In Memory

Gov. Bill Daniel + A flamboyant Texas trial lawyer and Baylor law graduate who always said he wanted to go to Baylor University, Gov. Bill Daniel died June 20 at the age of 90 at his home in Liberty, Texas. 
"We have witnessed the passing of a genuine Texas original, who has greatly enriched the landscape of our lives and times," said Brad Toben, dean of Baylor Law School and The Gov. Bill and Vara Faye Daniel Professor of Law. 
Daniel hitchhiked to the Baylor campus during the 1930s with $7 in his pocket and a determination to secure a Baylor education. As a first-year Baylor law student, Daniel helped to pay his way by serving the nationally ranked 1935 Baylor football team as trainer and manager. His picture once appeared in Life magazine, showing him racing across Baylor's Carroll Field with armfuls of football equipment. 
He graduated from Baylor law school in 1938 and practiced law for more than 60 years. He was named Baylor Lawyer of the Year in 1985. In 1991, the State Bar honored his efforts to preserve Texas legal history by naming its new state-of-the-art historical repository in Austin as "The Gov. Bill and Vara Daniel Center for Legal History." 
In 1938, Daniel met Vara Faye Martin of Hillsboro. She had moved to Liberty to take up a new post as music director for the school system. The two were married the following year. She died in 1987 at the age of 69. 
Appointed by President John F. Kennedy as governor of the U.S. Territory of Guam, Daniel took pride in the fact that the island began to blossom economically and socially during his term as governor. 
The Gov. Bill and Vara Daniel Historic Village at the Mayborn Museum Complex was donated by the Daniel family in 1984 and moved to Waco from Liberty. Other campus facilities bearing the family name include the Bill Daniel Student Center and the Hon. M.P. Daniel Esplanade, named in honor of Daniel's father. 
Survivors include three daughters, Ann Daniel Rogers, Susan Daniel and Dani Daniel Brister, all of Liberty, eight grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. 
 

Judge Charles W. Barrow + Former Texas Supreme Court Justice and Baylor law school dean Charles W. Barrow died June 25 at the age of 84. 
Justice Barrow graduated from Baylor Law School in 1943. He immediately entered the U. S. Navy. He participated in the Normandy invasion, and earned seven battle stars after service in the European and Pacific theaters. He also was a veteran of the Korean War, retiring as a full Navy captain and serving in the Navy reserves. He married the former Sugie Williams of Hindes, Texas, in August 1943 in the First Baptist Church of Charlotte, Texas. 
After practicing law in San Antonio for 15 years, Justice Barrow began service in 1959 as judge of the 45th District Court. He subsequently served as associate and later, chief justice of the Fourth Court of Appeals from 1962-1977. In 1977, he was appointed to the Supreme Court of Texas and served on that court until 1984, when he became dean of the Baylor School of Law. After leading the law school to further growth and success during seven years as dean, he returned to San Antonio in 1991, serving as a senior district judge in Bexar and surrounding counties until his retirement. 
He was a Baylor University Distinguished Alumnus; Baylor Lawyer of the Year; and distinguished jurist from St. Mary's University. 
One son, Charles Wallace (Wally) Barrow Jr., died before him. He is survived by his wife of 62 years, Sugie Williams Barrow; and his sons, John Douglas Barrow of Corpus Christi; David Williams Barrow and wife, Irene, of Flagstaff, Ariz.; and James Hunter Barrow and wife, Alison, of San Antonio; eight grandchildren, and one great-granddaughter.
 

Henry Jackson "Jack" Flanders Jr. + Dr. Henry Jackson "Jack" Flanders Jr., distinguished alumnus, retired Baylor faculty member and former chair of the religion department, died June 20. He was 84. 
A veteran of 51 World War II missions as a fighter pilot and nearly four decades as a teacher, Dr. Flanders served as department chair and professor of religion from 1969-92, retiring as professor emeritus. He continued to teach after retirement at Baylor Law School. Previously, he served as a religion department chair, professor and chaplain at Furman University in Greenville, S.C., from 1950-62. 
Dr. Flanders earned his bachelor's degree from Baylor in 1943. He later attended Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, receiving his bachelor of divinity degree in 1948 and his doctorate in 1950. He also completed additional studies at universities in England, Scotland, Ireland, Wales, Germany, and Switzerland. 
Dr. Flanders was named a Distinguished Alumnus of Baylor in 1986, and in 1995, he received a Baylor Retired Faculty Award. He authored a number of books and articles which appeared in such publications as the Baptist Courier, the Baptist Standard, the S.W. Journal of Theology and the Journal of Church and State. His books included Introduction to the Bible, which he wrote in 1973 with Dr. Bruce Cresson of Baylor, and People of the Covenant: Introduction to Old Testament, which he and two others authored in 1963. 
He is survived by his wife of 61 years, Tommie Lou Pardew Flanders, of Waco; a brother, Don H. Flanders of Fort Smith, Ark.; a daughter, Janet Mitchell of Oklahoma City; a son, Jack Flanders III of Arlington; and three grandsons.
 

Jim D. Bowmer + Temple attorney and Baylor graduate Jim D. Bowmer, 87, died July 20. Bowmer, who received a bachelor's degree from Baylor in 1940 and his law degree in 1942, "was one of the greats of our profession . . . and one of the greats of life," said Brad Toben, dean of Baylor Law School. "He always had a calm, friendly demeanor, a kind word, and a modest deferral of credit for anything he accomplished." 
Honored by the State Bar of Texas in 1996 as a 50-Year Lawyer, Bowmer was a former State Bar president and chairman. He also served as president of the Baylor Law Alumni Association in 1962, and he was named Baylor Lawyer of the Year in 1974. In addition, he was honored as a Distinguished Alumnus of Baylor University. 
During World War II, Bowmer served as a Judge Advocate General in the Army in Africa, Italy, Hawaii and the Philippines. In 1987, Bowmer's firm Bowmer, Courtney, Burleson, Normand and Moore joined with the law firm of Naman, Howell, Smith and Lee. Bowmer served as county attorney for Bell County and as president of the Bell-Lampasas-Mills Counties Bar Association.