THE OKLAHOMA BAR JOURNAL 110 | SEPTEMBER 2024 and the Order of the Coif at the OU College of Law, where he received his LL.B. in 1962. From 1963 to 1965, he served as a captain in the U.S. Office of the Army Judge Advocate General in Washington, D.C. During these years, he also received his LL.M. from Georgetown University Law Center in 1965. Mr. Gaddis returned to Oklahoma and joined Crowe & Dunlevy, where he primarily practiced commercial aircraft financing. He spoke at numerous conferences on topics in his expertise and authored the “Aircraft Financing” chapter of Matthew Bender’s Commercial Finance Guide and many other articles in the Airfinance Journal. He served as an editor of the Federal Bar Journal and chair of the OBA Banking and Business Law Section. He served his community, holding positions such as trustee for the Oklahoma City Museum of Art and the Heart of Oklahoma Camp Fire Council and on the Board of Directors of OU’s Bizzell Library Society. Mr. Gaddis was a member of St. Paul’s Episcopal Cathedral and the Oklahoma City Golf and Country Club. Memorial contributions may be made to the Building & Grounds Endowed Fund at St. Paul’s Cathedral. Karl Robert Gray of Van Buren, Arkansas, died June 17. He was born Oct. 1, 1940, in Terre Haute, Indiana. Mr. Gray was an attorney and an elected district judge for Oklahoma County. He graduated from the OU College of Law in 1964. Holly Hefton of Oklahoma City died May 25. She was born Feb. 18, 1964, in McAlester. She graduated from Westlake High School in Austin, Texas, and from OU with a bachelor’s degree in letters in 1992. Ms. Hefton worked her way through law school, owning a nail and tanning salon in Norman, and received her J.D. from the OU College of Law in 1995. She was admitted to practice before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 10th Circuit, U.S. District Court, Northern, Eastern and Western districts of Oklahoma and the courts of the Chickasaw Nation. She served as a municipal judge in Dickson from 2006 to 2008. She was recognized with the Mona Salyer Lambird Spotlight Award in 2017, Volunteer of the Year from Oklahoma Lawyers for Children and the 2022 Oklahoma County Bar Association Leadership Service Award. She played an instrumental role in forming the Downed Bikers Association and served on the Board of Directors of the Second Chance Animal Rescue and Oklahoma Lawyers for Children. She was slated to serve on the 2025 Board of Directors of the Oklahoma County Bar Association. Memorial contributions may be made to Oklahoma Lawyers for Children or the Oklahoma Humane Society. Lee Marks Holmes of Oklahoma City died May 21. He was born March 28, 1939. Mr. Holmes graduated from the OU College of Law and practiced law in Oklahoma City from 1963 until this year. He was a founder of the National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys, where he served on the Board of Directors and was elected as a fellow. He served as district club president of the Exchange Club of Oklahoma City and president of Parent Promise and the Oklahoma Pilots Association. Memorial contributions may be made to the Oklahoma Pilots Association Scholarship Fund or Parent Promise. Robert Monroe Hughes of Valley Center, Kansas, died June 14. He was born April 28, 1956, in Kansas City, Missouri. Mr. Hughes graduated from Shawnee Mission West High School in Overland Park, Kansas, and the University of Kansas, where he was a member of Alpha Tau Omega, with a bachelor’s degree in accounting and business administration. He received his J.D. from the Washburn University School of Law in 1982 and his LL.M. from the Southern Methodist University Dedman School of Law. He was an attorney and partner at Bever Dye LC since 1983, practicing in the areas of taxation, trusts and estates, elder law, wills, probate, asset protection, succession planning and business planning. Mr. Hughes served as a trustee of the Dwane L. and Velma Hunt Wallace Charitable Foundation, a fellow of the Kansas Bar Foundation, a former board member for Senior Services Inc. of Wichita and a former trustee of the Wichita-Sedgwick County Historical Museum. Memorial contributions may be made to the Divers Alert Network Endowment, Kechi United Methodist Church or PBS Kansas Channel 8. Thomas Gavin King of Claremore died March 9. He was born Nov. 2, 1933. He graduated from the University of Notre Dame, where he received a scholarship, and received his J.D. from the TU College of Law in 1960. During law school, he worked as a law clerk for Tulsa County Court Clerk Wes Fry. After graduation, he served as a junior partner for 21 years with his uncle, T. Austin Gavin. He continued the practice after his uncle’s death in 1982. Mr. King helped organize a rural water district for the local area outside of Claremore and was instrumental
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