Garnett Emile Aydam Jr.

Jim was born in Houston on the 12th of September, 1927. One of three children of Garnett Emile Aydam, Sr. and Ellen Josephine Hogan Aydam.

He was preceded in death by his loving wife of fifty-nine years, Muriel Simoneaux Aydam, who he shared a full and blessed life, his son Kesley Arvin Aydam and his brother William Hogan Aydam.

Jim’s greatest pleasure was spending time with his children and grandchildren, attending their sporting and academic events, and was their number one cheerleader. For many years the family gathered at his beloved “7A Ranch” in Junction, Texas, hunting, raising sheep, and just hanging out.

Jim attended Saint Thomas High School, where he was a member of the ice hockey team, Rice University and the University of Houston. He earned a degree in geology and started working in the oil and gas industry. He later started developing and managing apartment complexes in Houston, Austin, and Nacogdoches, Texas.

Jim was stationed on the Battleship Iowa at the end of World War II, and was one of the first service men to occupy Japan.

He is survived by his sister Mary Ellen Aydam, children Sharyn Aydam Weaver and husband Jim, Cynthia Aydam Koger and husband Jerry, Gregory Aydam and wife Marianne, Kelly Aydam Gray, and grandchildren Alyson Weaver Nicholas and husband Evan, James Kyle Weaver and wife Meredith, Brandon Koger, Brittany Koger, Courtney Aydam, Landon Aydam, Kelsey Gray, Haley Aydam and great granddaughter Wimberly Weaver.

Friends are cordially invited to a visitation with the family from three o’clock in the afternoon until five o’clock in the evening on Saturday, the 30th of April, in the library and grand foyer of Geo. H. Lewis & Sons, 1010 Bering Drive in Houston.

The family will gather for a private interment at Forest Park Westheimer Cemetery at a later date.

In lieu of customary remembrances, donations may be made to the charity of your choice.