Dr. Wayne H. McClure II, 75, of Midland, Texas passed away on Thursday, January 10th, 2019. A gathering in memory of Wayne will be held on Saturday, January 19th, from 5-7pm at Nalley-Pickle & Welch funeral home. The burial services will be held on Monday, January 21st, 2019, at Greenwood Cemetery in Ft. Worth, Texas.Wayne H. McClure II, Ph.D., was born in Dallas, Texas, on May 14th, 1943 to Wayne H. McClure, M.D., and Gladys Dowling McClure. After his mother’s death in 1945, his father remarried Louise Ellett of Jennings Ordinary, Virginia, a fellow veteran of WWII. Wayne graduated from Kermit High School in 1961, Austin College in 1965 (B.A.), TCU in 1967 (M.A.), and TCU in 1973 (Ph.D.). He taught American History at L.D. Bell High School in Hurst, Texas from 1967 to 1970 and researched and wrote his doctoral dissertation in Madrid, Spain from 1970 – 1971.Wayne married his beloved Judy Watson of Kilgore, Texas, in 1970. The pair settled in Midland, Texas in 1975 where Wayne would teach history at Midland College for 31 years, retiring in 2007. Wayne and Judy were members of First Presbyterian Church. Judy preceded Wayne in death in 1988.Wayne is survived by his two children, Ross McClure, and his wife Rebekah, and Julie McClure Bigger, and her husband Gabe, all of Austin, Texas.In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to Alcoholics Anonymous of Midland, Texas and MD Anderson Cancer Center.Arrangements are under the direction of Nalley-Pickle & Welch Funeral Home & Crematory of Midland.,
