RIP

Farewell to a Dallas Real Estate Legend: Robert Wayne Owens

By Candy Evans / February 10, 2024 /

We are saddened to tell you of a great loss to our real estate community, and the loss of a great personal friend, Robert Wayne Owens. The dapper, perfect Southern gentleman to the core was an agent with Dave Perry-Miller Real Estate. Born in Florence, South Carolina, and raised in Charleston, Robert Wayne was a…

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A Farewell to Fuzzy: RIP Clyde Knight

By Candy Evans / October 3, 2023 /

Clyde Knight, known affectionately as Fuzzy to dear friends, was not a real estate agent or broker but Clyde dealt in real estate every day — from the society parties he tended in Park Cities and Preston Hollow homes to the gems and jewels of the fête set he served as sales director for Skibell…

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Farewell to The Chief: RIP David Kunkle

By Candy Evans / July 18, 2023 /

Former Dallas Police Chief David Kunkle, a pillar of leadership for the Dallas Police Department from 2004 to 2010, the man who upgraded the culture and spirit of the department bringing it into the modern era of policing, died peacefully on Friday morning, July 14. The former chief was married to Dallas real estate lobbyist…

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The Late Raquel Welch Was a ‘Goddess’ in Dallas

By CandysDirt.com Contributor / February 18, 2023 /

By Nancy Smith Special Contributor Raquel Welch, the brunette bombshell actress of film, television, and stage, passed away in her L.A. home Wednesday after a brief illness at age 82. As a journalist, I fondly recall my own interactions with Welch, who had several Dallas connections decades apart. When I was the business editor for…

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In Memoriam: The Real Estate Community Remembers Those we Lost in 2022

By Candy's Dirt / December 31, 2022 /

In the past 12 months, the Dallas Fort-Worth real estate community has experienced the pang of loss as legends in the industry have passed on. This year, the sting is still fresh as many are still mourning the loss of the beloved Pierce Allman, co-founder of Allie Beth Allman and Associates and local historian, as…

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