Giles McCrary
| Giles Connell McCrary, Sr. | |
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 Mayor of Post, Garza County, Texas |
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In office 1969–1991 |
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| Born |
November 5, 1919 Fort Worth, Tarrant County Texas, USA |
| Died | October 30, 2011 (aged 91) Lubbock, Texas |
| Political party | Republican |
| Spouse(s) | Helen Louise McCrary (married 1940–2011, his death) |
| Children |
Mary L. McCrary |
| Occupation | Rancher; Businessman; Philanthropist |
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(1) Former Mayor Giles McCrary played a major part in the revival of tourism in his town of Post, Texas, south of Lubbock. (2) In 2002, McCrary was instrumental in bringing the Vatican Museum Collection to Texas Tech University. (3) McCrary was one of the founders of the National Ranching Heritage Center at Texas Tech. |
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Mary L. McCrary
Giles McCrary, Jr.
Pamela McCrary (1945–1979)
Four grandchildren
(1) Former Mayor Giles McCrary played a major part in the revival of tourism in his town of Post, Texas, south of Lubbock.
(2) In 2002, McCrary was instrumental in bringing the Vatican Museum Collection to Texas Tech University.
Giles Connell McCrary, Sr. (November 5, 1919 – October 30, 2011), was a self-employed oil operator, investor, art collector, rancher, and the owner of the OS Museum in Post, the seat of Garza County, southeast of Lubbock on the Texas South Plains.
McCrary was the mayor of Post from 1969 to 1991; in Texas, all mayors are elected on a nonpartisan ballot. McCrary, however, was a Republican, having contributed in recent years to many GOP candidates as well as the Republican National Committee and the National Republican Senatorial Committee.
McCrary was born to I. N. McCrary and the former Nell Connell in Fort Worth, the seat of Tarrant County, in north Texas. In 1940, while still twenty, he married his wife, the former Helen Louise Luton (born 1920). Their children are daughter, Mary L. McCrary of Lubbock, and a son, Giles C. McCrary, Jr. (born 1952), of Fort Worth, and four grandchildren. A second daughter, Pamela McCrary, died in 1979 at the age of thirty-four.
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