RIP

Della Lively, RIP

By Candy Evans / July 8, 2021 /

Dallas has lost another real estate icon: Della Lively. I first met Della in 1980. We were brand new to Texas. We could not afford a pot to you-know-what in, and in fact, my husband did not even want us to buy a $65,000 starter home because of graduate school debt. But we had always…

Bernice Edelman, R.I.P.

By Candy Evans / June 4, 2021 /

Several years ago, my family was served a large dose of tragedy. Bernice Edelman was among the first who reached out to me, comforted me, and told me to be strong. I had a new grandbaby who had lost her father, and Bernice took delight in shopping for her. When I learned last weekend that…

Rest in Peace: ‘Designing Texas’ Host Jocelyn White

By Candy Evans / April 19, 2021 /

This is a tough one to write. I knew legendary Dallas-Fort Worth broadcaster Jocelyn White pretty well. Like so many in Dallas, she touched my life with her sparkling, embracing, warm-as-hot-caramel personality and beauty. My first job in Dallas was as a writer/producer at KDFW-TV. Clarice Tinsley had just moved to what was then Channel…

Wick Allison, R.I.P.

By Candy Evans / September 3, 2020 /

Wick Allison

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…