David M. Stiles, Jr

DAVID M. STILES, JR. OF VIDOR PASSED AWAY JANUARY 31, 2014 AT HARBOR HOSPITAL OF BEAUMONT, TX. HE WAS BORN AUGUST 14, 1938 IN SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS TO DAVID M. STILES, SR. AND BENNA B. STILES. HE WAS 75 YEARS OLD. DAVID WAS A PRACTICING ATTORNEY 48 YEARS AND HAD BEEN A LICENSED SUBSTANCE ABUSE COUNSELOR AS WELL. ONE OF DAVID’S PASTIMES WAS STUDYING WW II HISTORY. HE LOVED TO READ NON-FICTION BOOKS, ESPECIALLY ANYTHING ABOUT EUROPE, PARTICULARLY PARIS. HE SAID PARIS WAS AN EXPERIENCE NOT JUST A CITY. DAVID LOVED TO TRAVEL BUT PROBABLY HIS FAVORITE TRIPS WERE TO THE BEACH AT PADRE ISLAND WHERE HIS DAD TOOK HIM AS A BOY AND HE TOOK HIS OWN SON TREY AND MADE MANY TRIPS THERE WITH HIS WIFE, GLENDA. DAVID LOVED TO WATCH AND GO TO UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS (HIS ALMA MATER) FOOTBALL GAMES WITH HIS SON TREY. HE LOVED TO TELL STORIES OF HIS CHILDHOOD IN CUERO TX, YOU COULD TELL BECAUSE HE WOULD JUST BEAM AND EVEN GIGGLE A LITTLE BEFORE BEGINNING A STORY. DAVID IS SURVIVED BY HIS WIFE OF 26 YEARS, GLENDA STILES OF VIDOR, HIS SON DAVID M. STILES, III (TREY) AND HIS WIFE RUTH ANN OF HOUSTON, STEP DAUGHTERS DEBBIE REEVES AND TAMMY LEGER AND HUSBAND JEFF OF VIDOR, 4 GRANDSONS, 3 GRANDDAUGHTERS, 6 GREAT GRANDCHILDREN AND HIS BELOVED COCOA WHO LOVED HIM DEARLY. MEMORIAL SERVICE TO BE HELD AT 6 PM ON FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 2014 AT PECAN ACRES BAPTIST CHURCH, 14795 DUNCANWOODS LANE, VIDOR, TEXAS, 77662. A CELEBRATION OF A LIFE WELL LIVED. IN LIEU OF CUSTOMARY REMEMBRANCES, PLEASE FEEL FREE TO MAKE CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION OR M.D. ANDERSON CANCER CENTER.