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'''Giles Connell McCrary, Sr.''' (November 5, 1919 – October 30, 2011),<ref name=Giles McConnell McCrary, ''Lubbock Avalanche-Journal,'' November 1, 2011.</ref/> was a [[petroleum]] operator, investor, art collector, rancher, and the founder of the [[OS Museum]] in Post, the seat of Garza County, southeast of [[Lubbock]] on the [[Texas]] South Plains.
'''Giles Connell McCrary, Sr.''' (November 5, 1919 – October 30, 2011),<ref name=obit>Giles McConnell McCrary, ''Lubbock Avalanche-Journal,'' November 1, 2011.</ref/> was a [[petroleum]] operator, investor, art collector, rancher, and the founder of the [[OS Museum]] in Post, the seat of Garza County, southeast of [[Lubbock]] on the [[Texas]] South Plains.
McCrary was the [[mayor]] of Post from 1969 to 1991; in Texas, all mayors are elected on a nonpartisan ballot. McCrary, however, was a [[Republican Party |Republican]], having contributed to many [[Republican Party|GOP]] candidates as well as the [[Republican National Committee]] and the National Republican Senatorial Committee.
McCrary was the [[mayor]] of Post from 1969 to 1991; in Texas, all mayors are elected on a nonpartisan ballot. McCrary, however, was a [[Republican Party |Republican]], having contributed to many [[Republican Party|GOP]] candidates as well as the [[Republican National Committee]] and the National Republican Senatorial Committee.