Background
Sonfield, Robert Leon was born on March 6, 1893 in Nacogdoches, Texas, United States. Son of Leon and Martha (Chapman) Sonfield.
Sonfield, Robert Leon was born on March 6, 1893 in Nacogdoches, Texas, United States. Son of Leon and Martha (Chapman) Sonfield.
Bachelor of Laws, University Texas, 1915. Graduate student, Columbia, 1915-1916.
December 1949); children—Robert Leon, Richard Huber. Married second, Margie Whitson Erwin, August 24, 1952. 1 stepson, Thomas Sidney Erwin.
Admitted Texas bar, 1915. Practice in Beaumont, 1916-1917, in Houston, 1921-1970. Member firm Sonfield & Sonfield, 1958-1970, Sonfield & Hasse, Brownsville, Texas, 1970-1972.
President Republic Title Company Houston (Texas). Chairman legal research group Houston Commission Zoning, 1961-1962.
There is a large range of issues where Church should interact with politics in such areas as poverty and inequality, environmental issues, nuclear and chemical weapons and the harm caused by use of drugs and drinking.
Different kinds of small groups inside the overall Methodist movement should be encouraged to developed, so that both leaders and members of the societies could receive support and challenge in their faith.
Member S.A.R., 1918-1972, president Texas, 1960-1961, national trustee for Texas, 1959-1960, chancellor general, 1961-1963, president general, 1963-1964. Independent candidate for justice Texas Court Civil Appeals, 1948. Served with 36th Division, United States Army, 1917-1921.
Member State Bar Texas, Cameron County Bar Association, Sons Confederate Veterans, American Legion (district commander 1940-1941), Freedom’s Foundation Valley Forge, American Judicature Society, Patriotic Education, Inc. Club: Knife and Fork (Houston), Houston Turn-Verein (life). Valley Inn and Country (Brownsville).
Married Dorothy Huber, September 15, 1927 (deceased.; married second, Margie Whitson Erwin, August 24, 1952. Children: Robert Leon, Richard Huber.