2012 in Houston. He is survived by his wife Susan, sons Elliot (Kari) and Philip, and grandson William. Eric was born in Dallas in 1947 to Ernest Eric and Mary Louise Muirhead, the oldest of five siblings. He graduated from Cranbrook School, Yale University and Rice University.
He married Susan in 1970, and they moved to the island of Labuan, East Malaysia, in 1975 working for Brown & Root. They later lived in Los Angeles and Houston.
Eric led a life most people only dream about. He was a cab driver, a schoolteacher, a roughneck, a shipbuilder, a sailor, an English professor, a published novelist and poet. A memorial service is planned for September 8th at 4 pm at the Brookside Funeral Home, 3410 FM 1960 West in Houston.
