Nueces Co., TX - Obituary: James Henderson Roark ***************************************************** This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb by: Don Brownlee USGenWeb Archives. Copyright. All rights reserved http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm ***************************************************** 29 March 1902 Dallas (TX) Morning News, p. 7 Corpus Christi, Tex., March 28 - James Henderson Roark died today at 6:30 p.m. He was worshipful master of the Masonic Lodge at this place and president of the Roark Produce Company. He was born in Texas and was the leading truck grower of Nueces County. He was physically the largest man in Southwest Texas, weighing 388 pounds, and was 6 feet 5 inches tall.