{"id":43738,"date":"2018-06-20T08:52:32","date_gmt":"2018-06-20T14:52:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/?p=43738"},"modified":"2018-06-21T22:40:59","modified_gmt":"2018-06-22T04:40:59","slug":"businessman-william-mexic-funeral-in-dallas-today","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/businessman-william-mexic-funeral-in-dallas-today\/","title":{"rendered":"Businessman William Mexic funeral in Dallas today"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>WILLIAM &#8220;BILL&#8221; MEXIC, a prominent former New Orleans businessman and civic leader, passed away on Monday, June 18, 2018 in Dallas. He was 88 years old.<\/p>\n<p>Mexic was a New Orleans native. Following his graduation from Tulane University, he served as a lieutenant in the U.S. Army during the Korean Conflict before entering the family business, Mexic Brothers Jewelers.<\/p>\n<p>Mexic was a leading jeweler and businessman, whose Canal Street store was well established before it closed in 1989. He&nbsp; was a volunteer for the Jewish Federation of Greater New Orleans and served on several boards, including the Jewish Children&#8217;s Regional Service (JCRS), Conservative Congregation Shir Chadash and, more recently, Shearith Israel in Dallas. He was also a longtime advocate for the New Orleans Public Schools.<\/p>\n<p>In recent years, Mexic was a docent at the National World War II Museum before he relocated to Dallas, following Hurricane Katrina.<\/p>\n<p>His lifelong hobby was playing clarinet as a member of two concert bands and he particularly enjoyed attending concerts given by the Dallas Symphony. Mexic was an inveterate tourist and also enjoyed traveling.<\/p>\n<p>Mexic was a volunteer for the Jewish Federation of Greater New Orleans and served on several boards, including the Jewish Children&#8217;s Regional Service (JCRS), Conservative Congregation Shir Chadash and, more recently, Shearith Israel in Dallas. He was also a longtime advocate for the New Orleans Public Schools.<\/p>\n<p>Predeceased in 2011 by his wife of 53 years, Lois Stillman Mexic, he is survived by his two daughters Sheryl Mexic and Melanie Morris (Jeffrey); his sister Selma Raphael, and two grandchildren.<\/p>\n<p>The funeral took place on Wednesday, June 20 at 1:00 pm at the Sparkman-Hillcrest Funeral Home, 7405 W. Northwest Hwy, in Dallas, TX.<\/p>\n<p>Memorial donations can be made to the Lois S. and William Mexic Young Professionals Outreach Endowment Fund at Congregation Shearith Israel in Dallas or the Lois and William Mexic Endowment Fund at Jewish Family Service of Greater Dallas.<\/p>\n<div style=\"padding-bottom:20px; padding-top:10px;\" class=\"hupso-share-buttons\"><!-- Hupso Share Buttons - https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/ --><a class=\"hupso_toolbar\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/buttons\/share-medium.png\" style=\"border:0px; padding-top: 5px; float:left;\" alt=\"Share Button\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" class=\"lazyload\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/buttons\/share-medium.png\" style=\"border:0px; padding-top: 5px; float:left;\" alt=\"Share Button\"\/><\/noscript><\/a><script type=\"text\/javascript\">var hupso_services_t=new Array(\"Twitter\",\"Facebook\",\"Google Plus\",\"Pinterest\",\"Linkedin\",\"Tumblr\",\"Email\");var hupso_background_t=\"#EAF4FF\";var hupso_border_t=\"#66CCFF\";var hupso_toolbar_size_t=\"medium\";var hupso_image_folder_url = \"\";var hupso_url_t=\"\";var hupso_title_t=\"Businessman%20William%20Mexic%20funeral%20in%20Dallas%20today\";<\/script><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/js\/share_toolbar.js\"><\/script><!-- Hupso Share Buttons --><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[23,19],"tags":[4420,8790,8795,8788,781,9443],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43738"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=43738"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43738\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":43767,"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43738\/revisions\/43767"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=43738"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=43738"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=43738"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}