Donald Edward Vickery

The family of Mr. Donald Edward Vickery, age 85, of Hideaway, Texas, will receive friends beginning at 9:00 a.m. Saturday, January 18, 2020 at Hideaway Lake Community Church in Hideaway. Memorial services follow at 10:00 a.m. officiated by Rev. Louis Mizell. Interment will follow at Union Chapel Cemetery under the direction of Caudle-Rutledge-Daugherty Funeral Home in Lindale, Texas. Don passed away Friday, January 10, 2020. He was born June 5, 1934 in Grand Saline, Texas to the late Rillous Lucy Bryant and Worth William Vickery. He was married to Betty Jane Howell from 1955 until her death in 2000, and to Marilou Venable McCarley from 2004 until his death. Don graduated as an Economics major from the University of Texas after a short stint stateside in the Army during the Korean War. He began his career in banking at National Bank of Commerce in Dallas and continued until his retirement in 2002, having founded Southwestern Bank in Stafford and First Citizens Bank in Dallas, serving as President and Chairman of the Board of both those institutions. His second career calling was raising cattle just outside Van, Texas until 2010. Don was president of the Optimist Club in Houston twice, president of the Rotary Club in Dallas twice, served as Chairman of the Administrative Board at Chapelwood U.M.C. in Houston once, and served as the Financial Vice President of Hideaway Lake Community Church once. He was especially proud of the years he served as a Memorial Ashford Little League baseball coach. Don was an active member of Hideaway Lake Community Church and the Lakeside Sunday School class. Don wholeheartedly loved his family and friends, and was particularly known for his love of country and western karaoke, understated wit, and formidable poker playing skills. Don is preceded in death by his parents, first wife Betty Jane Howell Vickery, and sisters Billie Davis and Barbara Sneed. He is survived by his wife of 16 years Marilou Venable McCarley; daughter Allison Carter of Houston and her husband Bobby; son Donald Vickery Jr. of Houston and his wife Maureen; stepdaughter Sharon Dwinell and her husband Jerry; stepson Doug McCarley and his wife Christie; grandchildren Emily Carter, Nathan Vickery, Evan Vickery, Elizabeth McCarley, and Katherine McCarley; brother-in-law R. A. Howell and his wife Sara; brother-in-law Earl Sneed; sister-in-law Dorothy Wright and her husband Harold; and numerous nieces, nephews, and other loving family and friends. In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made to Hospice of East Texas, Hideaway Lake Community Church, or a charity of your choice.

Donald Edward Vickery

June 5, 1934 - January 10, 2020