Stanley Bayless

Stanley Netherwood Bayless passed away suddenly on Friday, the 17th of August 2012, in Frisco, Colorado. Sandy was born in Houston, Texas on the 12th of March 1950, and was a fifth generation Houstonian. He was a graduate of Wilbraham Academy in Wilbraham, Massachusetts and Washington and Lee University where he played soccer and was a member of Sigma Chi.
Sandy was a respected figure in the insurance industry in Houston where his career spanned close to 40 years and focused primarily on marine and energy marketing, production, and claims. He was a member of the Houston Mariner's Club where he served in leadership roles including skipper. He was a member of the Houston Marine Insurance Seminar Planning Committee for a number of years and was seminar chair for two years. He was a member of The Forest Club and served in previous years on the Board of Directors.
An avid reader and student of military history, he was a skilled model-maker who in his boyhood developed a life-long hobby of building small scale, historically accurate reproductions of World War II aircraft.
He is survived by his wife of 37 years, Elizabeth Garrett Bayless; daughter, Catherine Bayless Brunks and her husband Eric; daughter, Page Netherwood Bayless; sister, Amy Bayless Bacon; niece Amanda Lytz Hellman and her husband John; nephews Walter Raymond Lytz, III, John Blakeshaw Lytz, Alexander John Bacon, III, and Daniel O'Connell Bayless Bacon, and great-nephews Jack Haywood Hellman and Michael Joseph Hellman; and great-niece Sarah Evelyn Hellman. He is also survived by his brother-in-law, Gordon Lee Garrett and his wife Chesley; niece Chesley Garrett Matthews and her husband John; nieces Elizabeth Haid Garrett and Edith Lee Garrett and great-niece Elizabeth Ramsey Matthews.
He was preceded in death by his parents, Daniel O'Connell Bayless and Annelle Netherwood Bayless and his sister, Haywood Bayless Lytz.
The memorial service will be conducted at eleven o'clock in the morning on Thursday, the 23rd of August, at Palmer Memorial Episcopal Church, 6221 Main Street in Houston, where the Rev. Dub Brooks, Associate Rector, is to officiate.
In lieu of customary remembrances, memorial contributions may be directed to the Sandy Bayless Memorial Scholarship Fund at Wilbraham & Monson Academy, 423 Main St, Wilbraham, MA, 01095.