Background
Thrall, Gordon Fish was born on July 28, 1923 in Jamestown, New York, United States. Son of Clyde Lowell and Beulah Mae (Fish) Thrall.
Thrall, Gordon Fish was born on July 28, 1923 in Jamestown, New York, United States. Son of Clyde Lowell and Beulah Mae (Fish) Thrall.
Alfred University (Bachelor of Arts, 1949). Baylor University (Bachelor of Laws, 1953. Juris Doctor, 1969). Phi Delta Phi (Hemphill Inn, Magister).
Law clerk United States District Court (eastern district) Texas, 1953—1954. Assistant prosecutor Dallas County District Attorney, 1954—1955. Associate firm Phinney & Hallman, Dallas, 1955—1956. Assistant Texas Attorney General, 1957. Adviser, examiner Interstate Commerce Commission, Washington, 1957—1959. Assistant general counsel Texas State Bar, Austin, 1959—1961.
County attorney Reagan County, Big Lake, Texas, 1961—1972. Partner Norman, Thrall, Angle, Guy & Day LLP, Jacksonville, 1972—2002. Vice president Heflin & Thrall Language Publications Inc., from 2002. Member executive committee Texas Baptist General Convention, 1965—1970, administrative board, 1991—1995. Deacon Southern Baptist Church. Chairman Permian Basin District Concho Valley Council Boy Scouts America, Big Lake, 1965—1966, Jacksonville United Fund Drive, 1987, president, 89, Cherokee County Health Facilities Development Corporation, from 1982. Vice president, board directors Travis Towers Retirement Facility, Jacksonville, 1980—2003. Co-trustee Summers A. Norman Foundation, 1988—2002. Member Nan Travis Memorial Hospital Foundation Board, from 1994. President board visitors Jacksonville College, 1998—2003.
Member of Jacksonville Chamber of Commerce (president 1979), Big Lake Chamber of Commerce 1963, 1967, Texas Bar Foundation, Texas State Bar (vice chairman UPL committee 1964), Masons (32 Degree award), Big Lake Lions (president 1969), Kiwanis 1978, (lieutenant governor division 34 1982), Cherokee Country Club (director 1981-1983).
Married Betty Jane Roberts Thrall, September 24, 1964 (deceased May 28, 2005). 1 child Jenifer Jane.