The
Hall of Texas and Mexico Cavers
2022-08-06
William
R. (Bill) Elliott, editor
This page is dedicated to tributes,
biographies, obituaries, and photos about departed cavers and cave scientists.
Sadly,
this edition adds seven caver friends who have passed since 2013. Two of them,
Chip Carney and Tom Wright, were deaths in 2013 and 2019 that we only learned
about recently. Thanks to Susan Hardcastle Beaty, Francis
Fehribach, Carl Kunath, and Carol Russell for assistance.
Marc Tremblay, 31 July 1964 –
26 June 2022
Tom Rogers, 9 April 1970 – 22
June 2022
Dwight Deal, 18 April 1938
– 11 June 2022. In addition, see Deal_Album.pdf , Deal_poem.pdf, Deal_Pubs.pdf.
Larry Williams, 1947 –
27 August 2021 (thanks to Carl Kunath for photo)
Tommy McGarrigle, 12
January 1950 – 24 August 2021
Tom Wright, 12 April 1951 – 26
August 2019
Chip Carney, 10 March 1942 – 14
August 2013
The previous
edition added Mike Connolly
from Houston, 73, 28 July 1947–8 July 2021
* Indicates a cave–related death. All are
greatly missed by caver friends and families. Readers are invited to send files
and obituaries to post.
Files
are generally stored as pdfs to simplify file maintenance and downloading. I will gladly accept and privately
store résumés and biographies of living cavers in preparation for the day when
you depart for the great cave beyond.
Please send additions and corrections to
Bill Elliott at speodesmus@gmail.com.
Also see In Memory of Texas Cavers by Ron Miller. We have borrowed information from there.
Acknowledgments: Susan Hardcastle
Beaty, Dale Pate, Frances Fehribach, and Carol Russell assisted Bill with
difficult research into obituaries, news articles and death certificates. Carl
Kunath is recognized for the many years he has written caver obituaries and
tributes accompanied by his great photos.
Thanks
to the folks who wrote tributes and provided photos;
some are now deceased: Ed
Alexander, Tavita Alvarado, Katie Arens, Gerald Atkinson,
Dale Barnard, Roger Bartholomew, Bill Bentley, Frank Binney, Craig Bittinger,
Steve Bittinger, Jim Bowden, Don Broussard, Dave Bunnell, Rune Burnett, Tom Byrd, Bill Calvert, Sylvia Carroll,
John Chelf, Jimmy Clements, Gralin Coffin, Jim Coke, Matt Colson, Jim Currens,
Glenn Darilek, Gil Ediger, Dale Ellison, James Estes, Jim Evatt, Francis Fehribach, Ron Fieseler, John Fish, Derek Ford,
Preston Forsythe, Butch
Fralia, Julia Germany, Sherry Graham, Andy Grubbs, April Herzig, Terry
Holsinger, Kira Holt, David Honea, Jocie Hooper, James Jasek, Paul and Barbara
Johnston, Rebecca Jones, Jay Jorden, Jim Kennedy, Joy Kennedy–O’Neill, Travis
Kinchen, Cindy Lee, Bryant Lilly, Pete and Karen Lindsley, David Locklear,
Vivian Loftin, Zeke MacCormack, Robert M McClure, Martha McKenzie, Jim McLane, Logan McNatt, Tom Meador, Karlin
Meyers, Marvin Miller, Ron Miller, Mark Minton, Gary Napper, Bob Oakley,
Dorothy Olsen, Dan Oughton, Linda Palit, Gary Parsons, Greg Passmore, Lee
Perry, Jodell Power Miller, Terry Raines, James Reddell, Bruce Rogers, Christie Rogers, Mary Rusco, Carol Russell, Philip Russell, Geary
Schindel, Danny Self, Rex Shepperd, Steve Slocomb, Susan Souby, Alex Sproul,
Peter Sprouse, Bill Steele, Bill
Stone, John Strickland, Chris Thibodeaux, J. LaRue Thomas, Brian Vauter, George
Veni, Mike Walsh, Nancy Weaver, John Woods, and Sam Young.
2022
Marc Tremblay, 31 July 1964 –
26 June 2022
Tom Rogers, 9 April 1970 – 22
June 2022
Dwight Deal, 18 April 1938
– 11 June 2022. In addition, see Deal_Album.pdf , Deal_poem.pdf, Deal_Pubs.pdf.
2021
Larry Williams, 1947 –
27 August, 2021
Tommy McGarrigle, 12
January 1950 – 24 August 2021
James (Jim) Youmans May 20,
2021, age 60s.
Nevin Davis 1942-2021, 79.
John Loving 1975?-March
2021, 46.
Walter D. Feaster, 17
December 1950 – 3 February 2021, 70, Midland, NSS #31624. A
second obituary by his
friend, Gralin Coffin, is included separately.
2020
Art Carroll, 30 June 30, 1935
– 26 July, 2020, 85, San Jose, California, UT Grotto.
Dr. Solveig A. Turpin, 31
August 1936 – 17 July, 2020, 83, San Antonio. Great cave archaeologist. Also
see her 1994 Texas
NSS Convention article: Lower Pecos Prehistory: The
View from the Caves
Wayne
Burks, 22 September 1943 – 7 July 2020, 76, NSS 11992, River Oaks (Ft.
Worth), Texas, DFW Grotto.
Michael
J. Gibbons, 9 July 1958 – 20 January 2020, 61, NSS
68718, San Antonio.
Mike Hennessy, 15 March 1955
– 6 January 2020, 64. SWT caver in the 1970s with John Chelf.
Carmi Blum, 1944 – 4 January 2020, 76.
2019
Kerry Rowland, 1957 – December
2019, 62. Missouri caver who also explored Texas and Mexico caves.
Bennie Pearson, 28 August 1929
– 27 October 2019, 90, NSS 1847
Dr. John Fish, fall 1942 – 24 October 2019, 77. Great cave hydrogeologist, pioneered
caving areas in Mexico.
Lee White, 17 April 1988 – 15 September 2019, 31
Terry Plemons, 19 February 1941 – 19 August 2019, 78
Tom Wright, 12 April, 1951 – 26
August, 2019
Ernie Garza, 20 July 1938 – 16 August 2019, 81
Jenni Arburn, 7 February 1964 –
26 May 2019, 55
Don Broussard, 17 August 1948 – 16
May 2019, 70
Bill Mixon, 29 December 1940 –
8 May 2019, 78 plus Tributes
to Mixon
William H. “Bill”
Russell, 30 June 1937 – 21 March 2019, 81
Bob Crisman, 30 October
1934 – 15 February 2019, 84. Bobby had a good caving career with brother Bart
in Texas, then another one at Carlsbad Caverns, New Mexico. Photo by Dale Pate.
2018
Dorothy Ann Payne McClure,
known as Dottie, 13 October 1935 – 14 December 2018, 83, Scottsdale, Arizona.
Lee Jay Graves, 29
October 1959 –
24 November 2018, 59
Louise Power, 30 May 1952 – 28
August 2018, 66
Paula Good, 22 January1954 – 29
July 2018, 64. SWT Grotto
Tom White, 23 March 1942 – 7
July 2018, 76
Peter Strickland, 1946 – 3 July 2018, 72
Charles M. Whites Jr., 22
August 1954– 27 April 2018, 63. Caving and outdoor outfitter who became a Round
Rock police officer.
B. Lilly, 1936 – 10 March 2018,
82. Active member of the Abilene Grotto who printed The Texas Caver for
years. Nice tribute by Carl Kunath.
Joe
C. Pearce, 23 January 1928 – 20 January 20, 2018, 90, NSS 2903. One of the founders of
the original Balcones Grotto and a principal in getting the Texas Caver started.
2017
William A. “Bil” Phillips, ? – November 2017.
Bil was a Canadian and cave–diving cartographer in Quintana Roo. He perished
after a short battle with cancer.
Doug Allen, ? – 6 November 2017, 50s. Active in TCMA and TSA. Ran the Longhorn
Caverns clean–up in 1988. Helped map caves in the 1990s. Worked in contract
cave studies around Austin.
Jimmy Walker, 1927 – 12 October 2017, 90. Jimmy explored Mayfield Cave (Caverns of Sonora)
and caves in the Sierra de El Abra in the 1950s. Talented artist.
Bob Oakley, 14 October 1944
–April 10, 2017, 72. From Uvalde, a member of Carta Valley Sucks and other
caving clubs.
2016
Sergio Zambrano, 1948 – 12 November
2016, 68. Deep vertical caver, cave diver, climber, and pilot from Mexico.
Sergio dove in caves in Mexico and Florida. He was killed in a traffic accident
on the way to Sótano de las Golondrinas. Obituary by Bill Stone in AMCS
Activities Newsletter 41, June 2018.
Jerry Lee
Chastain, 23 April 1934 – 20 October 2016, 82, Austin.
David McKenzie, 1943 – 14
December 2016, 73, NSS 6419. An important speleologist who mapped many caves
and wrote the software Ellipse, Walls, and WallsMap.
Blair Pittman, 12 February,
1937 – 10 October, 2016, 79. Photojournalist, DFW caver, author of books on the
Big Thicket and Big Bend, Blair published his book Texas Caves in 1999 through the Texas A&M University Press.
Charlie Yates, 4 October, 1950 –
10 August 2016, 65. SWTG caver, caved in Texas and Mexico, Texas historian and
re–enactor.
James Estes, 10 October 1928 –
18 September 2016, 87. An early editor of The Texas Caver from Abilene,
he rejuvenated the TSA and was Chariman of the 1964 NSS Convention in New
Braunfels. He worked a lot in Deep Cave. Nice tribute here by Carl Kunath.
Art
Simpson, 4 October, 1932 – 30 July, 2016, 83. Ferris Arthur “Art” Simpson started caving in
the 1950s in the UT Grotto. He was a Renaissance man, a caver through and
through,
and a close friend of Carol Westmoreland Russell. He
died in Foster City, California.
2015
Dr. Francis E. “Ab” Abernethy,
3 December 1925 –
21 March 2015, 89. Professor of folklore and naturalist from Stephen F. Austin
University, he helped discover new cavefish sites in Mexico.
Roger Sperka, 25 November 1940
– 2 February 2015. Cave geologist and biologist, explorer and surveyor, he
passed away in El Paso.
Mario Zabaleta, died 20 February
2015. Cave diver from Spain and Mexico.
2014
Katherine Goodbar, 28 August 1920 – 18 July 2014, 93
Ollene Bundrant, 1 June 1931 – 25 December 2014, 83, NSS 6984
2013
Bob Cowell, ca. 1938 – 5
October 2013, age ~65
2012
Nathan Parker, 28
February 1972 – 5 November 2012, 40
Nick Arburn, 1 July 1993 –
12 June 2012, 18
2011
Dr. Barry F. Beck, 18 October 1944 – 28 November 2011, NSS 11737RL (HM–FE), 67
Rod Goke, 6 December 1946 – 5
October 2011, 64
Mike Swinford, 25 January
1951 – 12 November 2011.
Richard M. Smith Jr., 2 July
1945 – 16 October 2011, 66. He was “THE Richard Smith” to distinguish him from
A. Richard Smith. Both were good geologists and cavers.
2010
Michael
B. Collins, 16 July 1942 – 4 July 2010, 67.
Dr. Robert W. “Bob” Mitchell,
25 April 1933 –
18 March 2010, 76. Cave biologist and Texas Tech University professor who
pioneered many studies in Texas and Mexico, particularly Astyanax cavefishes in the Sierra de El Abra.
2009
Ed Alexander, 25 November
1942 –
17 October 2009, 66
Carl Ponebshek, 16 October
1924 – 14 August 2009, 84. Obit from Texas Caver 2009–07.
Jack C. Burch, 11 November 1922
– 16 June 2009, 86, NSS 2175. Obit in
Texas Caver 2009–07.
Richard N. “Dick” Beauchamp,
1936 – 7 July 2009, 73. NSS 3252. Obit in Texas Caver 2009–07.
Benny Martin, 21 December 1941
– 6 July 2009
Bart Crisman, 27 September
1932 – 7 March 2009, 76, NSS 2781
2008
Harry Walker, 1921 – 16
December 2008, 87, NSS 14628
Bert Olsen, November 1932 – 16
July 2008, 76
2007
Johnny Gass, July 1922 – 25
October 2007, 85. Owner of Honeycreek Cave.
Donna Mosesmann, 7 June 1942 – 11 September 2007
Marcia Cossey–Littlestar, 19
May 1956 – 24 January 2007, 50. Marcia was SWT Grotto president in the mid
1970’s.
*Thomas Summers III, 1963 – 30
April 2007, 44. He drowned while trying to clear a logjam in Deadman’s Cave,
the resurgence of Cave Without a Name, Kendall County, Texas.
2006
Anne Hurst, 21 June 1937 – 2
October 2006, 69, DFW Grotto. Owned Backpackers’ World in North Dallas with
husband, Calvin Hurst.
Walt Rosenthal, 8 April
2006. Former Austinite, caver and climber, he was also an expert on avalanches.
He died trying to save co-workers buried in a snow collapse on California’s
Mammoth Mountain.
Randy Waters, 1958 – 24 January 2006,
48
Clark Santos, 13 December 1942
– 14 January 2006, 63
2005
Fred Sawin, August 1934 – 25
October 2005, 71
Brian Burton, 23 October 1960 –
14 September 2005, 44
David Hannah, 1930 – 29 January
2005, 75
Tom Bone, January 1948 – 12
January 2005, 56
2004
Mariano Silva Fuentes, 1971 – 6 April 2004, 33
2003
Noble Stidham, 3 March 1938 –
26 February 2003, 64
Charles Reubush, 19 May 1965 –
19 February 2003, 37.
2002
Stan Moerbe, 7 February 1952 – 11 December 2002, 50
Mike Moore, 1957 – April 24,
2002, 45
George Sevra, 4 October 1946 –10
April 2002, 55
2001
A. Richard “Dick” Smith, 22 September 1939 –
4 July 2001, 61. A great Texas caver and geologist who was the rock of the
Texas Speleological Survey for years. Recipient of the first TSS Outstanding
Service Award in 1997. Photos by Carl Kunath.
Thomas E. “Doc” Harding”,
October 1928 – 22 February 2001, 72, owner of Midnight Cave.
Oren Tranbarger, 24 June
1939 – 28 January 2001, 61
2000
*Joe Ivy, 1965 – 30 September
2000, 35. Expert vertical caver, died in a technical climb mishap and fall in
O–9 Well. Beloved by many, he had an outrageous sense of humor,
Alejandro “Alex” Villagomez, ? – spring 2000, ~35
Mason Estes, 1965 – 2000, 34, Aggie SS.
1999
*Christy Quintana, 1972 – 26 August 1999, 27. A vibrant young
caver. A large rock struck her while on rope in Sótano del Aire, San Luis
Potosí, México.
Robert Crowder, May 1965 – 26
February 1999, 33.
1998
Pat Copeland, 20 November
1942 – 30 December 2000, 58. Died in an auto accident near San Saba, Texas.
William B.
Blakemore,
January 1923 – May 1998, 75. Midland, NSS 763.
1997
Margaret Alma Hart–Keys, 3 May 1955 – 23
August 1997, NSS 9411. Revised with new photo by Peter Keys.
Rob
Parker, 1962 – 17 August 1997, 35. British cave diver.
1996
Al Brandt, 15 December
1928 – 3 December 1996, 67. Al was on the discovery trip to Natural Bridge
Caverns in 1960.
Harry Heidemann, 25
September 1925 – 5 October 1996, 71, developer and manager of Natural Bridge
Caverns, Harry worked closely with cavers.
Don Widener, February 1936 –
July 1996, 60, NSS 3224
1995
Bill Greenlee, 14 August 1957
– 29 July 1995, 37. He liked to blow up cans of peas in the campfire. He caved
with PBSS in the Guads.
Jim Quinlan, 1937 –
July 1995, 58, NSS 3021. A PhD grad in geology from the University of Texas, Jim
went on to do karst hydrogeology studies at Mammoth Cave, Kentucky, and in many
countries.
Charles R. “Squire” Lewis, 29
April 1930 – 11 April 1995, 64, NSS 6951.
1994
Jerry Johnson, 16 June
1950– 9 June, 1994, 43.
*Sheck Exley, 1 April 1949 – 6
April 1994, 45. Died in a deep diving accident at –906 ft. (–276 m) in Cenote
El Zacatón, Tamaulipas.
*Ian
Rolland, 1965 – 27 March 1994,
29. English caver died in rebreather diving mishap in Sótano de San Agustín,
Huautla, Oaxaca.
Charles Haskett,
1994. Greater Houston Grotto.
1993
*Bill Mayne,12 February 1954 – 16
July 1993, 39, NSS 15404. Born in Corpus Christi, Texas, William Allen “Bill”
Mayne was a Texas caver who moved to Tallahassee, Florida, and took up cave
diving. Bill had done 120 cave dives and was certified, but he died in Clearcut
Sink with friend Ariel Goldberg in a double accident.
Luther Bundrant, 1 January 1926
– 24 April 1993, 67, NSS 6983, Alamo Grotto
1992
*Rolf Adams, 1965 – 19
April 1992, 26. A brilliant cave diver from Australia who did significant work
in Cueva Cheve, Oaxaca. Rolf died in a cave diving accident in Florida.
1991
*Chris Yeager, ? – 2 March 1991.
Died in Cueva Cheve, Oaxaca, when his rappel rack detached from his seat sling.
1990
*Sgt. Murray
Elson, ? – 13 December 1990. While helping on a salamander study, hr died
in Bullis Hole, Bexar County, when his rappel rig detached from the rope. More information is needed.
Dr. Richard O. Albert, 10 September
1920 – 10 March 1990, 69. Colorful surgeon and naturalist from Alice, Texas,
who piloted many flights over the Sierra de El Abra for Bob Mitchell’s
research, discovering many caves. Wrote several interesting articles published
posthumously in the AMCS Activities Newsletter.
Philippe Rouiller, ? – 27 May
1990. An international caver and cave diver from Switzerland, Philippe was a
driving force in the 1987 and 1989 Cerro Rabón, Oaxaca, expeditions, pushing
the deep Kijahe Xontjoa and other caves in the region. He died while climbing
in Switzerland.
Jonathan O. Davis, 1948 – 1990,
52. Talented caver and geologist, killed in a motorcycle accident.
1987
Jon Everage, 3 March 1944 – 10
August 1987, 43. A daring explorer with an outrageous sense of humor.
1986
Tom Meador, 2 April 1943 – 29
September 1986, 43, NSS 5202FE
1984
*Wayne Russell,
1947 –
26 February 1984, 37, NSS 9873. A well–known
caver and former TSA Chairman, Wayne drowned while cave diving in Jacob’s Well,
near Wimberley, Comal County. The ninth person to drown in Jacob's Well.
1983
Sandy
Deal, 22 November 1941 – 10 October 1983, 41, NSS 7945, Alpine, Texas.
Sandra Renstrom Deal was a musically and mathematically gifted woman. She was a
great mother, an enthusiastic cave explorer and surveyor, a talented artist and
performer, and provided many hours of entertainment around campfires.
1982
Tom Warden, 1917 – September 1982, 65, NSS 6869
1980
Chuck Stuehm, 1928 – 31 January 1980, 52. See
memorial issue of Texas Caver, 1980, no. 2.
The Chuck Stuehm
Award is for a Texas Caver who took great interest in new cavers. Chuck exhibited
this interest in his involvement with Boy Scouts and cavers alike. This award
was named in his honor and is given to a “new caver”, that is, someone who has
been involved with organized caving for less than two years. The requirement is
that the individual show an unusua1enthusiasm for caving. Each grotto in the
state may nominate someone they feel best qualifies for the award. Nominations
are submitted to the Texas Caver Reunion committee, and the award is given at
the annual TCR held in September or October each year. No contest is held,
everyone selected for the award receives it. It is up to the individual grotto
to select a caver who they want to honor for their eagerness as a new caver.
Dr. Federico Bonet (pronounced
“boh–net”), 18 October 1906 – 10 June 1980, 73. Famous Spanish/Mexican cave
scientist, he published important papers on the geology and biology of caves in
the Sierra de El Abra, Xilitla area, and Cacahuamilpa. See obituary by James
Reddell.
A.T. Jackson, 1895 – 27
January 1980. Archaeologist and contributor to NSS Bulletin 10, The Caves of
Texas, 1948. Proposed the first cave and archaeology preserve in Texas.
Dr. Paul Boyer, 6 March 1940 –
19 August 1980, 40, NSS 8422.
1979
Gilbert Harder, April
1945 – 19 September 1979, 34. Abilene Grotto. He died on Mount Annapurna.
1977
George W. Gray Jr., 17 Feb 1924 -
11 Jan 1977, 52. Editor of the Texas Caver in the 1960s.
1975
*Dionicio Vásquez, June 1936 –
16 August 1975, 39. Rope anchor broke, fall in Punkin Cave, Edwards County.
*David Brown, 1959 – 31 May
1975. Inexperienced spelunker died in Dead Deer Cave, Bexar County.
Jerry W. Cooke, 20 November 1936
– 7 April 1975. Cave biologist and arachnologist who studied cave ricinuleids
at Texas Tech under Bob Mitchell. He was murdered at his apartment in Houston.
Scott Lillie, 22 June 1952 –
28 March 1975, 22.
1972
*Angeline Palmer, 1954 – 15
April 1972, 18. Equipment failure and fall from rope in Devil’s Sinkhole.
1971
*Bruce Stone, 1953 – 26
November 1971, 18, from Houston. Drowned in Gruta de Carrizal, Nuevo León.
*Chris Cleaveland, 1953 –
26 November 1971, 18, from Houston. Drowned in Gruta de Carrizal, Nuevo León.
Same accident report as Bruce Stone. This accident led to the creation of the
Texas cave rescue system.
1966
Blair Goodbar, 1919 –
9 September 1966, 47, NSS 5537. Blair was the father of famous caver, son Jim
Goodbar, and husband of Katherine, also famous. Blair was one of the first
cavers to enter Laubach Cave (Inner Space Cavern).
Frank Harrison, 21 June 1901–
29 January 1966, 65. A Canadian immigrant to Mexico, Frank owned a house for 20
years at Rancho del Cielo, near Gómez Farías, Tamaulipas. He was a friend and
host to many cavers and biologists. He was murdered by two radical agrarians
who lived nearby; they were apprehended.
Preston
McMichael, 4 May 1938 – 14 January 1966, 27. Preston was a beloved and
multi–talented cave mapper. The “Preston McMichael Award” was later given by
TSA in his honor with a certificate and money to a deserving Texas caver. The award was
given five times from 1969–2005, but
unfortunately the award faded into obscurity. The recipients were:
1969 James Reddell
1970
Texas Caver staff
1972 Roger Bartholomew
1974 James Jasek
2003 Award reinstated, but not given
2005 Linda Palit
1960
*Abner J. Totty, III, 11 November
1944 – 4 September 1960. Explorer scout, 15, struck in the head by a large rock
while on a cable ladder in Devil’s Sinkhole, Edwards County. There was no belay
and he fell to his death. This was the first cave–related death in recorded
Texas history.
1956
Charles William
Hilburn, Jr., 28 September 1931 – 16 June 1956, Fort Worth.
Lost
Cavers:
We need more
information on cavers who may have passed away. We usually need a person’s full
legal name, place of death and year. These first four were well known, but we
cannot find their information.
James Brummett. Last reference
in the Texas Caver as manager of Inner Space Cavern in 1988. In 1993 he
was referred to as the former manager, then only historical references after
that.
Chip Carney, a geologist who
may have died during field work in Alaska in the 1970s or 80s. A former UT Grotto member who worked in the
Sierra de El Abra in Sótano de Montecillos (Pichijumo) in the 1960s with Don
Erickson. Grew up in Houston. We cannot find an obituary or death certificate.
More Lost Cavers:
William B.
Blakemore,
January 1923 – May 1998, 75. Midland, NSS 763.
Roland W. Collins, August 1943 – February 1994, Sul Ross SS,
Alpine.
Ephraim A. Cuevas, March 1930 – April 2003, Corpus Christi.
John Delano, October 1984 – April 1977, UT Grotto, Austin.
Donald E. Denton, October 2002, North Texas SS, NSS 29916.
Douglas D. Drysdale, July 1961 – August 2004, Bexar Grotto, San
Antonio, NSS 20596 or 20598.
Eugene Ebell, March 1918 – February 1900, Cave Without A Name.
*Sgt. Murray
Elson – 13 December 1990. While helping on a salamander study, he died in
Bullis Hole, Bexar County, when his rappel rig detached from the rope. More
information is needed.
Walter B. Friesen, January 1944 – January 2002, Paisano Grotto,
Alpine, NSS 14435.
Ted R. Gates, May 1941 – May 2004, Sul Ross SS, Alpine.
William R. (Bill) Gray, October 1917 – June 1999, Alamo Grotto,
NSS 5476. Last
reference was in February 1965 Texas Caver.
Claude Head. See Sheffield
below.
Clara D. Heidemann, April 1918 – October 1997, Natural Bridge
Caverns
Bob
Hudson, early active caver from Dallas.
David T. Ince, October 1933 – July 1983, DFW Grotto, NSS 7462.
Harvey R. (Doc) Jackson, Corpus Christi CC, NSS 3656.
Fred Mason, April 1969, Indian Creek Cave owner.
Lucrezia D. Moody, March 1942 – April 1998, DFW Grotto, CVS,
NSS 13634.
John D. Moore, April 2006, Honeycreek Cave, NSS 9951.
Richard Novak, 1933 – 1991, NSS 10946.
Jack Prince. See Sheffield
below.
James Papadakis. Listed in NSS
News Sept. 2009, as a 60–year NSS member.
Carol Ann Roberts, October 1937 – February 1999, Corpus Christi
SS.
Robert C. Schroeder, February 1945 – June 1999, Paisano Grotto,
Alpine, NSS 7732.
Danny Sheffield. In the Texas
Caver, 4th Quarter, 2005, p. 11: “Danny Sheffield (Mid-1950s
Dallas caver and member of the Mayfield discovery trip): I am a very lucky man.
My first cave trip included a few minutes at the Devil's Sinkhole (at night), a
few hours at another small cave (home of many bats) [Red Arrow], and Mayfield
Cave [Caverns of Sonora]. From that time on, it was always Mayfield Cave. My
wife came along once and we had several trips with Bob and Bart Crisman. Our
party from Dallas was usually Claude Head, Jack Prince, myself, and two or
three various others.”
Elizabeth Smith
(nee Kelly).
Last listed in January–February 1997 Texas Caver, no address. Former
wife of A.R. Smith and an early UTG caver.
Geren Smith. Recently died in Phoenix. No
details yet. Elder son of Elizabeth and A.R. Smith. Younger son is Preston.
Steve Vallandingham, June 1988, CVS, San Angelo.
El Desnivel
Grande, Bustamante, por Carl E. Kunath.