Roll Call Tribute

Hubert Oxford, III 

September 25, 1938 - July 4, 2025 

Hubert Oxford III, 86, went to heaven on July 4, 2025. He loved God, he loved his family, and he loved his country. He was a man of extraordinary character, colorful wit, and unparalleled joy, so it is only fitting that he left this Earth on his favorite holiday as a devoted patriot.

Hubert was born in Beaumont, Texas, on September 25, 1938, to Hubert Oxford II and Virginia Cunningham. Hubert grew up in his family home on Calder Road and returned to this home in his later years to live out his life amongst the magnolia and oak trees and family tradition. He attended Saint Anthony High School and was a member of the 1955 State Championship football team.

Hubert graduated with honors in Mechanical Engineering from Texas A&M University in 1960, where he was also a member of the Aggie Corps. He graduated from the University of Texas School of Law in 1963, where he served as president of his law school class and as the associate editor of the Texas Law Review. He loved being both an Aggie and a Longhorn-so much so, that he inspired six of his children and two of his grandchildren to do the same. He often wore eccentric maroon and burnt-orange striped overalls to capture the spirit of both universities.

Hubert proudly served as a Captain and Judge Advocate with the United States Air Force in the 355th Tactical Fighter Wing, an experience that changed his life. He was deployed with his handlebar mustache to Thailand and Vietnam, where he was stationed at the Takhli Air Base. While overseas, he advocated for the rights of servicemen and local Thai people in the courtroom and ran the air base. He was awarded the Air Force Commendation Medal and the Presidential Unit Citation for his service. Hubert was proud of the extreme bravery of his comrades and believed that military service was one of the greatest things he ever did. His honor and patriotism guided the rest of his life.

Hubert loved the law, and that the law enabled him to help others. Over his sixty-year legal career, Hubert was a highly regarded lawyer and public servant. Hubert started his career after the military as an Assistant District Attorney at the Jefferson County District Attorney’s Office, served as a briefing clerk to Judge Fisher of the United States District Court, Eastern District of Texas, and became a managing partner at Benckenstein and Oxford LLP, where he had the pleasure of working with many distinguished lawyers. He held various notable positions including Regent and General Counsel of the Lamar University System, General Counsel for the Sabine Neches Navigation District and the Lower Neches Valley Authority and served on the Texas Air Control Board. He was a strong advocate for the Golden Triangle and left his mark on the Southeast Texas landscape by working to incorporate many of Beaumont’s surrounding towns and districts, bringing utility services to them. In a notable case, working with a group of highly skilled lawyers, Hubert’s legal advocacy was instrumental in achieving a landmark settlement from Toshiba. Later, the team of lawyers successfully allocated a portion of those funds to assist children across the nation in gaining access to education and technology. Hubert was recognized with the Southeast Texas Legends Scholarship at Lamar University and the Hubert Oxford III Scholarship at the University of Texas School of Law for his monumental contributions to the legal community.

Hubert deeply loved Southeast Texas. He was crowned King Neches XLVI of the Neches River Festival in 1994, where he famously completed a skydive in his all-white royal attire, landing gracefully in a puddle of mud. Hubert was an avid outdoorsman. Just like his namesake Saint Hubert, some of his happiest moments were spent at sunrise amongst the marshes with his bird dog and a thermos of coffee, hunting birds with friends and family.

Hubert was a man of deep faith. He attended mass daily, and lived his life in faith and love, consistently choosing to be of service to others. Hubert loved people loudly. He was a man of charisma, impeccable albeit bold style, and sometimes wild antics, but he included everyone in the fun. He brought light and celebration to any situation. He was fiercely loyal, and a man of unfettered honor and integrity.

Hubert’s greatest joy was his family, and everything he did was to make sure his children were loved and were successful. Hubert was our favorite Dad, and his wife and each of his seven children loved him very much. Hubert is survived by his devoted wife of 39 years, Cindy Oxford; his children, Mary Francelia Oxford and her wife, Cathy Crisp; Hubert Oxford IV and his wife, Farrah Oxford; Mary Cunningham Oxford and her husband, David Colley; Virginia Oxford King and her husband, John King; Alaina Danielle Oxford; Adriana Victoria Oxford; and Gabriella Oxford Summers and her husband, Dan Summers; and his cherished grandchildren, Maggie Crisp-Oxford, Lila Flowers Oxford, Hubert ‘Quintin’ Oxford V, Katherine Lyles Colley, Hubert Oxford Colley, John Harber King, Austin Gregory Gonsoulin, Julia Kathrine Cobb, Jackson Howell Cobb, Georgia Amelie Cobb, and a new grandson Summers on the way. Hubert is also survived by his dear sister, Virginia Thompson; brother, Dennis Oxford; as well as his mother-in-law, Carol Culp.

He is preceded in death by his sister, Mary Englander, and brother, Patrick Oxford.

The family is deeply grateful for the kind and compassionate caretaking and love of Edith Arroyo Jaimes and Ruben Uz over the years.

Memorial contributions for Mr. Oxford may be made to the Wounded Warrior Project, P.O. Box 758516, Topeka, Kansas 66675-8516; the Hubert Oxford III Scholarship at the University of Texas at Austin School of Law, P.O. Box 149084, Austin, Texas 78714; or a charity of choice.

A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at 10:00 a.m., Wednesday, July 9, 2025, at St. Anthony Cathedral Basilica, 700 Jefferson Street, Beaumont, under the direction of Broussard’s, 2000 McFaddin Avenue, Beaumont. His interment will follow at Magnolia Cemetery, Beaumont.