Jack Glover

Service:

Pending

An old-time cowboy unexpectedly passed away last week when we weren't
looking. After ninety one years of helping people learn to smile and
laugh, he will be sorely missed by family and friends alike.

Jack
Nelson Glover of Wimberley, Texas, was known affectionately as 'Texas
Jack' to people and friends across the country. From the national
cowboy artists who painted him, the cattlemen who knew him, and to the
eager faces of young visitors to his Cowboy Museum, we all say Farewell.
Jack was a Cowboy's Cowboy.

Jack was wearing boots when he was
born on February 17, 1924 in Salisbury, North Carolina. He migrated to
Texas to grow up in the Ft. Worth Stockyards and led a life that most
people only read about. He gathered up his bed roll one last time, and
peacefully passed away on Tuesday, August 25, 2015. True to form, Jack
didn't linger long, he was anxious to get going on a new trail.

Jack
was preceded in death by his first wife of 55 years, Wanda Glover, but
is survived by his wife of 17 years, Cherie Frances Glover. He was
preceded in death by his daughter, Jackye Glover Pool and is survived by
his son Nelson Glover. He has 6 living grandchildren: Lesa Tumbo, Tonya
Gasco, Jason Thurman, Elizabeth "Shannon" Pittman, James Pool and Emily
Glover. He is survived by 13 great grandchildren and 8 great-great
grandchildren.

Jack flew B17s in World War 2 in what was then
known as the Army Air Corp. In 1953, Jack opened his first backroads
museum, The Sunset Trading Post & Old West Museum in Sunset, Texas
while operating his own dairy farm. In 1973, the off-the-beaten track
relic store moved to the new Hwy 287, 5 miles south of Bowie, Texas and
half-way between Fort Worth and Wichita Falls. In 1989, Jack moved a
portion of his vast Old West collection to downtown San Antonio where he
owned and operated the famed Cowboy Museum across the street from the
Alamo. In 2001, Jack moved the Cowboy Museum back to Bowie until 2006 at
which time he moved his museum to Wimberley, Texas. Jack could be found
any day of the week at his museum in Pioneer Town, located at the 7A
Ranch Resort on the Blanco River.

Not only was Jack an Old West
collector and historian, he was an artist, a writer, and a bronze
sculptor. He also owned the esteemed title of "International Barb Wire
King" for putting together the first classification guide of nearly 2,
000 specimens of antique barbed wire. The guide, Bobbed Wire Bible, has
had eleven editions and has even been printed in Japanese. Jack is also
known for his association with cowboys of the silver screen. He once
made a movie starring Johnny Crawford, the young kid in the television
series, The Rifleman. Jack has worked as a location scout for MGM and
often served as their authentication consultant for movie props.

In
lieu of the usual flowers, Jack asked that a memorial donation be given
to the Mission of Divine Mercy, P.O. Box 1759, Canyon Lake, Texas
78133. 

A
Memorial Service for Jack will be held on September 28, 2015 from 1:00
p.m. until 3:00 p.m. at River Ranch Stockyards located in the heart of
the world renowned Fort Worth Stockyards National Historic District at
500 NE 23rd St. in Fort Worth, Texas.

His old straw cowboy hat,
with the hole on top, still hangs next to the window in the museum.
But, it's a funny thing, the battered tin coffee cup is gone. He must
have taken it with him.