William Terrell Adkisson, Jr.
Port Arthur resident Terrell Adkisson was born in Beaumont on October 12, 1928, and died August 24, 2007. After attending Texas A&M, he graduated from Lamar and completed his graduate work at Sam Houston State. He served in the U.S. Army during the Korean Conflict.
A long-time mathematics teacher, he spent many years at Forest Park and West Brook High Schools. He played flute and piccolo in the Orange and Beaumont Community Bands, composed band music and arranged music for religious occasions.
Above all he was a sailor, circumnavigating the globe in his boat “Altair”. As a long-time member of the Port Arthur Yacht Club, he was instrumental in the development of the Junior Sailing Program.
He is preceded in death by his parents, William Terrell Adkisson, Sr., and Gertrude Eastham Adkisson and his sister Ada Lillie Roth. He is survived his sister Betty Hudson of Orange; by the families of his nieces Sherry Windham of Orange, Annette Quimby of The Woodlands, Gail Corder of Fort Worth, and Teri Ross of The Woodlands; his nephews Frank Roth of Hope, Arkansas, Bill Roth of Decatur Georgia, Henry Roth of Tampa, Florida and Leo Singleton, Jr. of Columbus, Georgia; and his cousin Elizabeth Adkisson of Hillister, Texas.
A gathering of family and friends will be at Holy Cross Lutheran Church in Nederland from 5 to 8 p.m. on Monday, August 27 and services will be held at the church on Tuesday, August 28 at 10:00 AM. Burial will follow at Magnolia Cemetery in Beaumont under the direction of Broussard’s in Nederland.