Services for Grady Allen McMahan, first chief of the Garland Police Department and a retired Dallas County sheriff's deputy, will be at 2 p.m. Monday at Restland Memorial Chapel in Dallas.
Burial will be at Restland Memorial Park.
McMahan, 74, died Friday at Veterans Administration Hospital in Dallas after a lengthy illness.
McMahan, a native of Wills Point, Van Zandt County, moved to Garland in 1924 and became a Dallas County sheriff's deputy in 1942.
He was appointed Garland constable in 1948 and served for two years.
In the early 1950s, he received his police officer's training at Texas A&M University and became the first police chief in Garland.
In 1956, he went back to the Dallas County sheriff's office as chief jailer and was later transferred to the bailiff department.
He retired in 1981.
In 1950, he became the first county official to receive the "Officer of the Year' award.
He is survived by his wife, Marie Estes McMahan of Garland; two sons, Richard Allen McMahan of Longview and David McMahan of Southlake; two sisters, Lucy Beverly Nalls of Anna, and Pannie Nell Cripps of Garland; four grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren.
The family will receive visitors from 3 to 5 p.m. Sunday at Restland Memorial Chapel.
Dallas Morning News, The (TX)
Date: January 7, 1989
Burial will be at Restland Memorial Park.
McMahan, 74, died Friday at Veterans Administration Hospital in Dallas after a lengthy illness.
McMahan, a native of Wills Point, Van Zandt County, moved to Garland in 1924 and became a Dallas County sheriff's deputy in 1942.
He was appointed Garland constable in 1948 and served for two years.
In the early 1950s, he received his police officer's training at Texas A&M University and became the first police chief in Garland.
In 1956, he went back to the Dallas County sheriff's office as chief jailer and was later transferred to the bailiff department.
He retired in 1981.
In 1950, he became the first county official to receive the "Officer of the Year' award.
He is survived by his wife, Marie Estes McMahan of Garland; two sons, Richard Allen McMahan of Longview and David McMahan of Southlake; two sisters, Lucy Beverly Nalls of Anna, and Pannie Nell Cripps of Garland; four grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren.
The family will receive visitors from 3 to 5 p.m. Sunday at Restland Memorial Chapel.
Dallas Morning News, The (TX)
Date: January 7, 1989
Services for Grady Allen McMahan, first chief of the Garland Police Department and a retired Dallas County sheriff's deputy, will be at 2 p.m. Monday at Restland Memorial Chapel in Dallas.
Burial will be at Restland Memorial Park.
McMahan, 74, died Friday at Veterans Administration Hospital in Dallas after a lengthy illness.
McMahan, a native of Wills Point, Van Zandt County, moved to Garland in 1924 and became a Dallas County sheriff's deputy in 1942.
He was appointed Garland constable in 1948 and served for two years.
In the early 1950s, he received his police officer's training at Texas A&M University and became the first police chief in Garland.
In 1956, he went back to the Dallas County sheriff's office as chief jailer and was later transferred to the bailiff department.
He retired in 1981.
In 1950, he became the first county official to receive the "Officer of the Year' award.
He is survived by his wife, Marie Estes McMahan of Garland; two sons, Richard Allen McMahan of Longview and David McMahan of Southlake; two sisters, Lucy Beverly Nalls of Anna, and Pannie Nell Cripps of Garland; four grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren.
The family will receive visitors from 3 to 5 p.m. Sunday at Restland Memorial Chapel.
Dallas Morning News, The (TX)
Date: January 7, 1989
Burial will be at Restland Memorial Park.
McMahan, 74, died Friday at Veterans Administration Hospital in Dallas after a lengthy illness.
McMahan, a native of Wills Point, Van Zandt County, moved to Garland in 1924 and became a Dallas County sheriff's deputy in 1942.
He was appointed Garland constable in 1948 and served for two years.
In the early 1950s, he received his police officer's training at Texas A&M University and became the first police chief in Garland.
In 1956, he went back to the Dallas County sheriff's office as chief jailer and was later transferred to the bailiff department.
He retired in 1981.
In 1950, he became the first county official to receive the "Officer of the Year' award.
He is survived by his wife, Marie Estes McMahan of Garland; two sons, Richard Allen McMahan of Longview and David McMahan of Southlake; two sisters, Lucy Beverly Nalls of Anna, and Pannie Nell Cripps of Garland; four grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren.
The family will receive visitors from 3 to 5 p.m. Sunday at Restland Memorial Chapel.
Dallas Morning News, The (TX)
Date: January 7, 1989
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