Grover Hubley

Services for Grover Cleveland Hubley of Tyler are scheduled for 3 p.m. Saturday, February 19, 2011, at the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception. Burial will Follow in Rose Hill Cemetery under the direction of Stewart Family Funeral Home. He died February 16, 2011, after a lengthy illness. He was born November 4, 1921, in Many, Louisiana. He was preceded in death by his parents, Cleve Julian and Winnie Virginia Davis Hubley; his sisters, Freda Guidry, Hazel Yarbrough, Helen Dowden and Winifred Duke; brothers, C.J. Hubley, Jr., Charles Hubley and his younger brother Walter E. Hubley, who died on Guam Island during World War II. As a young boy, called Cleveland and nicknamed Teady, he raised frogs and delivered papers, among many other jobs. He studied pre law at Southwestern University, Lafayette, La. There he was a member of the debate team which competed extensively throughout the country winning many events and individual awards including a first place at Baylor. After the attack on Pearl Harbor, he joined the army. He was transferred to the 10th Mountain Division Ski Troops to be a sniper because of his expert marksmanship. He trained and learned to ski at Camp Hale in Leadville, Colorado. During the war he fought on the Island of Kiska, the Po Valley and Mt. Belvedere, Italy. He was the recipient of the Bronze Star and many other awards. He met Mary Pauline Carter while the 10th Mountain Division was flat land training at Camp Swift in Bastrop, Texas preparing to go to Italy. It was love at first sight, as he told it. This love grew stronger and stronger over 66 years of marriage and it was a love that sustained him during his long illness. When the war was over, he and Pauline went to New Orleans, where he attended and graduated from Tulane Law School with a J.D. Degree. In 1948, he left New Orleans and Louisiana, his home and moved to Texas to go to work with Humble Oil and Refining Company as a landman. During his career, he was in charge of the largest lease play in the United States, in Arizona and he also directed the acquisitions of all the acreage for the Trawick Field in East Texas. Grover worked in Tyler, Nacogdoches and Midland. He retired after 38 years of employment with Exxon in Tyler, which he considered home. Along the way, he made many long lasting friendships. Grover Hubley was a Catholic who was a member of the Cathedral of Immaculate Conception, serving as an usher for over 25 years. He was a member of the American Association of Petroleum Landman, where he was a Director. He was a member of the East Texas Landsmen Association and a past President in 1954, and a recipient of the Brantley Jackson Memorial Award and the Pioneer Award. His Boy Scout Eagle Award was one of his proudest achievements.

Grover Hubley

November 4, 1921 - February 16, 2011