TEXAS BANKING NEWS, PEOPLE AND IDEAS
TEXAS BANKING NEWS, PEOPLE AND IDEAS
Philip Paul Cloud, former executive vice president and chief credit officer at Bank of the West in Grapevine, passed away on December 3 after a brief stay at Dallas Methodist Hospital. He was 61. After receiving his bachelor’s degree in finance from the University of Texas–Arlington, Cloud followed in the footsteps of his father, Roger … Read more
Steven M. Ellis, who served as managing director of the corporate investment banking and financial institutions group at Dallas-based Commerce Street Capital, passed away on November 29. He was 62. Ellis had more than 35 years of experience in the financial services industry as an investor, executive, advisor and director of financial institutions and other … Read more
Former Texas banking executive Richard T. Sharpe, 80, passed away after a brief illness on November 30. A graduate of Texas Tech University and the Southwestern Graduate School of Banking at Southern Methodist University, he began his banking career in 1962 as vice president of First National Bank Weatherford. In 1965, he moved to Brownwood and … Read more
Longtime Texas community banker James Robert “Jim Bob” Parker, 79 of Elkhart passed away October 28 in his home. His final days were spent surrounded by family and friends. After serving six years in the U.S. Air Force, Parker went to work for Elkhart State Bank in 1968. Upon the passing of his father in 1987, he … Read more
Longtime Texas banker John Robert Dyer passed away peacefully with family at his side on October 6. He was 74. After graduating in 1968 from Stephen F. Austin University as a member of the collegiate golf team, Dyer served in the U.S. Air Force, stationed in Laredo. He then worked as an office manager and … Read more
Educator and banking advocate George William Berry, 85, passed away on June 19 in Austin. While serving on the faculty of Texas Tech University in the 1960s, he began working as an independent consultant in economics and served as an expert witness for financial institutions in depositions, hearings and administrative cases on more than a … Read more