Emmett W. Poindexter Jr.

Born in Passaic, New Jersey, and raised in Rutherford New Jersey. He enjoyed the Boy Scouts and annually attended Boy Scout summer camp at Camp Wawayanda in Andover, New Jersey which is now part of Kittatinny Valley State Park. The troop was over 100 members and was so large that they ran their own camp for two weeks before it opened. Emmett and the scouts built their own cabin, provided and cooked their own food, and participated in scouting activities, including an annual two week canoe trip on the Delaware River. He earned the Eagle Scout award with Troop One (Rutherford). In addition, Emmett excelled at tennis, taking his high school team to victory in the 1947 New Jersey State Championship. He was Salutatorian of 1947 graduating class. In 2008, the members of the state championship team were inducted into the Rutherford High School Hall of Fame.

Upon graduation from Lehigh University, with a bachelor’s degree in chemical engineering, he worked for Koopers Company in Pittsburgh. Emmett continued his education at Stevens Institute of Technology and he received his master of science in Industrial Management. He served in the U. S. Army Chemical Corps, in the Korean War, as a chemical process advisor. After his service, he joined W.R.Grace & Co. (Polymer Chemical Div.) as a research chemist. Later at W. R. Grace he became the International Sales Credit Manager and Assistant to Vice President. His next endeavor was Credit and Financial Manger for E.I. DuPont. He continued his career in credit management with Goodrich-Gulf Chemicals (Cleveland, Ohio) as Corporate Credit Manager. Emmett retired in 1988 from Tenneco after 20 years of service as their General Credit Manager.

Emmett was a member of The Sons of the Revolution. Emmett was also a Mason of B.P.O.E Lodge No. 283 and F. & A.M. Lodge No. 457.

Emmett had many passions:

• Avidly enjoyed photography and travel,

• Actively participated for many years with the subdivision’s homeowners association, Water Board, and Forest Oaks Tennis Committee, and

• Enthusiastically participated in men’s tennis in the Spring area since 1973 at tennis clubs of Northampton, Giammalva Racquet Club, Northgate Country Club, Olde Oaks and Forest Oaks Club. He played tennis actively for 75 years. Emmett is one of the few tennis players playing all 34 years of the Houston Oilman’s Tennis Tournament (HOTT).

Emmett was preceded in death by his parents, Emmett Williamson Poindexter and Sallie Wingfield Hardy Poindexter. He is survived by his wife of 28 years, Leigh Ann Poindexter (Spring, TX); sons, Emmett Williamson Poindexter III (Austin, TX), Thomas Kier Poindexter (Austin, TX), and Todd Clarke Poindexter (Barcelona, Spain); daughter, Stacey Lee Poindexter (Spring, TX); stepchildren, Janet Daigneault and husband Richard (Spring, TX), Steve Harris (Spring, TX), and Karen Marcom (Houston, TX); 8 grandchildren; 2 great grandchildren; brother, Robert W. Poindexter and wife Catrina (Rutherford, NJ); niece, Sandra Poindexter Sommer and husband Leonard (Bethel, CT); and nephew, R. Miles Poindexter and wife Lycel (Jersey City, NJ). The Celebration of Life Memorial Service will be held 2:00 p.m., Tuesday, March 29, 2016 at Spring Woods United Methodist Church, 1711 Cypress Creek Parkway, Houston, Texas 77090. The family will attend a private burial at the Houston National Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made in Emmett’s name to Spring Woods United Methodist Church at PO Box 73564 Houston, TX 77273.