Thursday March 13, 2003

"Cuzzin" Donald M. Goldston from Austin, Texas, sent the following information after seeing this site on the web:

My father, Granville Nimmo Goldston, issue of the marriage of James Maxey Goldston and Flora Nimmo Goldston, was born in Milford, Texas, on February 22, 1905.  He died on February 2, 1984, in Fort Worth, Texas, and was buried in Restland Cemetery in Dallas, Texas. His Will was admitted to Probate in Cause Number 88-46-2 in the Probate Court Number Two of Tarrant County, Texas.

Granville Nimmo Goldston married one time, and one time only, and on that occasion to Fay Irene Carpenter, on September 3, 1928, in Troy, Texas.  She died on May 17, 1996, in San Angelo, Texas, and was buried by her husband's side in Restland Cemetery in Dallas.
She died intestate, and her sole heirs were her two children.

Of their marriage two children were born and none adopted.  Their son, Donald Nimmo Goldston, was born on December 22, 1931, in Athens, Texas, and, at this writing, is still living, working, traveling, and enjoying the Golden Years immensely.  Their daughter, Harriett Faye Goldston, was born on December 19, 1936, in Handley, Texas.
(Handley is an incorporated suburb of Fort Worth.)

My father's mother was a widow when she and my grandfather married; and she was the mother of Addie White at the time.  Of her marriage to my grandfather, the following children were born: William M., Granville N., Martha Lou, and Cora Sue.  Neither of my grandparents nor any aunt or uncle is living. 

My father was better known to his friends as "Nimmo." Indeed, I first learned that he was "Granville Nimmo" when he volunteered as a Chaplain in 1942 and the Armed Forces compelled him to use his full name.  He was an ordained minister, affiliated with the Christian Church ("Disciples of Christ"); and he continued to serve interim pastorates even after retirement.  As a Chaplain, he served in the Army Air Corps and was stationed at Pinellas Army Air Base near Clearwater, Florida, and at Drew Field near Tampa, Florida.  He also served on Okinawa, arriving there only a few days after the surrender of the Japanese.  He remained in the Reserve and was directed by the Chief of Chaplains to report on the progress, or lack of such, of the desegregation of what had become the Air Force.

My father was a pastor at: Troy, Texas; Kaufman, Texas; Athens, Texas; Handley, Texas; Center, Texas; Greenville, Texas; San Angelo, Texas; Dallas, Texas; and Fort Worth, Texas.  He was a graduate of Texas Christian University and Brite Divinity School, both located in Fort Worth, Texas.

I married Carolyn Holt Smith (born Carolyn Hall Holt) on July 17, 1964, in Dallas, Texas.  No child has been born to us, or adopted by us, during our marriage, which grows richer and more meaningful with each passing day.  Carolyn and I have lived in Austin, Texas, at all times since our marriage.  Carolyn's son by her first marriage, Leasel Smith, whose natural father is deceased, has been treated as though he were my natural child; and the two of  us enjoy an excellent relationship.

I am a graduate of Texas Christian University and the University of Texas School of Law.  I was graduated from San Angelo High School in 1949, from TCU in 1953, and from UT School of Law in 1958.  From 1953 to 1955 I served in the United States Army as a Special Agent of the Counter Intelligence Corps.  After graduation from Law School, I was employed as an attorney for the Veterans' Land Board of the State of Texas, and served as Chief Attorney for the Board and as Executive Secretary of the Board.  Subsequently I became Legal Director of the Texas General Land Office; but I entered the private practice of law in January of 1964 and remain so engaged to this time.

Several years ago, my wife and I made a trip to Scotland.  We talked with quite a large number of local citizens, to whom I explained that my family, both the Goldstons and the Nimmos, was believed to have originated in Scotland.  The Scots we met thought I was either crazy or had been seriously misinformed.  They were unable to find either of those names in their reference books.