Roll Call Tribute

Published in Dallas Morning News on October 4, 2012

Bobby Short
Short, Bobby Lee BOBBY LEE SHORT, age 86, was called home to be with his Lord and Savior on October 1, 2012. He was born on August 9, 1926 in Tulsa, OK to Zola and Goldie Short. He moved to Dallas in 1927 and graduated from Adamson High School. He attended Texas A&M and enlisted in the US Army during World War II. After the war, he returned to Texas A&M and graduated in 1948 (class of 47') with a degree in Chemical Engineering. Upon graduation he worked for Sun Oil Company for 23 years, and then founded Bob Short & Associates, which he operated for 33 years. With both companies he worked world wide on every continent except Antarctica. He was active in many Oil & Gas Associations, including AICHE, GPA, NSPS, and SPE. He was an elder and a deacon in the church. He was a mason. He is preceded in death by his parents, his brothers George and Bill Short, sister Betty Bobsin, daughter and son-in-law Ellen Louise Smith and James (Chip) Smith. He is survived by his 2nd wife, Margaret Short, and her children, son Chad Collier of Westland, MI, son Jeff Collier of Dallas, TX, and daughter Laura Collier of Dallas, TX. He is also survived by his 1st wife, Mary Ellen Short, and their children, daughter Linda Lee Munden (Steve) of Midland, TX, son Stephen Zola Short (Terrie) of Shreveport, LA, son Mark Gibbons Short of Austin, TX, and son Philip Wayne Short (Tosha) of Elizabeth, CO; fourteen (14) grandchildren, seventeen (17) great-grandchildren (with one on the way). A memorial service will be held at Aria Memorial Chapel on Thursday October 4, 2012, at 1:00pm. Expressions of sympathy may be made by donations to the Scottish Rite Hospital.