Alumni Obituaries - 2025

In Memoriam

At Baylor Law School, we honor the legacy of our alumni who have passed, celebrating their contributions to the legal field and their communities. 

The alumni obituaries below are organized by class year and are based on information we received from our alumni and other sources in 2025. If you are aware of the passing of a Baylor Lawyer that we have omitted, please e-mail law_alumni@baylor.edu. 

Please note that the obituary links provided on this page direct to external websites. While they were active when originally posted, some links may become inactive over time.

Updated, December 31, 2025

• David “Smilie” Watkins, BBA ’48, JD ’50

• Uriel Elvis Dutton, JD ’51

• Albert Green “A.G.” Walker, Jr., JD ’58

• Louis S. Muldrow, BA ’53, JD ’58

• George Cowden, BA ’53, JD ’59

• Tommie George Davis, JD ’59

• Robert Lee Woods, JD ’59

• George Edmond Chandler, BA ’60, JD ’62

• Billie Dean McConnell, JD ’62

• Stanley McMurry, BBA ’59, JD ’62

• Hon. Robert Maurice Campbell, JD ’64 

• Herbert Wayne Adkins, BBA ’62, JD ’65

• Hon. Tommy Lee Ragland, JD ’65

• Hon. Walter S. Smith, Jr., BA ’64, JD ’66

• Laurence Wade “Larry” Watts, BA ’64, JD ’66

• Gary Charles Dobbs, JD ’67

• Ernest Leroy McClendon, Jr., BBA ’64, JD ’67

• Monte Lee Sherrod, JD ’67

• Hon. Rollin Adrian Van Broekhoven, JD ’68

• Hon. Joe Carroll, Jr., JD ’68

• John Frank Taylor, II, JD ’68

• Douglas Wister Howell, Jr., JD ’69

• Robert Jenkins Garrett, JD ’70

• Hon. Clyde Wright, Jr., JD ’70

• Hon. Timothy Wright, JD ’70

• Hon. Felipe S. Reyna, BA ’68, JD ’72

• Earl Franklin Edwards, JD ’73

• Tim Edwards, JD ’73

• Hon. David Hodges, BBA ’73, JD ’73

• Hon. James Richard Ames, II, BBA ’69, JD ’76

• Suzan Kay Cardwell, JD ’76

• Harry Louie Dulick, JD ’76

• James Robert “Jim” Thorne, JD ’76

• Kim Fallwell Richardson, BA ’76, JD ’77

• Phillip Nollin Cockrell, JD ’78

• R. David Weaver, JD ’82

• Timothy James Harvard, BBA ’81, JD ’83

• Susan Gay Morrison, JD ’83 

• John Jeffrey “Jeff” Springer, BA ’83, JD ’85

• Dennis James Kowalik, JD ’90

• Renee Douglas, JD ’92

• Ben Bob Boothe, II, JD ’96

• Barry Chase Griffith, JD ’03