Harold W. Nix

Harold Wayne Nix, J.D. ’65, of Daingerfield, TX, was born Feb. 26, 1939. He passed away April 25.

Nix was a titan of the Texas legal community and a lifelong champion of justice for the everyday person. He was born and raised in Northeast Texas, the son of Guy Boy Nix, from whom he learned dedication, integrity and the conviction that a person’s word matters and Evelyn Nix, whose heart of gold taught him to see the good in every person he met. Those lessons — together with a deep and steady faith in God — became the foundation of the man and the lawyer he would become. Long before he ever entered a courtroom, Nix attended Kilgore Junior College, often hitchhiking home along the roads of Northeast Texas, trusting that he would arrive where he needed to be. That same trust would guide every step of the rest of his life.

Nix earned his degree from Baylor Law School in 1965. He began his remarkable journey in 1966, starting his practice outside a humble, two-room wooden building in his hometown of Daingerfield, TX, with his devoted wife, Carol Ann, by his side.

Beyond the courtroom, Nix’s life was anchored in faith and family. His marriage to Carol Ann was deep, steady and rooted in a shared faith in God. She was his life partner, in faith and in building a family that the entire Nix family came to cherish, respect and look up to. To his children and grandchildren, Nix was a steady and guiding presence, someone who set the tone, set the example and showed what was possible through faith, discipline and consistency.