieces, nephews, other relatives and many friends. Bill was an educator who gave 42 years of dedicated service to the children of the Texas Public School System. He graduated from Grapeland High School where he excelled in football and other sports for the Grapeland Sandies. He graduated from Lamar Tech in Beaumont, and began his career as a coach in Lovelady, Texas. He and his family moved to Stafford where he was head coach for Missouri City High School. He then began his long career with the Fort Bend ISD when Missouri City and Sugar Land High Schools consolidated. He was a coach, assistant principal, and principal at Dulles High School. He was an Assistant Superintendent when he left Fort Bend to become the Superintendent of Schools at Bellville ISD. He retired after twelve years at Bellville due to the ravages of Parkinson's Disease. He never met a stranger and touched the lives of everyone he met, but none more than his beloved children, Randy and Pattie. He loved all sports but football was his passion. He cherished his memories from Dulles High Scholl where he coached several district championship teams, a quarterfinal championship game in 1962 vs. Sinton, and the highlight of his career, the Texas State Championship games in 1963 vs. Rockwall. He could recall every play, every score, and the name of all his players. His family asks that you remember him with a smile and know that he is in Heaven telling stories, planning a practical joke, and coaching the angels in a touch football game. Pallbearers will be the members of the 1963 State Championship Football team at Dulles High School. For those wishing, memorials in Bill's name can be made to the Parkinson Foundation of Harris County 7457 Harwin, Suite 308, Houston, Texas 77036-2025 or the American Heart Association Texas Affiliate P.O. Box 15186, Austin, Texas 78761-5186. DAVIS-GREENLAWN 3900 B.F. TERRY BLVD ROSENBERG, TX (281) 341-8800