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Commentary: A witness to Maury Maverick Jr. s roar
Neel Lane
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Maury Maverick sits with his typewriter, a photo of Sam Houston in the background, in 2003. The fearless civil rights advocate, legislator, columnist remains alive in the hearts of family and friends.Staff file photo
Express-News columnist Cary Clack wrote a wonderful remembrance of Maury Maverick Jr. on the occasion of his 100th birthday (“The light that still beams on Maury’s kids,” Jan. 3).
Maury was my cousin his father was my great-grandmother’s youngest brother but I consider myself one of his “kids” too.
I did not know him well before moving to San Antonio in 1984. But I would try to see him as often as I could, hear his oft-repeated stories, enjoy his good-natured ribbing, and take inspiration from a man who spent his life speaking up for those in need rather than pursuing material wealth. He hated even for people to treat him to lunch and stopped going to one restaurant be