James B. (Bill) Warthan a gentle, loving man, passed away on December 10, 2012, in Dallas, Texas.Bill was born on November 20,1930, in Avery, Texas to Earl andGertrude Moore Warthan. He wasreared in Avery surrounded by hiswarm family. After high school, heattended Paris Junior College andSam Houston University in Huntsville, Texas. He served in the Texas 49th Armored National Guard, from 1952 to 1959 achieving the rank of Sergeant. He married Shirley Harper of DeKalb, Texas on August 20, 1954. His early career was spent in the oil and gas and the concreteindustries, including aMurchison affiliated company whenthey started the Dallas Cowboys organization in 1960-61. He loved to tell stories of those first days of the Cowboys and their interaction at the Murchison office. His later career included Vice President, City Concrete, Inc., Wichita Falls, Texas from 1965 to 1970. From 1971 to1976, he was Vice President of Griffin Ready Mix in Dallas. Texas; after which he spent over 30 years as an independentswimming pool contractor.Bill was a 32nd degree Mason, aswell as a Shriner. That initiationwas completed in a joint and honorable process with his father, Earl.He was a member of the PrestonHollow Presbyterian Church wherehe and Shirley taught youth SundaySchool classes, as well as being amember of the outreach program tochurch visitors. He was active as a coach in Youth Sports programs.He is survived by his wife for over 58 years, Shirley. Their marriage was blessed with and he is survived by their two children: daughter and her husband, Tanya and PaulMcWhirter, Plano, Texas; son and his wife, Todd and Suzanne Warthan, Tulsa, OK. Five adoring grandchildren; Courtney McWhirter, Austin, Texas; Carly and her husband, Adam Beck, Flower Mound, Texas; Grant,Andrew, and Kate Warthan, Tulsa,Oklahoma. He is also survived by his sister and her husband, Linda and Dick Maxwell, Albuquerque, New Mexico; and his niece and her husband, Lana and Lt. Col. Michael Meskunas, Huntsville, Alabama.Services will be heldat Preston Hollow PresbyterianChurch, 9800 Preston Road, Dallas, Texas at 11:00 am. on Wednesday, December 12,2012 with the Rev. Elizabeth Boone McLean, officiating. A reception will be held at the church after theservice. Burial will be at 4:00 pm at the Texas Historical Warthan Family Cemetery, Avery, Texas.