Zed Enoch Dennison Jr

Zed was born May 18, 1932 in Hyer, West Virginia. His mother died in childbirth and Zed was sent to live with his maternal grandmother until her death. When he was 12, Zed moved to Houston to live with an uncle and aunt. In the 10th grade at Jeff Davis High School, Zed met the love of his life, Una Mae Haywood. While in school he worked weekday afternoons at a grocery store as a sacker and on weekends and summers as a plumber's helper.

In 1951, Zed joined the Navy where he attended electrical engineering school which changed the course of his life. He served as a crewman in helicopter squadron HU-1, the most decorated squadron in the Korean War. The movie "Bridges at Toko Ri" is about his squadron. While home on leave, Zed and Mae were married on March 26, 1952. Four years later, he was honorably discharged. They settled in Houston, and Zed joined Electro Tech Labs and began his career in the geophysical industry. Zed was a member of the National and Local Society of Exploration Geophysicists.

During his many years in the geophysical industry, with several different companies, Zed traveled all over the world making many lifelong customers and friends. In 1988, Zed retired and joined his wife and his youngest son Ted in TMJ Enterprises. In retirement he enjoyed attending meetings of the Shamrock Literary Society, a gathering of the great minds of the Geophysical industry that took place every Wed and Friday for lunch, cocktails and the swapping of stories. Meetings were held at the Shamrock Inn, also known as Jurassic Park because of all the old dinosaurs who hung out there.

Throughout his life, Zed’s number one priority was loving and taking care of his family, spending as much time with them as possible – boating, camping, water-skiing, and Scouting.

On August 5th, 2015, Zed died peacefully and was welcomed in heaven by his mother, Mildred and father, Zed Albert Dennison, as well as his best friend, Jack Anderson. Zed is survived by his wife of 63 years, Mae; son Robert and his wife Mary; son, Jack; son, Ted and his wife Doreen; granddaughter, Dr. Lisa Dennison and her husband Dr. Jeff Woodruff; grandson, Dylan Brown and his wife Lansing; granddaughters: Dorrie Dennison and Perrie Dennison, grandson, Ross Dennison; and great grandchildren: Chloe Brown, Maddy Brown and Dallas Brown.

Visitation will be Saturday, August 15, 2015 from 1-2pm with Funeral Services to be held at 2pm at the Family Chapel of Brookside Funeral Home. Interment will follow in Brookside Memorial Park.