| | In 1960, O'Neal graduated from Corsicana High School. He thereafter enrolled at, first, Navarro College in Corsicana and then Texas A&M University-Commerce, then known as East Texas State University in Commerce, a city in Hunt County. He received his [[Bachelor of Arts]] and [[Master of Arts]] from A&M-Commerce in 1964 and 1969, respectively. O'Neal served as athletic director and head football coach at Anna High School (1967–1968) and at Waskom High School in Harrison County (1968–1970). He first married the former Kathryn Berry of [[Dallas]]. After their divorce, O'Neal married Faye Gipson of Garrison in Nacogdoches County, who remarried and took the name Faye G. Frasier of [[Corpus Christi]]. | | In 1960, O'Neal graduated from Corsicana High School. He thereafter enrolled at, first, Navarro College in Corsicana and then Texas A&M University-Commerce, then known as East Texas State University in Commerce, a city in Hunt County. He received his [[Bachelor of Arts]] and [[Master of Arts]] from A&M-Commerce in 1964 and 1969, respectively. O'Neal served as athletic director and head football coach at Anna High School (1967–1968) and at Waskom High School in Harrison County (1968–1970). He first married the former Kathryn Berry of [[Dallas]]. After their divorce, O'Neal married Faye Gipson of Garrison in Nacogdoches County, who remarried and took the name Faye G. Frasier of [[Corpus Christi]]. |
| − | There are four O'Neal daughters from the second marriage: twins Lynn O. Martinez (born 1972), the wife of Rudy Martinez of Mansfield, Texas, in the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex and Shellie O'Neal, a theater arts professor at Navarro College.A third dauhger, Dr. Berri O'Neal (born 1975), the wife of Drew Gormley of Irving in Dallas County, is the executive director of Universities Center at Dallas (www.ucddowntown.org) and an adjunct professor at Texas A&M University-Commerce. The fourth daughter, Causby Lea Henderson (born 1980), the wife of Dusty Lee Henderson of Allen, Texas, north of Dallas. O'Neal's third wife was the former Karon Jane Ashby (1960-2016), the daughter of James W. and Louise Riggs Ashby of her native Carthage. Karon O'Neal was a talented seamstress and musician and a former head of the Panola College [[mathematics]] department. She and O'Neal were married in Central [[Southern Baptist|Baptist]] Church in Carthage.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.jimerson-lipsey.com/obituary/3787113|title=Karon Jane Ashby O'Neal obituary|publisher=Jimmerson-lipsey.com|date=July 4, 2016|accessdate=December 13, 2019}}</ref> | + | There are four O'Neal daughters from the second marriage: twins Lynn O. Martinez (born 1972), the wife of Rudy Martinez of Mansfield, Texas, in the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex and Shellie O'Neal, a theater arts professor at Navarro College. A third daughter, Dr. Berri O'Neal (born 1975), the wife of Drew Gormley of Irving in Dallas County, is the executive director of Universities Center at Dallas (www.ucddowntown.org) and an adjunct professor at Texas A&M University-Commerce. The fourth daughter, Causby Lea Henderson (born 1980), the wife of Dusty Lee Henderson of Allen, Texas, north of Dallas. O'Neal's third wife was the former Karon Jane Ashby (1960-2016), the daughter of James W. and Louise Riggs Ashby of her native Carthage. Karon O'Neal was a talented seamstress and musician and a former head of the Panola College [[mathematics]] department. She and O'Neal were married in Central [[Southern Baptist|Baptist]] Church in Carthage.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.jimerson-lipsey.com/obituary/3787113|title=Karon Jane Ashby O'Neal obituary|publisher=Jimmerson-lipsey.com|date=July 4, 2016|accessdate=December 13, 2019}}</ref> |