Robert Justice

Robert Gailor Justice passed away June 7, 2017. Gailor was born on July 4, 1936 in Nashville, Tennessee to Henry Allen and Francis Lorraine Justice. He attended Tarbox grade school before graduating from West End High School in 1954. He recieved a Bachlor of Science Degree from Tennessee Technological University and a Masters and PhD in Chemical Engineering from Vanderbilt University. He married Carol Lee Vermilye of Donelson, Tennessee in 1963 and moved to Denver, Colorado where he was an Assistant Professor of Chemical Engineering at the University of Denver. He left the academic area in 1966 and was employed by Shell Oil at their research facility in Emeryville, California. He subsequently worked for Shell at their manufacturing facilities in Houston and Wood River, Illinois where he held positions as a control specialist, a technical group leader and a process manager. He returned to Houston to work in Shell's head office in Base Chemicals where he was a staff specialist and the Operations Manager before retiring in 1996.

Gailor lived in Kingwood, Texas since 1978 and both his children graduated from Kingwood High School. He lost his first wife to cancer in September 2000 and married Ruth Taylor Georgiades, a former administrator in the Humble ISD, in July 2003. They lived in the Kings Point area of Kingwood where Gailor enjoyed reading, woodworking and gardening, playing poker with long-time friends from Shell, keeping in touch with life-long friends from Vandy and traveling to many different states and countries around the world. He was a devoted Pa-Pa to his four granddaughters. He loved his cats, Annie, Bobby, Donny and Jeannie. He was active in Good Shepherd Episcopal Church.

He was preceded in death by his parents, brother Alan, sisters Doris Zirbel and Joann Lewis, and Carol. He is survived by his loving wife, Ruth; daughter Karen Lynn Hudak and her husband Bradley of Kingwood and Gailor's friend, their dog Kylie; his son Robert Gailor Justice Jr. and his wife Laura of Round Rock and their daughters Brynna Carol and Abigail Kathryn, Gailor's beloved granddaughters; and his step-daughter Samantha Stinson and husband James and their daughters, Sarah Nell and Charlotte Ruth, his beloved step- granddaughters. Gailor was a devoted Pa-Pa to his four granddaughters. Gailor was the youngest in his family; he is survived by brother Donald Justice and his wife Beth of Huntsville, Alabama, sister-in-law Linda of Nashville, and numerous nieces and nephews.

In lieu of flowers donations can be made to the National Multiple Sclerosis Society, 8111 North Stadium Drive, Houston, TX 77054 or www.nmss.org.

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