Austin, TX – Ann Arnold, President or the Texas Association of Broadcasters, provided the following at the request of the Briscoe family:
THE HONORABLE DOLPH BRISCOE, JR, RANCHER, BANKER, AND FORMER GOVERNOR OF TEXAS FROM 1972 THROUGH 1978, PASSED AWAY QUIETLY AT HIS HOME IN UVALDE, TEXAS TODAY AT THE AGE OF 87.
ONE OF THE MOST BELOVED PUBLIC OFFICIALS EVER TO SERVE THE PEOPLE OF TEXAS, BRISCOE'S SUPPORT OF ALL THINGS BENEFICIAL TO TEXAS AND ITS PEOPLE IS BROADLY KNOWN THROUGHOUT THE STATE. AMONG THOSE EFFORTS WERE THE UT HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER IN SAN ANTONIO, UT AUSTIN, AND NUMEROUS BENEFICIAL PROJECTS AND CAUSES IN UVALDE INCLUDING THE KATE MARMION CANCER TREATMENT CENTER AT THE UVALDE MEMORIAL HOSPITAL. NUMEROUS OTHER PROGRAMS AND PROJECTS FOR OUR STATE RECEIVED HIS SUPPORT AND INTEREST.
HIS MOST NOTABLE ACHIEVEMENTS IN PUBLIC OFFICE WERE SHEPHERDING TO APPROVAL OF THE FARM TO MARKET ROAD SYSTEM OF OUR STATE, AND LEADING THE SUCCESSFUL EFFORT TO ERADICATE THE SCREWWORM PLAGUE IN TEXAS CATTLE.
MOST IMPORTANTLY, AS GOVERNOR, HE LED THIS STATE WITH FISCAL RESPONSIBILITY AND A BALANCED BUDGET WITH NO NEW TAXES DURING HIS TWO TERMS AS GOVERNOR.
GOVERNOR BRISCOE IS SURVIVED BY THREE CHILDREN, JANEY BRISCOE MARMION AND HUSBAND, JIM, DOLPH BRISCOE III AND WIFE, JILL, AND CELE BRISCOE CARPENTER AND HUSBAND, JOHN. FIVE GRANDCHILDREN, DOLPH BRISCOE IV, LEIGH BRISCOE, BENJAMIN CARPENTER AND HIS WIFE, MACKENZIE, AUSTIN CARPENTER AND BONNER CARPENTER. HE WAS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY HIS BELOVED WIFE OF 58 YEARS, FIRST LADY JANEY BRISCOE, AND HIS GRANDDAUGHTER, KATE MARMION. FUNERAL ARRANGEMENTS ARE PENDING.