REMEMBERING
EARLE FREEMAN 1927-2021
James Earle Freeman, Jr. passed away peacefully at home in Houston on Wednesday, the 14th of April 2021. He was 93 years of age. He was the son of a pioneer oilman, James Earle Freeman, Sr. and Mary Louis Tooke Freeman. He was born in Shreveport, Louisiana, on the 9th of August 1927, and moved to Houston at an early age. Earle attended Lamar High School where he was a Colonel of Cadets with the ROTC program and graduated from Allen Military Academy in Bryan, Texas as First Captain. He attended the University of Texas in Austin then, after a short enlistment in the United States Army as a paratrooper with the 11th Airborne Division, he received a hardship discharge to return home to care for his mother and sister and attended the University of Houston and entered into the oil and gas industry where he spent the rest of his career. His adventures took him on numerous trips
including Africa where he took several world-class trophies. He was a former director of the Houston Safari Club and member for over 30 years. In 1950 he married Margie Morrow. They were married for 71 years and had four children, James Earle Freeman III (preceded in death), Edward Morrow Freeman, Michael Lee Freeman (wife Karen), Christina Freeman Vossman; eight grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren. Earle was our very dear friend and dedicated to Houston Safari Club. He took Byron under his arm, gave him a job to bring exhibitors in and the rest is history as far as our love of and involvement with HSCF. We have many of our leaders who have gone on, but Earle was very special to many of us. We send our love to his family. He will not be forgotten. —SANDRA AND BYRON SADLER
SUMMER 2021 HUNTER’S HORN™ 9
