Carol P. Lomax

Carol began her life in Morgantown, West Virginia on November 3, 1942. She attended Morgantown High School, graduating in 1960; she was a national merit finalist.

She graduated West Virginia University with bachelor and master degrees in English. During college she was a member of Alpha Phi sorority. She taught high school English for many years. She lived in Morgantown, Cincinnati, Ramsey Island on Chesapeake Bay, and eventually settled in Denver, Colorado in 1970 where she continued her teaching career.

In Denver, she spent many days playing tennis and spending time with her new lifelong friends.

It was also in Denver that she gave life to her son, Jonathan in March 1977. She began guiding him and showing him so many ways to enjoy life.

In 1981 she embarked on a path to follow her dream of becoming an attorney. She graduated from the University of Denver Law School in 1984, and began practicing with a local firm.

Soon after graduation, her close circle of friends introduced her to Buddy, then a Colonel in the Army stationed at Fitzsimmons Medical Center. Eight months later they were married, and through this union she gained three very special daughters, Ann, Debbie, and Pia.

With Buddy's promotion to Brigadier General in 1986, the family moved to San Antonio. In San Antonio, she began a new life of entertaining and mingling with local, domestic and foreign leaders.

She continued her work as an attorney, joining the law firm of Branton & Hall, P. C. soon after arriving in San Antonio, where she later became a partner. Her career soared over the years as she won many significant cases and became a highly recognized and respected trial attorney.

She had a passion for her work, a talent for interacting with the people in the profession, and the ability to make a positive difference. She is one of only 8 women and 86 overall attorneys in San Antonio who are members of the American Board of Trial Advocates, one of the highest honours in the country for an attorney in her field. She is board certified in Personal Injury Trial Law by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization and in Civil Trial Law by the National College of Advocacy. She is admitted to practice before The United States Supreme Court, The United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, the United States District Courts for the Northern, Southern, Eastern and Western Districts of Texas, and the District of Colorado. She was a proud member of the Association of Trial Lawyers of America, the Texas Trial Lawyers Association, the San Antonio Trial Lawyers Association Director, 1993-present, and the College of the State Bar of Texas.

She made wonderful new friends in San Antonio, many of whom she met through her favorite hobby, tennis. She also guided her son as he grew, as he went to college, and as he began his career as a CPA. She shared these experiences and made many special memories with her cherished husband, Buddy.

She travelled often, going as far as South Africa and Europe. She loved to experience new places.

She will always be revered for her ability to understand, her determination, her resolution to succeed, her smile, her capacity for love, and the many other great qualities that her family and friends saw in her everyday.

She was remarkable through the final moments of her earthly life, and she will be greatly missed.

She was preceded in death by her parents, Paul and Ruth Phillips.

She is survived by her beloved family members: husband Buddy Lomax of San Antonio, Texas; sister, Mary Shaw of Morgantown, West Virginia; son, Jonathan Burks of Houston, Texas; daughters, Ann Bond of Nacogdoches, Texas, Debbie Lomax of Eugene, Oregon, and Pia Amedeo of San Antonio; nephews, Michael Shaw of Morgantown and Mathew Shaw of Winchester, Virginia; niece, Jamie Dobratz of Fredericksburg, Maryland; and four grandnephews and one grandniece.

In lieu of flowers, the family requests donations be made in her memory to the American Cancer Society by calling 210-595-0258.