Obit of Stubblefield, Thomas M - Texas County, Oklahoma Submitted by: Gene Phillips 18 Nov 2007 Return to Texas County Archives: http://www.usgwarchives.net/ok/texas/texas.html ===================================================================== USGENWEB NOTICE Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm ===================================================================== ::NOT LISTED STUBBLEFIELD, Thomas M., Professor Emeritus in Agricultural Economics at the University of Arizona, died April 25, 2007. He had born in Texhoma, OK, April 16, 1922 to the late T.R. and Martha Acre Stubblefield. He was 85 years old. Professor Stubblefield was proceeded in death by both his wife of 49 years, Martha Lee Miller Stubblefield, and his youngest daughter, Thommye Zingsheim (Gary); his brother, William and sister, Kathryn (Riley) Matthews. His remaining sister, Julia A., lives in Aurora, CO. The couple has two remaining children, Paula E. Culbertson (James T.), Bellingham, WA, and Ellen Damron, Phoenix. There are six grandchildren, Michael J. Sylvan, Kathryn L. Zingsheim and Margaret L. Damron, all of Tucson; Sarah E. Damron, Phoenix; Dana Culbertson, and Todd A. Culbertson, both of Seattle, WA. He is also succeeded by eight nieces and nephews. The deceased was raised on ranches in Texas and New Mexico, and endured life during the "Dust Bowl" days of the 1930s. He began his higher education at New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, but left school in 1942 to enter military service after Pearl Harbor. He joined the Army of the United States and served until 1945 as a Technical Sergeant T-4 in the 485th Engineers, Heavy Shop Company. He received battle stars for Normandy and Ardennes, and the Combined Operations Patch. He was stationed first in England, then as the war progressed, in Belgium and France. It was during his basic training at Camp Claiborne, LA, where he met and married his wife Martha, who resided in nearby Lake Charles. When WWII ended, he returned to New Mexico State University and earned his B.S. summa cum laude. Upon graduation, he taught for a short time for the Veteran's Administration at Zuni, NM. He was accepted at Texas A & M University where he earned his M.S. and PhD in Agricultural Economics, specializing in marketing. He began working at the University of Arizona as an extension economist in 1951 after receiving his Master's. Upon the completion of his doctorate in 1957, he was hired as a faculty member in the University's College of Agriculture, Department of Agricultural Economics. He retired in the early 1980s after a career as a livestock and cotton marketing specialist. Among his significant accomplishments was the development in the late 1950s of a farm and ranch property evaluation model still used by banking institutions in the U.S. Southwest. The only necessary adjustment for its continued use has been for inflation fluctuations. Published in the Tucson on 5/2/2007. --------------------------------------------------------------------- Return to Texas County Archives: http://www.usgwarchives.net/ok/texas/texas.html