| Name |
Joseph Guy Mabee |
| Birth |
4 Dec 1930 |
Lockwood, Dade County, Missouri  [1] |
| Gender |
Male |
| Census |
2 Apr 1940 |
619 Mulberry Street, Mount Carmel, Wabash County, Illinois [2] |
- Guy Mabee, Head, M, W, 30, M, completed 8 years school, born in Missouri, residence 1 April 1935 was Hutchinson, Reno, Kansas, Superintendent, Oil Company, wages earned in 1939 - $4300
Ruby Mabee, Wife, F, W, 27, M, completed 7 years school, born in Missouri, residence 1 April 1935 was Hutchinson, Reno, Kansas
Joseph Guy Mabee, Son, M, W, 9, S, attended school, completed 2 years school, born in Missouri, residence 1 April 1935 was Hutchinson, Reno, Kansas
Alene Polston, Sister-in-law, F, W, 15, S, attended school, completed 7 years school, born in Missouri, residence 1 April 1935 was Lockwood, Dade, Missouri
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| Anecdote |
1948 |
Tulsa, Oklahoma [3] |
- In 1948, John and Lottie formed The J. E. and L. E. Mabee Foundation, Inc., a Delaware non-profit corporation., with its office in Tulsa, Oklahoma. As stated in its charter, the purposes of the Foundation are to aid Christian religious organizations, charitable organizations, institutions of higher learning, hospitals and other organizations of a general charitable nature. The Mabee Foundation makes grants in the states of Missouri, Arkansas, Kansas, Oklahoma, Texas and New Mexico. It was the feeling of John and Lottie that their wealth had come from this area and they wanted the benefits of the Foundation to be spent in that area. The Foundation continues to honor that feeling and confines its grants to that geographical area. From its beginning to 1989, the Mabee foundation made grants totaling approximately 250 million dollars.
See the website at www.mabeefoundation.com.
Directors include John H. Conway, Jr. in Tulsa and Joe G. Mabee and his son J. Guy Mabee, Jr.
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| Anecdote |
1950 [4] |
- Joseph loved speed. He tried to join a land speed club by going faster than 200 mph. in a car. In the late 1940's & early 1950's this was a very big deal.
|
| Census |
5 Apr 1950 |
Gold Star Men's Dormitory, McMurrey College, Abilene, Taylor County, Texas [5] |
- Joseph G Mabee, Lodger, White, Male, 19, never married, born in Missouri
|
| Census |
12 May 1950 |
716 W Kansas Avenue, Midland, Midland County, Texas [6] |
- Guy Mabee, Head, White, Male, 40, Married, born in Missouri, Oil Drilling Contractor, own account
Ruby Mabee, Wife, White, Female, 37, Married, born in Missouri
Joe Mabee, Son, White, Male, 19, never married, born in Missouri
|
| Funeral |
26 Oct 1961 |
Greenfield, Dade County, Missouri [7] |
- Goldthwaite, Oct 26 (Spl); Funeral services for Joseph Simon Mabee, 77, of Goldthwaite were held Thursday in Greenfield, Mo., with burial in Lockwood. Mo. Mr Mabee, a native of Missouri died Tuesday in a Childress hospital. Survivors include two sons, Louis Mabee of Goldthwaite and Guy R. Mabee of Belton.
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| Anecdote |
1989 [8] |
- Joseph Guy Mabee, Midland, TX, was inducted into the Petroleum Hall of Fame for his contributions to the petroleum industry in 1989.
|
| Death |
3 Oct 2015 |
Midland Memorial Hospital, Midland, Midland County, Texas [9] |
| Obituary |
5 Oct 2015 |
Midland, Texas [9] |
- Joe Mabee, a Midland and West Texas visionary and a legend in aviation and community development, died Saturday at Midland Memorial Hospital. He was 84.
Mabee, a kindly prankster bestowed with witty humor and a giving heart and a background in ranching and the oilfields, also nurtured his talent in pursuing well-defined goals in philanthropy. Like his father, Guy Mabee, and his father's uncle, John Mabee, Joe Mabee was steadfast in his enterprises and causes, including successes in the oilfields. And like his father before him, Joe Mabee presided over the Tulsa, Oklahoma-based Mabee Foundation established by John Mabee and his wife in 1948.
The Mabees were eminently successful in the oil business and generously shared their successes and prevailed over setbacks, never succumbing to failures.
Survivors include his wife, Van A. Van Wie Mabee of Midland; sons Guy Mabee of Gordon and John Mabee of Midland; daughters Gail Commagere of Del Valle and Leanne Wilson of Hamilton; 14 grandchildren and 28 great-grandchildren. Also surviving Mabee is Billie Prothro Mabee Hightower -- mother of his children -- who graduated with Mabee in the Midland High School class of 1949.
Mabee was an aviation enthusiast since his youth and a member of the Confederate Air Force. He enriched his flair for airplanes, especially World War II vintage aircraft, and for race cars, especially his father's Guy Mabee Drilling Co. Special, an open-cockpit streamliner. Mabee, then 22, set a world record with the streamliner of 203.105 miles per hour at the Bonneville Salt Flats in 1953
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| Reference Number |
20489 |
| Burial |
Resthaven Memorial Park, Midland, Midland County, Texas [10] |
| Person ID |
I20379 |
Maybee Society |
| Last Modified |
7 Apr 2024 |
1930 - 2015 (84 years)
