James Lee Pardue

Background

Pardue, James Lee was born on June 21, 1913 in Union City, Tennessee, United States. Son of Oscar Lee and Effie Katherine (Hamblet) Pardue.

Education

University of Texas (Bachelor of Laws, 1937).

Career

Associate Barkley & Webb, Houston, 1937—1943. Attorney to general counsel McCarthy Oil & Gas Corporation, 1946—1951. General counsel David C. Bintliff Interests, 1951—1953.

Vice president, general counsel, vice president Trice Production Company, Longview, 1953—1959. Partner to counsel Stubbeman, McRae, Sealy, Laughlin & Browder, Inc., Midland, from 1968. Director First City National Bank, from 1968.

Director to advisory director Magnatex Corporation, from 1972.

Achievements

• James Lee Pardue has been listed as a reputable lawyer, director by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Ruling elder First Presbyterian Church, Midland, 1970. Board directors Young Men’s Christian Association, 1965, United Way, Midland, 1972. Member of American Bar Association, Midland Bar Association (vice president, director), State Bar Texas (chairman district grievance committee), American Judicature Society, Midland Country club, Beta Theta Pi.

Connections

Married Mary Ellen Hamilton, May 31, 1940. Children: Eugenia Senfft Von Pilsach, James Lee, Katherine Wetzel, Martha A.

Father:

Oscar Lee Pardue

Mother:

Effie Katherine (Hamblet) Pardue

Spouse:

Mary Ellen Hamilton

child:

Martha A. Pardue

child:

James Lee Pardue

child:

Eugenia Senfft Von Pilsach Pardue

child:

Katherine Wetzel Pardue