Jack Dillard Fitzgerald
1921 - 1997 (75 years)Person ID: I16317 | Last Modified: 15 Mar 2026
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Name Jack Dillard Fitzgerald Gender Male Birth 18 Dec 1921 Buffalo Gap, Taylor County, Texas, USA 
Died 15 Mar 1997 Harris County, Texas, USA Buried Woodlawn Cemetery, Spring Branch East, Harris County, Texas, USA [1] -
Family
Wife Shirley Mae Williams (ID:I16315)
b. 6 Feb 1924, Gulf, Matagorda County, Texas, USA
d. 29 Nov 2006, Harris County, Texas, USA (Age 82 years)
Marriage 1943 Age at Marriage Jack : ~ 21 years - Shirley : ~ 18 years. (Were Married ~ 54 years). Children + 1. 
Virginia Lee Fitzgerald (ID:I16318)
b. 10 Oct 1947, Travis County, Texas, USA
d. 24 Sep 2013, Katy, Fort Bend County, Texas, USA (Age 65 years)+ 2. Living (ID:I16319) -
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Event Map
Birth - 18 Dec 1921 - Buffalo Gap, Taylor County, Texas, USA 
Died - 15 Mar 1997 - Harris County, Texas, USA 
Buried - - Woodlawn Cemetery, Spring Branch East, Harris County, Texas, USA = Link to Google Earth 
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Source Citations
- [FIND-A-GRAVE] Find a Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/100361293/jack_dillard-fitzgerald.
Son of William Brice Fitzgerald and Edna Irene (Williams) Fitzgerald. He served as a marine officer first on the beach in Okinawa and later coached the marine basketball team. He and Shirley Williams were married 55 years.
He was a graduate of the University of Texas and remained an active member of the "T" association after his basketball career. He was an active member of the Houston Devil Dog Chapter of the First Marine Division Association. He spent 30 years with Texaco, Inc., and retired from the regional sales staff in 1976. Later he spent much of his time helping others to overcome alcohol and drug dependency.
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His mother's death certificate shows her name as Edna Irene (Williams) Krause, but her grave marker is engraved as Edna W. Fitzgerald.
