Vince passed away the morning of June 3, 2025.
Vince was born Born in 1936 in a log cabin beneath a chinaberry tree in a place called Lick Skillet in Fannin County, Texas.
After graduating from Bonham High School, he went on to Abilene Christian College, where he earned a mathematics degree in just three years and received a scholarship for graduate studies in radiological physics from the United States Atomic Energy Commission. This path led Vince to Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tennessee, where he studied radiological physics and, later, migrated to the upstart field of computer science
Vince served as the Church of Christ campus minister at Vanderbilt for five years. Though he cherished the work, with the blessings of a growing family, Dana in 1961 and Darby in 1966, he took a full-time position with DuPont in Old Hickory, Tennessee as a computer software programmer and systems analyst. For nine years, he balanced a professional career with family and preaching at Rock Springs, eventually moving to Dallas to pursue new opportunities at Texas Instruments and then E-Systems (later Raytheon), where he worked for 25 years.
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On a personal note, I knew Vince from church before he worked at E-Systems. If there ever was a truly good man it was Vince. For a time Vince and I were in the same group at E-Systems where he was our 1800C computer engineer. Those were the days my friend. Rest in Peace Vince.
Garland ESY/Raytheon Retirees 
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The photo of Vince captures well the man I knew in my days working with him at E-Systems Garland. Brilliant, peaceful and steady are the words that come to mind in thinking of him. I too attended his Bible studies on campus at lunch time along with many others. A great man.
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