Jackson County, Texas  - OBITUARIES 2001

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Hugh Ernest McCallick 

Private graveside services for Hugh Ernest McCallick, 81, of Edna were held Saturday, 
Dec. 8, 2001, at Memory Gardens of Edna under the direction of Slavik Funeral Home. 
A memorial service followed at Edna Presbyterian Church with the Rev. Nancy White 
officiating. 

Mr. McCallick died Dec. 6. Born Sept. 2, 1920, in El Paso to the late Hugh Henry and 
Henrietta Collin McCallick, he was a retired Dean of College of Technology at the 
University of Houston Main Campus and was a member of First Presbyterian Church. 

He was a veteran of the U.S. Navy having served during World War II and was a 
member of the Edna Rotary Club. He and the former Betty Mathis were married in 
Edna on April 6, 1974. 

A rice farmer and oil and gas developer, he was a consultant to the U.S. Government 
in Brazil, Pakistan, India, Ecuador, Guatemala, Algeria, Japan, Peru, Columbia, 
Costa Rica, Mexico and Venezuela beginning in 1964. 

He was recipient of the Interprofessional Cooperation Award from the Society of 
Manufacturing Engineers in 1976. He also received the James H. McGraw Award in 
1970 and the Chester F. Carlson Award in 1977. 

Survivors include his wife, Betty Mathis McCallick, Edna; daughter, Brooke Brannen 
Crawley, Los Angeles, Calif.; sons, Michael Brannen, Austin, David Brannen, Houston, 
and Brent McCallick, Wimberley; brothers, “Bob” Robert McCallick, El Paso, and 
Ernest McCallick, San Juan Caistrano, Calif.; and six grandchildren. 

He was preceded in death by parents; and brothers, Stanley McCallick and Daniel McCallick. 

Honorary pallbearers were Lon Drushel, Chester Evans, Phillip Hoffman, Carl Houston, 
David Rose, John Martin and Callaway Vance. 

Memorials may be made to the Edna Presbyterian Church and the American Cancer Society.