Thomas Donnie STACY

STACY, Thomas Donnie
Thomas Donnie Stacy, born January 13, 1934, passed away on October 3, 2014, at home in Houston surrounded by his loving family. T. Don was born and raised in Houston. He lived with his wife Wanda in Houston, Calgary, Tulsa, and several other cities during his career with Amoco. He moved back to Houston in 1993 and retired from Amoco in 1997. He was a member of the Sugar Grove Church of Christ and taught an adult class there. He focused in his later years on grandchildren and his family. Mr. Stacy served in the U.S. Air Force in Charleston. He earned a B.S. and M.S. in petroleum engineering at Louisiana Tech University and a Ph.D in Engineering Science at Mississippi State University. Mr. Stacy started his career with Amoco in 1956. He served in several positions with Amoco, including Vice President of Production for Amoco's Central and South American Region, President and Chairman of Amoco Canada, and Chairman and President of Amoco Eurasia Petroleum Company. He served as non-executive Chairman of the board of Crestar Energy. He also served as a corporate Director for Camco International Inc.; Noble Affiliates Inc.; Alberta Energy Co. Ltd.; and Agrium Inc. Mr. Stacy was worldwide President of The Society of Petroleum Engineers (1983), and Director of the sponsoring Board hosting the 1987 World Petroleum Congress. He was made an honorary member of the AIME and SPE (1992); Chairman of the First Joint SPE/DOE Enhanced Recovery Symposium; and Chairman of the Board of The Offshore Technology Conference. Mr. Stacy was involved in numerous Canadian and international civic and professional organizations, including member of the Board of Junior Achievement of Southern Alberta; Past Chairman of the Board of Governors, Canadian Petroleum Association; Board of Directors of the United Way of Calgary; Director on The Conference Board of Canada; and active in the United Way for Calgary. He served on the Board of Governors of the US-Russia Business Council and is the past Co-Chairman of the US-Azerbaijan Chamber of Commerce, Washington, DC. He was awarded the 1998 SPE Public Service Award for humanitarian efforts. Mr. Stacy is preceded in death by his parents Thomas Dillard Stacy and Bonnie Batts Stacy, and his sister Dora. He is survived by his wife of 60 years Wanda Taylor Stacy; his children Chris and Frances Stacy, Jeff and Kathy Cameron, David and Kay Stacy, and Scott and Shari Correll; his granddaughters Leah Williams, Laura Stacy, Addison Stacy, Emeree Stacy, Kenadie Stacy, Eliot Correll, Hayley Stacy, and Maribeth Cameron; his grandsons who will also be pallbearers, Adam Cameron, Blake Riley, Ryan Cameron, John Stacy, Taylor Cameron, Thomas Stacy, Alexander Riley, Owen Correll, and Grant Williams. He is also survived by his sisters Lillian Neiderhofer, Dru Latimer, Raye Dry, and Maxie Raney, and many close members of his extended family. Friends are cordially invited to a visitation with the family from 5-8 p.m. on Tuesday, October 7, 2014 in the Jasek Chapel and Pavilion of Geo. H. Lewis & Sons, 1010 Bering Drive in Houston. A Memorial Service is to be conducted at 12 p.m on Wednesday, October 8, 2014 in the Jasek Chapel of Geo. H. Lewis & Sons, where the Rev. Mark Howell is to officiate. Immediately following, all are invited to greet the family during a Reception to be held in the adjacent grand foyer. Prior to the Service, the family will have gathered for a Private Interment Service at Memorial Oaks Cemetery in Houston. In lieu of customary remembrances, memorial contributions may be directed to Faith in Practice, P.O. Box 4976, Houston, TX, 77210, or to the charity of one's choice.