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JACK M. CALKINS died March 14, 2007 in Houston, Texas. Jack was born on March 8, 1926 in
Childress, Texas, the only child of Leon Clifton (Jack) Calkins and Ima (Jean) Atkinson
Calkins. Jack graduated from Childress High School in the Class of 1943. Jack served in
the Army Air Corps in World War II and graduated from Baylor University in 1949 with a BS
in Chemistry. Jack was a 50-year member of the American Chemical Society and a Charter
Member of the Tomball Shrine Club. Jack was a member of the Baylor Heritage Club, the
Tusler-Summit Masonic Lodge in Roseville, Minnesota, the Arabia Shrine Temple, the Houston
Scottish Rite bodies, the Friends of the Clayton Library, the Clark County Alabama
Historical Society, the Philadelphia Chapter of the Sons of the American Revolution, and
Chapelwood Methodist Church, where he was a member of the Bible Sunday School Class and
served for 10 years as a Stephen Minister. Jack is survived by his wife of 61 years,
Virginia Davis Calkins an!
d by his two sons: Jack Lee Calkins and wife, Christine Banks Calkins, and Charles Bruce
Calkins and wife, Laurel Brubaker Calkins, all of Houston, Texas; and grandchildren, Keri
Lee Calkins, Kyle Clifton Calkins, William Davis Calkins, Christopher Scott Calkins, and
Benjamin Matthew Calkins. Jack is also survived by his half-brothers, Noel Clifton Calkins
of Los Lunas, New Mexico, and Dr. Ronald R. Calkins of Mineola, Texas, and brother-in-law,
James M. Davis of Gainesville, Texas. Graveside services including a ceremony of Christian
Burial and Masonic Rites will be held at 11:15 on March 23, 2007 at Houston National
Cemetery, 10410 Veterans Memorial Dr., Houston, TX 77038. Memorial Services will be held
at 10:00 on March 24, 2007 at Chapelwood United Methodist Church, 11140 Greenbay St
Houston, TX 77024. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be sent to Clayton
Genealogical Library Friends, 5300 Caroline, Houston, TX 77004-6896.
Published in the Houston Chronicle on 3/22/2007
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