Obituaries by Molly Ivins

“I don’t know that Parten was ever liberal in his views, but he was an immensely civilized man, with a deep reverance for the Constitution. He read widely and had great faith in this country. Of course, he had himself gone from picking cotton in East Texas as a boy to the university and on to become one of the wealthiest men in the country. So he always worked to make sure others had the same kind of opportunities.”

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Molly Ivins, “The Real J.R.,” Texas Observer, December 25, 1992, accessed July 26, 2016, http://archives.texasobserver.org/issue/1992/12/25#page=23.