Seattle, Washington
Arch Black
2022
Arch Black, age 92, longtime resident of San Angelo, Texas died peacefully in his sleep on February 5, 2022 in Seattle, Washington. He was born Archie Lee Black on May 13, 1929 to Thomas Howard Black and Myrtle Dear Black in San Antonio, Texas. He grew up in the Great Depression with three siblings in a 2-bedroom frame house built mostly by his father near the Sunny Slope section of that city. He graduated from G.W. Brackenridge High School in May 1946, completed two years at San Antonio College, and then earned a Bachelor's degree in Business Administration from the University of Texas at Austin in 1950. Upon graduation, he worked for Conoco in New Mexico and the Texas Panhandle. At...