RIP

Respected Dallas Architect, Phillip Shepherd, Dies at 77

By CandysDirt / July 12, 2019 /

Highly-respected Dallas architect Phillip W. Shepherd Sr. died Thursday, July 11, 2019, a longtime family friend confirmed to CandysDirt. He was 77. Reared in Graham, Shepherd graduated with a degree in architecture from Texas Tech University in the 1960s. He began his firm, PWS Architects, in 1963. When you look at the current landscape of…

Kelly Rule Yount, R.I.P.

By Candy Evans / May 10, 2019 / Comments Off on Kelly Rule Yount, R.I.P.

I met Kelly Yount about six years ago, as I do so many people, in the course of publishing this blog-turned-website. She had reached out to me and we met for lunch as two total strangers, and it was a two-hour lunch with iced tea — no wine even. I mean, we clicked. She was…

Scholarship Fund at UTA College of Architecture Created for Tom Greico

By Candy Evans / January 29, 2019 /

Memorial Services for Tom Greico are Wednesday, January 30th at 2:30 p.m. Restland Funeral Home, 13005 Greenville Avenue, Dallas, Texas 75243 Tom Greico Memorial Scholarship Established Tom Greico’s legacy to North Texas is felt not only in the aesthetics of the many Dallas homes he designed and built, with the signature modern style he created,…

Celebration of Life For Builder Tom Greico Planned Jan. 30

By Joanna England / January 21, 2019 /

We here at CandysDirt.com are still mourning the abrupt, shattering loss of renowned builder Tom Greico.  Tom, a Dallas Builders Association Honored Life Director, a CandysDirt.com preferred builder and founding partner of this website, an eclectic Dallas figure, and a brilliant home builder who pioneered modern vision in many Dallas neighborhoods when most of us were…

Tom Greico, R.I.P.

By Candy Evans / January 14, 2019 /

  We regret to inform our community of the passing of Tom Greico, a Dallas Builders Association Honored Life Director, good friend to us here at CandysDirt.com, an eclectic Dallas figure, and a brilliant home builder who pioneered modern vision in many Dallas neighborhoods when most of us were just learning what transitional meant.  …