Maurice M. Calhoun

Maurice Montgomery Calhoun, age 86, of San Antonio, Texas, formerly of Houston, Texas passed away on Monday, February 2, 2022.

Born December 18th, 1935 in Chapel Hill, Texas he was the son of Bertie Estill Whitley and McKinley Alfred Calhoun, Sr.  Maurice Montgomery Calhoun received Jesus Christ at an early age at the Greater Galilee Missionary Baptist Church in Houston, Texas.

Maurice attended James D. Ryan Elementary School and graduated from Phyllis Wheatley High School in Houston, Texas in 1953.  He earned his Bachelor of Science Degree in Electrical Engineering from Prairie View A&M University in 1959.

Maurice was united in marriage and to that union 3 children were born, Sharron Rene Calhoun Mitchell (Hugo Mitchell, deceased), Karen Danette Green and Shonda Delane Calhoun.

In 1973 Maurice Montgomery Calhoun completed the requirements for a Master of Science Degree in Mathematical Statistics from St. Mary’s University, San Antonio, Texas.  He was employed at Kelly Air Force Base, Texas as the Chief of Quality Assurance Branch and was subsequently promoted to GS13.  In 1998, after 30 years of service Maurice retired as a GM13.

Maurice was preceded in death by his mother, father, brothers, Alfred McKinley Calhoun, Jr., Theodore Roosevelt Calhoun; sister, Ola Mae Glover and brother-in-law, John F. Richard, Sr.  He is survived by his three children, seven grandchildren and eleven great grandchildren, his brother Jessie Lee Whitley and his sister Edna Mae Richard along with a host of relatives and friends.