It was a grand year as North Texas settled into feeling downright comfy with former new kids on the block (Margaret Hunt Hill Bridge, Perot Museum, Klyde Warren Park, George W. Bush Center). But more than edifices settling in took place. While weddings were celebrated with cheers, marriages that had run their course were regretted with tears. Newcomers like Toyota were more than welcomed to the hood, others like Contact were tearfully bid farewell with a thank you for all they had contributed.
After 2013 when North Texas acknowledged a tragedy of 50 years ago, it was once again thrown into the international spotlight that no one wanted. City, county and private officials were confronted with a damning healthcare challenge called Ebola. Despite confusion and fear, they handled it with determination, compassion and eventual success.
Babies boomed and so did centenarians like Ebby Halliday Acers and Margaret McDermott.
Ebby Halliday (File photo)
Margaret McDermott (File photo)
Yes, 2014 was a year indeed. Still while one can’t help but wonder what future leaders were born this year, it is with sorrow that we lost too many like:
Mary Jo Vaughn Rauscher (File photo)
Dr. Cliff Jones (File photo)
Margaret Crow (File photo)
Ted Strauss (File photo)
- Nona Barrett
- O. Paul Corley
- Margaret Doggett Crow
- Frank X. Cuellar Jr.
- Thomas Eric Duncan
- Patricia “Patty” Haggar
- Nancy Holmes
- Doug Horn
- Ken Hughes
- Dr. Cliff Jones
- Brandy Moore Ratchford
- Mary Jo Vaughn Rauscher
- Robert “Bob” Strauss
- Theodore “Ted” Strauss
- Scott Tanksley
We are a better community for what each of these people taught us through their example and their lives.