07/15/2025
This is an OMG find for me. 1971 and I was 9 years old. You probably recognize the 2 guys in the middle, if you don’t ya need to brush up on your history. These 3 were some of the first people my dad flew corporate for. Nice, nice, men. I had NO idea who they were back then except for the man on the right with the glasses. A. Pollard Simons was a total class act even though his house Located at 4800 Preston Road, took up an entire city block in Dallas. It sat on almost 8 acres and backed up to Turtle Creek. He always sent his cars home with my Dad so Dad could work on them. He trusted dad more than the mechanics. This photo was taken 11/27/1971 and Pollard died November 21, 1974. When he died his wife, Sharon, ended up marrying another Texas oil man named William Moss. Wouldn’t be a problem had Moss not been chartering Pollard’s jets before Pollard’s life ending heart attack at the age of 64. * scandalous * President Nixon instilled in me a love for history and politics, for which I will always be grateful. Pollard showed me being a good human was the most important thing one could be. Pollard, John Connolly, and Lloyd Bentsen bought a property in Jamaica called Rosehall Plantation owned, at one time, by a woman named Annie Palmer who was called The White Witch. Anyway, they bought the property and took years to build an amazing golf course resort. Dad was out of town for about 28 days a month for years. That took a toll on my mom and on me. But dad had his dream job that kept our family quite comfortable. He regretted it in the end because he missed our growing up years. Then in 1983 there was a huge oil bust in Texas. All the oil men sold their jets and Dad went to work developing and instructing at a place called SimuFlite which is now CAE and is on the grounds of DFW airport. I love the memories that bring my Dad back to me. He’s been gone now for 18 years. But the things I learned from Dad and his clients will last a lifetime. ❤️