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George William Lockwood 

September 22, 1949 - March 31, 2025 

Bill was born in Bremerton, Washington and was brought to Fort Worth at an early age. His Lockwood ancestors were from Bremerton, and prior to that, Missouri.

He was raised in west Fort Worth by Edward and Ana (Moss). He graduated from Arlington Heights High School and studied physics at Texas A&M University. He began a masters in physics and switched to law school at the University of Texas at Austin. He was a JAG officer (lawyer) in the U.S. Marine Corps, and served in Okinawa, Japan and Washington DC. After an honorable discharge he obtained an MBA from Texas Christian University.

He worked at General Dynamics in the legal department, practiced law with Johnson and Rothfelder in Fort Worth, and solo practice, specializing in Social Security disability. For years he volunteered to provide legal services through the Tarrant County Bar clinic for veterans and the divorce clinic with the Black Women Lawyers organization. Both personally and professionally, he prioritized honesty, ethics and morality.

He retired to his maternal grandfather's farm between Hico and Carlton, in Hamilton County, in the area where his Moss and King ancestors had lived for generations. He had a small herd of Hereford cattle. He collected books and was interested in discussing history, economics, politics, personality types and psychotherapy. He was a member of First Methodist Church of Fort Worth, the Tarrant County Bar Association, the Southside Masonic Lodge, the Fort Worth Elks Lodge, and MENSA.

A lifelong bachelor, he was survived by a brother, and three nephews.

His ashes are interred at the Central Texas State Veterans Cemetery in Killeen, Texas.