Texas high school track champions, 1905-2012 Updated, April 22, 2012 by Dr. William (Billy) Wilbanks Self-Published by Dr. Wilbanks on Computer Disc in 2005 & 2006 Placed on Internet website in May

Johnny “Lam” Jones, 1975-1976
Johnny Jones of Lampasas won 4 gold medals at the state track meet in 1975-76 and went on win an Olympic Gold Medal in the 400-meter relay at the 1976 Olympic Games at the age of 19. He later was an All-American in football and track at the University of Texas and played 5 years for the New York Jets in the NFL. He stills holds the UT school record in the 100-meter dash and has the 2^nd best 200-meter mark 27 years after leaving UT where he is on the school’s Wall of Horns.
Johnny Jones began his career at the state track meet as a soph in 1974 when he was 5^th in the 3A long jump. As a junior in 1975 Johnny became the first Lampasas boy to win a state track championship when he won the 3A 440-yd dash in 47.6. In his senior year of 1976 he won 3 gold medals by sweeping the 100-yd and 200-yd dashes and running on the winning mile relay team. Jones scored 25 of Lampasas’ 40 points which enabled the Badgers to win the state 3A team championship, 40-36, over West Columbia. His 9.4 in the 100 tied a 3A conference record and his 21.0 in the 220 set a new state (and conference) record.
Jones ran only the 440-yd dash and relays until his senior year when his high school track coach decided in Feb. of 1976 to time Johnny in the 100-yd dash during practice. He was timed at 9.29 on the school’s dirt track so the coach measured the course to make sure it was 100 yards and timed him again-Bthis time he was clocked in 9.24. Jones ran 9.18 at the BlueBonnet Relays and 9.05 at the District Meet in Round Rock and going into the state meet had the best marks in the state in the 100 (9.05), 220 (20.7), 440-yd dash (46.5 in open 440 & 45.1 leg on mile relay) & long jump (24') and thus was disappointed in his state marks of 9.4 & 21.0. He did not compete in the 440-yd dash at the state meet. His (adjusted) time of 10.23 in the 100-meters ranks 7^th all-time in the history of TX.
In the 3-A mile relay Jones ran the anchor leg for Lampasas (Mike Perkins, Tom Lancaster, Leon McLendon, and Jones) and went from “last to first” to win by 10 yards in what most long-time observers of the state meet call the most exciting finish/race in the history of the state track meet. The Lampasas team ran a 3:19.2 with Jones clocked at 45.5 on his anchor leg (the first 3 legs averaged 51.2). Newspaper and personal accounts differ with some saying Jones began his anchor leg 40 yards back while others claim it was a 60 yard deficit. The Houston Post described the feat as “legendary, stupendous, unbelievable, supernatural.” The crowd that Friday night (May 15, 1976) was estimated as from 13,000-20,000 with the entire stadium rising and cheering as Jones made up the deficit and won the race as the stadium announcer reported that “Jones is in 6^th, now 5^th, now 4^th, etc.” When “old-timers” are asked of their most enduring memory of the state track meet 90% will name the “Johnny Jones mile relay” as their top memory. The Houston Post named the 1976 3A mile relay as the “greatest race” in the history of track and field at Memorial Stadium before the state track meet moved to the smaller track/only stadium next door.
Before the spring of 1976 Jones was known more as a football player as he gained over 2,700 yards and scored 45 touchdowns in just over two years as a running back (he was also the team’s punter and was All-District as a defensive back) at Lampasas. He was named 2^nd team all-state as a junior and 1^st team all-state as a senior and was named to play in the Coaches All-Star Game. The 6'1", 175lb Jones was one of the top 16 recruits in TX and signed with UT for football and track. He played football at UT from 1976-1979 (with the nickname “Lam” Jones to distinguish him from another Johnny Jones on the team) and was a wide receiver and running back. He started for UT as a freshman in 1976 and had 624 yards rushing and 79 receiving and scored 5 TD’s. Johnny was MVP of the UT football team in 1978 and was named All-SWC & All-American in 1978 and 1979. He set the UT record for career pass receiving yards (1,589); most receiving yards in one game (198); most yards per catch (25.9); kickoff return average (32.4) and tied the UT record for career receptions (84). He was the 2^nd overall pick in the 1980 NFL draft by the NY Jets where he played five years. Though plagued by injuries he caught 138 passes for 2,322 yards (16.8 yards per catch) & 13 TD’s from 1980-84.

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However, before Jones entered UT as a freshman in 1976 (only 6 months after he ran his first H.S. 100) he made the U.S. Olympic team by finishing 4^th in the 100-meters at the Olympic Trials. He earned a gold medal by running the 2nd leg of the USA’s 400-meter relay team (Harvey Glance, Johnny Jones, Millard Hampton & Steve Riddick) which won 1^st over East Germany and the Soviet Union at 38.33. He also made the 1976 Olympic finals of the 100-meter dash and finished 6^th at 10.27. The community of Lampasas raised money for Jones to enter national meets in the summer of 1976 and honored him with a “Johnny Jones Day” upon his return home to Lampasas after the Olympics.

Due to injuries and his football commitment, Jones ran track for only two years (1977 & 1978) at UT . He ran a 10.14 100-meters at the Texas Relays in 1977 as a freshman which is still the UT school record 27 years later. His 20.4 200-meter mark in 1977 was still the 2^nd best in UT history in 2003. Jones also still holds the UT school record in the 100-yd dash at 9.21 and in the 220-yd dash at 20.14. Also, his UT 440-yd relay team’s mark of 39.54 in 1977 is still the UT school record and his 880-yd relay team’s mark of 1:23.21 is 2^nd best all-time at UT. His 100-yd mark of 9.21 and 220-yd mark of 20.14Ban American and collegiate record--were still the record at UT’s Memorial Stadium in 2004. He won 4 gold at the SWC track meet in 1977 by winning the 100-yd dash (9.42); the 220-yd dash (20.29); the 440-yd relay (Clayborn, Hatchett, Spence & Jones at 39.54); and the mile relay (Studstill, Nelson, Clayborn & Jones at 3:08.24) to lead UT to the conference championship. At the 1977 NCAA meet Jones finished 2^nd in the 100-meters at 10.27 and 7^th in the 200-meters at 20.85. He ran a world record 9.85 in the 100-meters at the TX Relays in 1977 but the record was disallowed after the automatic timer malfunctioned. He also had a career best of 9.05 in the 100-yard dash; 45.0 in the 440-yarddash, broad jumped over 24' and high jumped over 6'3". Jones was ranked #4 in the U.S. and #8 in the world in the 100 meters at the end of 1977. He was plagued with injuries during his soph track season of 1978 and decided to end his track career to concentrate on football. He was inducted into the UT Wall of Horns in 1994.
John Wesley Jones was born in Lawton OK on April 4, 1958, and was raised by his mother, Mary Frances Jones, and (from the 8^th grade) by his grandparents, Arthur and Mary Anderson. In 2002 he gave his Olympic gold medal to the Texas Special Olympics to raise funds for that event. He is divorced with two children (Jason & Sonyett) and five grandchildren. In 2005 Johnny Jones, 46, of Leander worked as a salesman of athletic turf and as a motivational speaker. He donates 33% of his speaker fees to the Special Olympics.

Toya Jones, 1992-1995
Toya Jones won more gold medals--13--during his high school track career (1992-95)--than any male athlete in the history of the state track meet in the 102 years from 1905-2006. He later played football and ran track at Texas A&M and played pro football in the Canadian League and the XFL thru 2003
There have been a total of 8,128 individual and relay state champions at the state track meet by Texas boys and girls since 1905. Ychlindria Spears of Luling holds the record for most career gold medals (14) at the state meet from 1999-2002 while Jim Ann Baker of Cisco (2000-2003) and Toya are tied for 2^nd with 13 gold medals from 2000-2003. Thus Toya tops the male career list with 13 gold. He ran for Refugio H.S. from 1992-1995 and won 13 gold medals in the 100-meter dash, 200-meter dash, long jump, triple jump and 400-meter relay.
Toya began running early and, as a 12-year old in 1989, set a national youth record in the 100-meter high (33') hurdles at 13.34. As a freshman at the state meet in 1992, Toya won 2 gold medals-- the long jump in 23' 05' and the triple jump in 45' 11". As a soph in 1993 he won five events---the 100 in 10.5, the 200 in 21.4, the long jump in 24' 05", the triple jump in 49' 01" and anchored the Refugio 400-meter relay team to victory in 41.4. As a junior in 1994 he won four eventsCthe 100 in 10.2, the 200 in 20.8, the long jump in 25' 01" and the triple jump in 48' 02. As a senior in 1995 he won the long jump at 25' 00.2" and the triple jump in 48' 08". Jones won the long jump and the broad jump at the Golden West Invitational in CA and placed 2^nd in the 100 & 3^rd in the 200.
Jones is only the second (the other was Willis Maxson in 1912) TX track athlete to win five gold medals in one year (1993) and ranks 5^th all-time for most points scored (45 in 1993) at one state meet (after Willis Maxson’s 61 in 1912 & 60 in 1911, Leo Baldwin’s 48 in 1924, Marion Lindsey’s 48 in 1917 & Clarence Parker’s 48 in 1907). His mark of 45 is the best modern (post world war II) point total beating the previous modern mark of 42 by Frank Pollard of Meridian in 1976. He scored a state record 147 points (13 gold, 3 silver and 1 bronze) in 4 years at the state meet.
Jones became the 8^th Texas schoolboy to win the same event for four straight years and is the only one to do so in two different events--the long jump and triple jump. Toya’s 10.2 100-meter mark in 1994 set a conference record which still remained in 2005. His 49' 01" triple jump in 1993 was a conference record from 1993-1998 and his 25' 01' mark in the long jump in 1994 set a conference record that remains in 2006. He led Refugio to three straight state team titles.
Jones also excelled in football in H.S. at Refugio where he was an all-state FS/RB from 1992-94 and was the Texas 2A Defensive Player of the Year and MVP and was a Parade All-American as a senior in 1994. He was ranked 17^th by the Austin American-Statesman’s top 55 football recruits as a senior and was a H.S. All-American. He was also a 4-year starter in basketball in H.S.
Toya Jones played football and ran track at Texas A&M from 1995-1999. He was a free safety and played on the special teams and was the Aggie’s kickoff returner. He was named a team captain as a junior and senior and the special teams MVP for 3 years.
Jones was a 2-time (1997 & 1999) All-American in track and field as he ran on the Aggie 400-meter relay team (Michael Price, Toya Jones, Billy Fobbs, Danny McCray) which won the NCAA championship in 1997 in 38.8 and the Big 12 at 39.3. Toya’s 400-meter relay team also qualified for the NCAA outdoor meet in 1996 & 1998-99 and in 1998 he qualified for the NCAA indoor meet in the 55-meter dash at 6.27. He had a collegiate personal best in the 100-meters of 10.44.
Toya’s track career ended in 1999 when he left A&M but he played pro football from 1999-2003 for the XFL’s Birmingham Thunderbolts in 2001 and for the Canadian League’s BC Lions (2001-02) and Toronto Argos (2003). He never played in the NFL but was with the SF 49-ers in 1999, the Denver Broncos in 2000, and the Houston Texans in 2002.
Toya Jones was born in Victoria TX on Oct. 28, 1976, to Willie Charles and Verna K. Jones. He and his siblings grew up in Refugio where Toya graduated from H.S. in 1995. His older sister, Tanya, also ran track for Refugio & won 3 gold medals in 1990-92 in the 1600-meter relay and the 300-meter hurdles. In 2004 Toya Jones was living and working (in sales) in the Houston area.

Morris Kirksey, 1914
Morris Kirksey of the Waxahachie Academy won 3 gold medals at the 1914 Texas state track meet and went on to Stanford University where he was a national collegiate champion in the 100-yd dash. He won a gold medal in the 400-meter relay & a silver medal in the 100-meter dash at the 1920 Olympic Games becoming the first native Texan to win an Olympic gold medal in track and field. He also won a gold medal as a member of the USA’s Olympic Rugby team of 1920. He was later a staff psychiatrist for the California Dept. of Corrections.
Morris Marshall Kirksey was born on Sept. 13, 1995, in Waxahachie TX to Charles Albert and Myra Jane Guyer Kirksey. He was one of five children and grew up in Waxahachie TX. His younger brother, Albert, later attended Allen Academy in Bryan and won the national scholastic high school track meet in Chicago in 1923 in the 100-yd dash and 220-yd dash leading Allen Academy to 3^rd place in the national meet.
Morris attended the Waxahachie Academy in 1914 when he won three gold medals (the 100 yd dash at 10.2, the 220 low hurdles at 27.4 and the long jump at 19' 02") in the Academy Division of the state “scholastic” track meet. He also won silver medals in the 220-yd dash and the 120-yd hurdles. Kirksey moved with his family to Los Angeles CA around 1916 and attended Stanford University from 1918-22. According to a Stanford publication, “Morrie” became Stanford’s greatest track star of the 1920's and “broke countless records and his classic races against the wonderful Trojan sprinter, Charley Paddock, will go down in history as some of the most thrilling ever run. Kirksey won the 100-yd dash (10.0) at the national collegiate (IC4A) championships at Cambridge MA in 1921.
While at Stanford in 1920 Kirksey made the 1920 U.S. Olympic team and won a silver medal by finishing 2^nd (by 18 inches) to champion Charles Paddock of the U.S. (both men were timed in 10.8). Morris was a member of the U.S. 400 meter relay team (Charles Paddock, Jackson Scholz, Loren Murchinson, and Morris Kirksey) that won the gold medal at the 1920 Olympics in a world record time of 42.2. The New York Times reported on Aug. 30, 1920, that Kirksey tied the world record in the 200-meter dash at 21.6 in a post-Olympic meet in France. Stanford records indicate that Kirksey set a world record in the 100-yd dash at 9.6 in 1921. Kirksey was also a member of the U.S. Rugby team that won a gold medal at the 1920 Olympics, one of few men to have won gold medals in two different sports at the Olympic Games. He is on the Stanford Athletic Hall of Fame at the Arrillaga Sports Center on the Stanford campus. He is the first native Texan ever to win a gold medal in track and field at the Olympics.
Morris later earned a medical degree from St. Louis Medical College and served for 25 years as a staff psychiatrist for the State Department of Corrections in CA working at San Quentin and Folsum prisons. He died in Santa Clara County CA at the age of 86 on Nov. 25, 1981 and was survived by his wife, Irene (who died in June of 1986). The couple had no children.

Roy Martin, 1983-1985
Dallas Roosevelt’s Roy Martin won seven gold medals during a 3-year career at the state track meet in 1983-85. As a senior in 1985 Martin set three national records---in the 100-meters, the 200-meters and in the 400-meter relay. His state and national record in the 200-meters (20.0) in 1985 has held for 20 years. He went on to run for SMU in 1986-87 and was a member of the Mustang 1600-meter relay team that won three NCAA outdoor/indoor championships. He still holds SMU school records at 55 meters and 200-meters and in the 400-meter and 1600-meter relays.
As a soph in 1983 Martin won the 200-meter dash at 20.9 (the 2^nd best time in the U.S.) and anchored the winning Roosevelt 1600-meter relay team in 3:09.5 (a 5A record). As a junior in 1983 he won the 200-meters at 20.8 and anchored the 1600-meter relay in 3:09.0 (a 5-A record). As a senior in 1985 Martin won three gold medals. He won his 3^rd straight 200-meters at a state and national record 20.0Ba mark that still stood as the all-time best in the history of TX in 2006 after being “auto adjusted” to 20.13. The NFHS also still (20 years later) recognizes Martin’s 20.13 as the national record in 2006. Roy also anchored his 1600-meter relay team to victory in 3:09.4 in 1985 and anchored his 400-meter relay team to victory in 40.2 (a national H.S. record from 1985-88 & 9^th best ever in U.S. thru 2005). He also led his Roosevelt team to three straight state team championships. Earlier in the year he had set a national record in the 100-meters at 10.18—which ranks him 6^th all-time in U.S. history. He was named the National H.S. Athlete of the Year in both 1984 and 1985Bonly two boys (Martin and Denean Howard of CA in 1981-82) have won the honor twice. Martin was ranked #5 in the U.S. and #5 in the world in the 200-meters while a junior in high school in 1984 and was #3 in the U.S. and #3 in the world in the 200-meters while a senior in 1985. Roosevelt’s 4x400 relay teams still have a Texas all-time rank of #2 (1984), #3 (1985) & #4 (1983) and a national all-time rank of #3 (1984), #4 (1985) and #5 (1983) more than 20 years later. Thus Roy Martin ranks in the top 10 all-time in the U.S. in four events: the 100 meters, 200 meters, 400 meter relay & the 1600 meter relay.
Martin was named the Most Outstanding Performer at the Texas Relays while in high school in both 1984 & 1985. He anchored the Roosevelt 1600-meter relay team to Texas Relay wins in 1983 (3:10.38) and 1984 (3:09.9) and the Roosevelt 400-meter relay team to wins in 1983 (40.91), 1984 (40.65) & 1985 (41.01). He also won the boys 100-meters in 1984 (10.14w) & 1985 (10.18Bstill a Texas Relays record in 2005 & the 3^rd best all-time in the history of TX).
Martin went on to run as a freshman and soph at SMU in 1986-87 and was a member of the Mustang 1600-meters relay team (Harold Spells, Rod Jones, Roy Martin and Kevin Robinzine) which won three NCAA championships (the indoor in 1986 at 3:06.24; the outdoor in 1986 in 3:01.62; and the indoor in 1987 at 3:06.63). As a freshman in 1986 Martin was 7^th in the NCAA 200-meters at 20.63 and was a member of the SMU 400-meter relay team which was 5^th in the NCAA. In 1988 Roy Martin was ranked 6^th in the U.S. and 9^th in the world in the 200-meters. He made the 1984 & 1988 U.S. Olympic Teams but did not place in the sprints.
SMU won the 1986 NCAA outdoor team championship and was 2^nd in the 1987 NCAA indoor team championship. Martin set SMU school records in the 55-meters (6.21); 200-meters (20.16); the 400-meter relay (39.04); and the 1600-meter relay (3:00.81)----records which still stood 19 years later in 2005. His 10.12 mark in the 100-meters in 1986 is 2^nd best all-time at SMU. The 1600-meter relay team still holds the all-time SWC record and is no. 3 on the all-time collegiate list.
Roy Martin is a member of the SMU Wall of Fame. In 2004 he lived in Dallas and worked for a Dallas trucking firm.

Randy Matson, 1962-1963
Randy Matson won four gold medals at the Texas H.S. Track Meet in 1962-63 breaking the state record twice in both the shot put and discus. He later won the NCAA shot put and discus championships 2 times for Texa A&M; broke the world record in the shot put four times (holding the record from 1965-1973) and won a gold medal at the 1968 Olympics and a silver at the 1964 Olympics.
As a junior in 1962 Matson won the shot put (64' 07") and discus (185' 09") with both marks breaking the state record. He repeated the “double” in 1963 in his senior year in the shot put (66' 10") and discus (192' 03"), again breaking state records in both events. His shot put record lasted until 1968 when Sam Walker threw 68' 05" and the discus record lasted until 1967 when Kelvin Korver threw 197' 03". Randy was named the national H.S. Athlete of the Year in 1963. Just after his H.S. graduation in 1963 Randy became the first Texan to throw the 16-lb shot 60 feet with 60'6" in the National Federation Meet in Houston.
At A&M Matson was NCAA champion in the shot put and discus for 2 years (1966-1967) and was a track All-American for four years in the shot put (1964-67) and for three years in the discus (1965-67). He also was SWC champion in both the shot put and discus in 1966-67 (70-7" & 199' 7" in 1965; 66' 9" & 197' 11" in 1966; and 68' 2" & 189' 11" in 1967). His best college distance in the shot put was 71' 05.5" in 1967 (2^nd in A&M history in 2005 only to Randy Barnes at 71' 09.5" in 1986). In 2005 (38 years after graduation), Randy still held the A&M school record in the discus with his 213' 9.5" mark in 1967 which was an NCAA record.
At the age of 19 Randy Matson won a silver medal (behind world record holder Dallas Long) at 66' 3.5" in the 1964 Olympics and a gold medal in the 1968 Olympics in Mexico City at 67' 5.5"Ban Olympic record. He barely missed making the 1972 USA Olympic team as he finished 4^th at the trials. Randy broke the world record in the shot put four timesC3 times in 1965 and in 1967 at 71' 05.5" (21.78 meters). He held the world record in the shot from April of 1965 to May of 1973 when Al Feuerbach threw 21.82 meters. He was the first man to ever throw 70 ft in the shot when he threw 70' 7.25" in 1965. At one time he had 23 of the 25 longest throws in history. Randy also won 6 National AAU shot put titles from 1964-1972 (beginning with his freshman year at A&M). He won the U.S. Men’s Outdoor championship in 1966 (67' 1.5") and 1967 (67' 9.2"). After graduating from A&M in 1967 with a degree in marketing, Randy was on the pro track circuit for several years.
Randy Matson, at 6'7" & 245lbs, was a great athlete and at Pampa H.S. was an all-district defensive end and fullback in football and an all-state basketball player. He played basketball in 1965-66 for Texas A&M and was named the SWC Sophomore of the Year by the Dallas Morning News and 2^nd team all-SWC.
James Randel (“Randy”) Matson was born on March 5, 1945, in Kilgore TX to Charles and Ellen Matson. He and his siblings (Charles Jr. and Carla) grew up in Pampa TX where Randy graduated from H.S. in 1963. Randy married Margaret Burns in 1966 and has three children (Jessica, Jim and Cole). Randy worked for 28 years (1972-1999) for the Texas A&M Association of Former Students, serving 20 years as executive director. After retirement he returned to A&M in 2003 to serve as a fundraiser for the Texas A&M Foundation.
Randy Matson is a member of the TX Sports Hall of Fame, the USA Track and Field Hall of Fame, the Texas A&M Athletic Hall of Fame, the National Sports Hall of Fame, the National Track and Field Hall of Fame and the Panhandle Sports Hall of Fame. In 1967 he was voted the “Texas Athlete of the Year” and won the Sullivan Award which goes to the nation’s top amateur athlete. He was also named the Track and Field News Athlete of the World in 1970.
Willis Edward Maxson, Jr., 1911-1912
Willis Maxson led Beaumont H.S. to the state team track championships in 1911 and 1912 winning a total of 9 gold medals while setting 8 state records. He gave perhaps the greatest performance in the history of the state track meet in 1912 when he won five events setting a state record in each and, by himself, outscored the second place team (Marlin), 31 to 29. His 61 points in 1912 & 60 points in 1911 (by the 2004 point scale) remain the most points ever scored at the state meet in 101 years. Maxson later ran track for the University of Virginia.
Willis Edward Maxson was born on Nov. 31, 1892 in Purcell OK. As a junior in 1911 he won 4 events and placed 2^nd in two others scoring 26 of his teams 45 points to lead Beaumont H.S. to the state team championship. He won the 50-yd dash at 5.4 (state record 1911-1922); the 100-yd dash at 10.2 (state record 1911-1922); the 220-yd dash at 23.4 (state record 1909-1912); the 440-yd dash at 57.1; and placed 2^nd in the discus, hammer throw and 440-yd relay.

In 1912 Maxson, a senior, won five events and placed 2^nd in another as he scored 31 of his team’s 38 points and, by himself, outscored the second place team (Marlin), 31-29. He won the 50-yd dash at 5.4 (state record 1911-1922); the 100-yd dash at 10.2 (state record 1911-1922); the 220-yd dash at 22.6 (state record 1912-1923); the 440-yd dash at 53.2 (state record 1912-1916); the hammer throw at 122'4" (state record 1912-1913); and placed 2^nd in the shot put. He is one of only two Texas H.S. athletes (with Toya Jones in 1993) in 102 years (1905-2006) to win five gold medals in the same state track meet and the only H.S. athlete to set 5 state records in the same year. By the 2004 point scale for 1^st, 2^nd, etc., Maxson scored 61 points in 1912 & 60 points in 1911 and those point totals rank 1^st & 2^nd all-time in the 101 year history of the state track meet. Unfortunately, his remarkable point totals in 1911-12 have been forgotten and newspapers in recent years have declared that Frank Pollard’s 42 points in 1976 and Toya Jones’ 45 points in 1993 were the state records.

The 1911 Austin Statesman commented: “The wonderful work of Maxson attracted the attention of every person present, and he was given round after round of applause in every event in which he participated. In none of the sprints was he pushed to the limit, usually coming in ahead of his nearest opponent by a little spurt at the finish, which would not seem to even tire him.” The Austin newspaper also reported the 5.2 run by Maxson in the 50-yd dash “equaled the world’s record.”
Willis Maxson ran track at the University of Virginia from 1913-1914 and won several medals in the sprints and broad jump. He left UV before graduating and worked from 1920-1939 in the oil drilling business in KS and Wichita Falls, TX, and operated the Maxson Oil Co. from 1919-1939. He moved to Austin in the early 1940's and worked for the State Comptrollers Office before he retired. He died in Austin on June 26, 1953, at the age of 61. Willis Maxson married Lucille Orlene Eilers and the couple had three children. Willis Edward Maxson, III, (1918-1943) was killed on a U.S. Navy submarine while rescuing Navy fliers off Wake Island in World War II. He had been captain of the football and track teams at the Naval Academy before the war. A daughter, Susan Diane Maxson (Ligon) died in 1988. In 2004 Willis Edward Maxson is survived by his youngest son, Richard Dan Maxson (1922- ) of Kerrville TX (also a Naval Academy graduate & track star) and by 3 grandchildren and 6 great, grandchildren.