Theda V. Sanders Garvin taught almost every student at T.G. Terry Elementary in Dallas in the 1960s and '70s.
"They all got to have her for six years," said her daughter Mindy Bonner of Arlington. "They grew up in her class."
During their half-hour auditorium class with Mrs. Garvin, students were taught lessons from democracy to safety – throughout their elementary education. Those who memorized the presidents in the order they held office became members of the Presidents Club. Some of those students still have their notebooks signifying the accomplishment.
Mrs. Garvin, 92, died Sunday of complications of pneumonia at Texas Health Arlington Memorial Hospital.
Services will be 2 p.m. today at First United Methodist Church in Duncanville. She will be buried in Restland Memorial Park in Dallas.
Mike Rhyner with The Ticket (1310 AM) is among Mrs. Garvin's former students who can still recite the presidents in order. While he isn't absolutely sure he learned the presidents in Mrs. Garvin's classes, "somewhere along the line, all that stuff just lodged in the brain pan," he said.
The longtime sports-talk personality, however, does remember his auditorium teacher.
"I remember her quite well," Mr. Rhyner said. "She was just an ideal teacher, a very solid educator.
"She was very nice and someone I looked forward to having teach us in auditorium every year."
Mrs. Garvin was an integral part of T.G. Terry Elementary, where she sponsored the school's award-winning safety patrol and wrote, organized and rehearsed the holiday pageants, her daughter said.
Her plays changed the lives of some students, including Vashon Green, one of her students in 1982, the last year she taught.
Mr. Green's mother, Eltee Green, said her once-shy son blossomed and came out of his shell after Mrs. Garvin assigned him to the lead in the play, The Little Fir Tree.
"She was unique," said Mrs. Green, a media assistant at the Yvonne A. Ewell Townview Center.
Vashon Green now lives in Sacramento, Calif.
"He still has the little costume he had for that," said Mrs. Green, who added that he later learned to play piano on his own. He now plays for his church.
Mrs. Garvin, who was born in Caddo, Okla., taught piano as a high school student. She attended Northeastern State Teachers College in Tahlequah, Okla., now Northeastern State University, on a music scholarship. She graduated in 1936 with a double major in music and elementary education.
She taught second grade in Oklahoma in Keota and Henryetta, where she met her husband, William Harold Garvin. The couple married in 1939. Mrs. Garvin taught in Weleetka, Okla., while her husband served in World War II.
Mr. Garvin died in March.
When Mr. and Mrs. Garvin moved to Dallas in 1945, she took a hiatus from teaching to raise their four daughters. Mrs. Garvin returned to the classroom in 1959, teaching for five years at Harry Stone Elementary, before being transferred to T.G. Terry Elementary, where she taught for 19 years.
When auditorium teachers were cut from the Dallas schools in the late 1970s, Mrs. Garvin returned to teaching second grade for several years. She was once again teaching citizenship when she retired.
"Everything she did was first class," said her daughter, an Arlington teacher.
In addition to her daughter, Mrs. Garvin is survived by three other daughters, Becky Segrist of Lubbock, Peggy Harrison of Argyle, Betty Garton of Arlington; a sister, Betty Burroughs of Tahlequah, Okla.; nine grandchildren; and nine great-grandchildren.
29.8.09
Mark W. Williams: Bedford gymnastics coach led teams to nine titles
By JOE SIMNACHER / The Dallas Morning News
Mark W. Williams had a passion for gymnastics that he used to shape nine Texas high school championship teams as well as top state honors for 48 individuals.
Since 1988, he had coached the Trinity High School boys gymnasts to two state titles.
Last week, the National Gymnastics Judges Association presented Mr. Williams with the Frank J. Cumiskey Gymnastics Judging Hall of Fame Award in the hospital where he was battling colon cancer.
Mr. Williams, 59, died Saturday at his Bedford home of complications of the cancer.
Friends, family and many of those he had coached will celebrate his life at 3 p.m. today in the Trinity High School auditorium in Euless.
"He truly loved gymnastics," said his wife, Debbie Williams, girls gymnastics coach at L.D. Bell High School in Hurst.
"That was his passion, that was his hobby, that was his job. And he was good at it."
Mr. Williams "didn't expect anything less of kids than what he expected of himself – and they knew that," his wife said.
"He definitely knew how to get the best out of them."
While her husband appeared to be serious and stoic at all times, he was also very sensitive, Mrs. Williams said.
"If you watched his kids when they did well, he always got big tears in his eyes," she said, adding that he also was a committed father and husband.
Mr. Williams was born in Oil City, Pa., and grew up in Garland, where he graduated from Garland High School.
He started gymnastics on the trampoline in high school and expanded his skills at North Texas State University, now the University of North Texas, where he received a bachelor's degree in 1974.
In 1970, he began his career while he was a college student, coaching the Garland Flippers Club. He coached the club until 1984.
Mr. Williams began his teaching career at North Junior High in Richardson in 1976.
In 1977, he joined the faculty at North Garland High School, where he coached the boys to five state championships and the girls to two.
In 1984, Mr. Williams became assistant men's gymnastics coach at the University of Oklahoma, a post he held until 1987, when he returned home to coach South Garland and Garland high schools.
In 1988, he joined the faculty at Trinity High School, where his boys teams would win titles in 1990 and 2002, and at least five of his teams were runners-up.
He retired from teaching in 2006 but continued coaching.
Mr. Williams was the first recipient of the Region III Mark Williams Award, given for either coaching or officiating.
In addition to his wife, Mr. Williams is survived by two sons, Chris Williams of Fort Worth and Trip Bellard of Boston; a daughter, Cass Lynn of Bedford; his mother, Jean Atkin of Garland; a brother, Jay Williams of Garland; two sisters, Jody Williams and Linda Williams, both of Garland; and one grandchild.
Memorials may be made to the Mark Williams Gymnastics Scholarship, which was established two years ago by one of his former students.
The scholarship awards $5,000 each year to a Bell or Trinity gymnast. Donations may be sent in care of Debbie Williams at L.D. Bell High School, 1601 Brown Trail, Hurst, Texas 76054.
Mark W. Williams had a passion for gymnastics that he used to shape nine Texas high school championship teams as well as top state honors for 48 individuals.
Since 1988, he had coached the Trinity High School boys gymnasts to two state titles.
Last week, the National Gymnastics Judges Association presented Mr. Williams with the Frank J. Cumiskey Gymnastics Judging Hall of Fame Award in the hospital where he was battling colon cancer.
Mr. Williams, 59, died Saturday at his Bedford home of complications of the cancer.
Friends, family and many of those he had coached will celebrate his life at 3 p.m. today in the Trinity High School auditorium in Euless.
"He truly loved gymnastics," said his wife, Debbie Williams, girls gymnastics coach at L.D. Bell High School in Hurst.
"That was his passion, that was his hobby, that was his job. And he was good at it."
Mr. Williams "didn't expect anything less of kids than what he expected of himself – and they knew that," his wife said.
"He definitely knew how to get the best out of them."
While her husband appeared to be serious and stoic at all times, he was also very sensitive, Mrs. Williams said.
"If you watched his kids when they did well, he always got big tears in his eyes," she said, adding that he also was a committed father and husband.
Mr. Williams was born in Oil City, Pa., and grew up in Garland, where he graduated from Garland High School.
He started gymnastics on the trampoline in high school and expanded his skills at North Texas State University, now the University of North Texas, where he received a bachelor's degree in 1974.
In 1970, he began his career while he was a college student, coaching the Garland Flippers Club. He coached the club until 1984.
Mr. Williams began his teaching career at North Junior High in Richardson in 1976.
In 1977, he joined the faculty at North Garland High School, where he coached the boys to five state championships and the girls to two.
In 1984, Mr. Williams became assistant men's gymnastics coach at the University of Oklahoma, a post he held until 1987, when he returned home to coach South Garland and Garland high schools.
In 1988, he joined the faculty at Trinity High School, where his boys teams would win titles in 1990 and 2002, and at least five of his teams were runners-up.
He retired from teaching in 2006 but continued coaching.
Mr. Williams was the first recipient of the Region III Mark Williams Award, given for either coaching or officiating.
In addition to his wife, Mr. Williams is survived by two sons, Chris Williams of Fort Worth and Trip Bellard of Boston; a daughter, Cass Lynn of Bedford; his mother, Jean Atkin of Garland; a brother, Jay Williams of Garland; two sisters, Jody Williams and Linda Williams, both of Garland; and one grandchild.
Memorials may be made to the Mark Williams Gymnastics Scholarship, which was established two years ago by one of his former students.
The scholarship awards $5,000 each year to a Bell or Trinity gymnast. Donations may be sent in care of Debbie Williams at L.D. Bell High School, 1601 Brown Trail, Hurst, Texas 76054.
9.8.09
Dallas Cowboys Today News
1-Freakish talent makes three Dallas Cowboys stand out
Dallas Morning News
"Some NFL players are as good sports, we can only described it Freaks. The Cowboys have three: DeMarcus Ware, Felix Jones and Martellus Bennett. They are not all the arguments of their opponents or trainers.
Person does the Front Office, it is to be raised, especially since Jerry Jones believes their sportsmanship translates into more wins. See, that's one thing for all athletes to impress, or me. This happens all the time because virtually all NFL players is better than 99 percent of the population. Of all the children play high school and college football in 1440 are good enough, for every Sunday. While the Cowboys have nine Hall of Fame player, a few ... "
First
2-jumping on the "Speedo"
San Antonio Express-News
"It was midnight, and the ballroom Sheraton Chicago Hotel was off. It's like Gil Brandt remembers a night in December 1963. The NFL draft took place towards the end of the season then, and the Dallas Cowboys has received more opportunities for the seventh round. This is when Tex Schramm was Brandt. Who is the fastest player still available? Brandt told him in a backup service for the return of Florida A
3-DeCamillis will be on sideline at Oakland
San Antonio Express-News
"Special team, coach Joe DeCamillis" cut neck will not prevent him from coaching on the side, Thursday, at Oakland. "It is in the field," said Wade Phillips. "He spoke with some guys who have hip or knee - replacement and coach the line and not be taken. For special teams you want to transfer, in the ranks." DeCamillis surgical repair of vertebrae sustainable fragments in the collapse of the training team within May, he coached the team on the field at the start of practice every day, then head of the Press box, where the parenthesis. whether fears DeCamillis done too soon, Phillips said: "We are trying to control ..."
Cowboys
4-Injured Cowboys Newman, Jenkins day-to-day
San Antonio Express-News
"The Dallas Cowboys may have for the rest of the drive with a small school means after injury of two of their three backs Struck corner. Terence Newman was two procedures Saturday with a light bar root and every day. Mike Jenkins is also a day to day is carted from the field in the morning with a right ankle verstauchten. Although he downplayed the seriousness of injuries caused by the MRI results were negative, coach Wade Phillips said the player "for Thursday in Oakland season opener is unclear." We are very careful, of course, but if it is ready, we play, "said Phillips. "We do not believe that serious injury in all." .. ".
5-With No. 81 gone, Cowboys are doing things the right way
Fort Worth Star-Telegram
"No messages in the following opinion: nothing cowboys of the season, in December, more than the crew element, starting with Jerry Jones at the head of Wade Phillips as head coach until Quarterback Tony Romo, in fact all the other voice, with the exception of the crazy locker formerly known as No 81st Now, friends, is a leading supplier. Good or bad, Terrell Eldorado Owens is one of the main suppliers. He removed the dressing room, and that his sudden departure from Valley Ranch was a good five months ago, yet Owens-clouds were for a moment. Then, the training camps opened here 11 days. "I think we have seen the type of conduct ..."
6-South Hills ex and former Texas Tech star is catching on quick with Cowboys
Fort Worth Star-Telegram
"Line Backer Brandon Williams is a hero in his hometown of Fort Worth neighborhood, but the training camps in Dallas Cowboys, it is just another Rookie trying to survive. In any event, it is, and much more . Humble and alerting, 6 feet 3, 254 pounds-fourth round choice, at the Star South Hills High School and was a sack master at Texas Tech is high praise from some of the best games. "I think it will be able to play this year for us, "three times Pro Bowl linebacker DeMarcus said goods." He plays much better than me for the first time, and when he Rookie slowly, and he learns it. It learns, it is becoming more and No. 2 for us. It is ... "
7-Mike Jenkins, Terence Newman injured
Fort Worth Star-Telegram
"Projected starting corner backs Terence Newman and Mike Jenkins were injured Saturday in a panic about the Dallas Cowboys' training camp in less than a week before the Season Opener against the Oakland Raiders. Or serious injury - suffered strained Jenkins Newman and a bar verstauchten right ankle. Both are considered day to day. However, given Newman's injury history and Jenkins offer a first year of entry, it is enough for concern. "Terence Newman has a slight sprain bar is that the way to go for prevention," said coach Wade Phillips. "He had some problems in the past, is not the same offense, but we want to very careful with this. ..."
8-'Impact' player Hayes would've smiled at this
Fort Worth Star-Telegram
"It is no longer a question of whether Bob Hayes is a room of the farm. The former Dallas Cowboys receiver was inducted Saturday evening, the 250th member of the Pro Football Hall of Fame. The only question is: which Is that Hayes had said at his induction speech? "For us, it is still a Hall of the farm," said Bob Hayes Jr., Hayes' son. "I knew he would be a day. He was always a great stir, it might be said, "It's time, y'all. I had to wait 30 years. "" The time and wait for no man hall. Hayes induction reached its 29th year of the eligibility period, but seven years after his death. Hayes' son honored his father in a 2 minutes, 54 seconds ... "
9-Big day comes for Hayes as his teammates kept the faith
Dallas Morning News
Mel Renfro never doubted he returned to Canton one day to see his teammates Cowboys Bob Hayes with him in the Pro Football Hall of Fame. Keep the faith in Hayes Renfro was easy for the consternation of his own candidacy for the Hall of Fame . I have over a long time to me, "said Renfro. "I'd get real mad. My statistics were much better than boys in the hall. But Bob Lilly once said, Mel, you will also in This is not an issue, if it a matter of time. "" That's how I felt about Bob Hayes. He was never a question of if - it has always been a matter of time. He revolutionized the game won in the Hall of Fame. " Renfro waited 19 years for his own ... "
Dallas Morning News
"Some NFL players are as good sports, we can only described it Freaks. The Cowboys have three: DeMarcus Ware, Felix Jones and Martellus Bennett. They are not all the arguments of their opponents or trainers.
Person does the Front Office, it is to be raised, especially since Jerry Jones believes their sportsmanship translates into more wins. See, that's one thing for all athletes to impress, or me. This happens all the time because virtually all NFL players is better than 99 percent of the population. Of all the children play high school and college football in 1440 are good enough, for every Sunday. While the Cowboys have nine Hall of Fame player, a few ... "
First
2-jumping on the "Speedo"
San Antonio Express-News
"It was midnight, and the ballroom Sheraton Chicago Hotel was off. It's like Gil Brandt remembers a night in December 1963. The NFL draft took place towards the end of the season then, and the Dallas Cowboys has received more opportunities for the seventh round. This is when Tex Schramm was Brandt. Who is the fastest player still available? Brandt told him in a backup service for the return of Florida A
3-DeCamillis will be on sideline at Oakland
San Antonio Express-News
"Special team, coach Joe DeCamillis" cut neck will not prevent him from coaching on the side, Thursday, at Oakland. "It is in the field," said Wade Phillips. "He spoke with some guys who have hip or knee - replacement and coach the line and not be taken. For special teams you want to transfer, in the ranks." DeCamillis surgical repair of vertebrae sustainable fragments in the collapse of the training team within May, he coached the team on the field at the start of practice every day, then head of the Press box, where the parenthesis. whether fears DeCamillis done too soon, Phillips said: "We are trying to control ..."
Cowboys
4-Injured Cowboys Newman, Jenkins day-to-day
San Antonio Express-News
"The Dallas Cowboys may have for the rest of the drive with a small school means after injury of two of their three backs Struck corner. Terence Newman was two procedures Saturday with a light bar root and every day. Mike Jenkins is also a day to day is carted from the field in the morning with a right ankle verstauchten. Although he downplayed the seriousness of injuries caused by the MRI results were negative, coach Wade Phillips said the player "for Thursday in Oakland season opener is unclear." We are very careful, of course, but if it is ready, we play, "said Phillips. "We do not believe that serious injury in all." .. ".
5-With No. 81 gone, Cowboys are doing things the right way
Fort Worth Star-Telegram
"No messages in the following opinion: nothing cowboys of the season, in December, more than the crew element, starting with Jerry Jones at the head of Wade Phillips as head coach until Quarterback Tony Romo, in fact all the other voice, with the exception of the crazy locker formerly known as No 81st Now, friends, is a leading supplier. Good or bad, Terrell Eldorado Owens is one of the main suppliers. He removed the dressing room, and that his sudden departure from Valley Ranch was a good five months ago, yet Owens-clouds were for a moment. Then, the training camps opened here 11 days. "I think we have seen the type of conduct ..."
6-South Hills ex and former Texas Tech star is catching on quick with Cowboys
Fort Worth Star-Telegram
"Line Backer Brandon Williams is a hero in his hometown of Fort Worth neighborhood, but the training camps in Dallas Cowboys, it is just another Rookie trying to survive. In any event, it is, and much more . Humble and alerting, 6 feet 3, 254 pounds-fourth round choice, at the Star South Hills High School and was a sack master at Texas Tech is high praise from some of the best games. "I think it will be able to play this year for us, "three times Pro Bowl linebacker DeMarcus said goods." He plays much better than me for the first time, and when he Rookie slowly, and he learns it. It learns, it is becoming more and No. 2 for us. It is ... "
7-Mike Jenkins, Terence Newman injured
Fort Worth Star-Telegram
"Projected starting corner backs Terence Newman and Mike Jenkins were injured Saturday in a panic about the Dallas Cowboys' training camp in less than a week before the Season Opener against the Oakland Raiders. Or serious injury - suffered strained Jenkins Newman and a bar verstauchten right ankle. Both are considered day to day. However, given Newman's injury history and Jenkins offer a first year of entry, it is enough for concern. "Terence Newman has a slight sprain bar is that the way to go for prevention," said coach Wade Phillips. "He had some problems in the past, is not the same offense, but we want to very careful with this. ..."
8-'Impact' player Hayes would've smiled at this
Fort Worth Star-Telegram
"It is no longer a question of whether Bob Hayes is a room of the farm. The former Dallas Cowboys receiver was inducted Saturday evening, the 250th member of the Pro Football Hall of Fame. The only question is: which Is that Hayes had said at his induction speech? "For us, it is still a Hall of the farm," said Bob Hayes Jr., Hayes' son. "I knew he would be a day. He was always a great stir, it might be said, "It's time, y'all. I had to wait 30 years. "" The time and wait for no man hall. Hayes induction reached its 29th year of the eligibility period, but seven years after his death. Hayes' son honored his father in a 2 minutes, 54 seconds ... "
9-Big day comes for Hayes as his teammates kept the faith
Dallas Morning News
Mel Renfro never doubted he returned to Canton one day to see his teammates Cowboys Bob Hayes with him in the Pro Football Hall of Fame. Keep the faith in Hayes Renfro was easy for the consternation of his own candidacy for the Hall of Fame . I have over a long time to me, "said Renfro. "I'd get real mad. My statistics were much better than boys in the hall. But Bob Lilly once said, Mel, you will also in This is not an issue, if it a matter of time. "" That's how I felt about Bob Hayes. He was never a question of if - it has always been a matter of time. He revolutionized the game won in the Hall of Fame. " Renfro waited 19 years for his own ... "
Dallas Cowboys' practice course without two corners.
Dallas Cowboys’ practice goes on without two corners.
If the Cowboys have the terrain for the performance Saturday afternoon in the Alamodome, they were without their starting point corner backs, writes Todd Archer.
Terence Newman has been forced to the keys with a master in the groin, and Mike Jenkins in the competition for the launch Newman, suffered a sprained right ankle.
Dallas Cowboys corner Mike Jenkins will be dispatched on the spot after an injury on the right ankle in the early morning hours of practice.
If the Cowboys have the terrain for the performance Saturday afternoon in the Alamodome, they were without their starting point corner backs, writes Todd Archer.
Terence Newman has been forced to the keys with a master in the groin, and Mike Jenkins in the competition for the launch Newman, suffered a sprained right ankle.
Dallas Cowboys corner Mike Jenkins will be dispatched on the spot after an injury on the right ankle in the early morning hours of practice.
8.8.09
12 injured in Dallas Cowboys practice collapse Arena
(CNN) - An air roof over Dallas Cowboys' practice field collapsed during a severe storm Saturday afternoon, and 12 wounded, authorities said.
About 70 people, including more than two dozen junior team, where the plant does blown before 3:30 hours (4h30 hours ET), team officials said.
Two or three were seriously injured, but nobody believes in life-threatening condition Saturday night, said Dr. Paul Pepe, Dallas County Chapter of emergency services, a medical emergency.
CNN reports WFAA Affiliation Cowboys teams coach Joe DeCamillis, son of former NFL Head Coach Dan Reeves, a broken back. DeCamillis to wear a neck stretcher judge.
A line of severe thunderstorms were passing through the territory of Dallas, at the time, he said, but no other damage was to buildings, said Mike Adams, a dispatcher of Irving, Texas, fire.
Arnold Payne, a photographer for WFAA was once again the Cowboys' training, when the rain falls "extremely difficult".
"I noticed that the walls began to shake ... and then I noticed that the lights were hung from the ceiling began to govern, and not stop," said Payne CNN. Shortly thereafter, he said, "It was as if someone with a PIN key and press a ball. "
Payne said the staff photographers were Cowboys-metal frame under the canopy of the film and training "on the horse, in reality, the building of the storm." At least in surgery Saturday evening, he said.
"There was nothing to do, for them, and happened so quickly - but only if accompanied, as it imploded," said Payne.
Video from CNN affiliate WFAA showed caving the roof during a violent storm, sending players, coaches, and a handful of journalists and photographers Scrambling to escape.
Cowboys' owner Jerry Jones said NBC, nearly 27 students of the NFL teams and team members to coach employees in Building S-Dallas at this time.
"They are not a warning, and the structure collapsed," said Jones, speaking from Kentucky Derby Louisville. "We are the evaluation of the violation on that date."
About 70 people, including more than two dozen junior team, where the plant does blown before 3:30 hours (4h30 hours ET), team officials said.
Two or three were seriously injured, but nobody believes in life-threatening condition Saturday night, said Dr. Paul Pepe, Dallas County Chapter of emergency services, a medical emergency.
CNN reports WFAA Affiliation Cowboys teams coach Joe DeCamillis, son of former NFL Head Coach Dan Reeves, a broken back. DeCamillis to wear a neck stretcher judge.
A line of severe thunderstorms were passing through the territory of Dallas, at the time, he said, but no other damage was to buildings, said Mike Adams, a dispatcher of Irving, Texas, fire.
Arnold Payne, a photographer for WFAA was once again the Cowboys' training, when the rain falls "extremely difficult".
"I noticed that the walls began to shake ... and then I noticed that the lights were hung from the ceiling began to govern, and not stop," said Payne CNN. Shortly thereafter, he said, "It was as if someone with a PIN key and press a ball. "
Payne said the staff photographers were Cowboys-metal frame under the canopy of the film and training "on the horse, in reality, the building of the storm." At least in surgery Saturday evening, he said.
"There was nothing to do, for them, and happened so quickly - but only if accompanied, as it imploded," said Payne.
Video from CNN affiliate WFAA showed caving the roof during a violent storm, sending players, coaches, and a handful of journalists and photographers Scrambling to escape.
Cowboys' owner Jerry Jones said NBC, nearly 27 students of the NFL teams and team members to coach employees in Building S-Dallas at this time.
"They are not a warning, and the structure collapsed," said Jones, speaking from Kentucky Derby Louisville. "We are the evaluation of the violation on that date."
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