Claude William "Pete" Harland Obituary - Visitation & Funeral Information

On May 23, 2022, His Lord and Master reached out His hand and touched Pete. Claude William "Pete" Harland was born August 25, 1933, Texarkana, Bowie, Texas to William Parker Harland and Ludie Belle (Preston) Harland. Pete graduated from Texas High School in Texarkana, TX with the Class of 1951; he attended Victoria Junior College where he played football from 1951-1953; he then attended Texas Tech University where he played football in 1953-1954 with the Right End Position. He received his BBA Degree in Marketing from Texas Tech in May of 1955. Pete was an All-American Honorable Mention for Texas Tech Football and in 1951 was an NFL Selection for the Los Angeles Rams. Pete served in the U.S. Navy; then he was a Junior High School teacher and football coach in Texarkana and traveled through out Oklahoma selling oil treating chemicals. Pete was a 1971 graduate of the Texas Tech School of Law and was the recipient of the George and Sarah Dupree Award, 1971. Pete was an Attorney-at-Law for over fifty years; was a member of the Lubbock County Bar Association; he served on many boards including the Children's Protective Services, the Children's Shrine Hospital; South Plains Council Boy Scout Troop 402; past Advisor in High Adventure Boy Scout Explorer Post 402; Khiva Shrine Motor Escort; Khiva Temple Potentate, 1998. Pete married Jaclyn "Jackie" Hawkins on June 21, 1959, at the Hardy Memorial Methodist Church, Texarkana, Bowie, Texas. Pete was a member of Hardy Methodist Church, Texarkana, TX; First United Methodist Church-Lubbock for sixty-two years; Hi Robinson Sunday School Class, member, past-president-Lubbock; the Daylight Masonic Lodge; York Rite and Scottish Rite Masonic bodies; South Plains Shrine Club, Khiva Shrine Temple, Amarillo; Red Cross of Constantine, Lubbock and the Khiva Motorcycle Group, Amarillo. Pete was a great dancer who loved Country and Western music; He was an Aircraft Pilot and co-owner, Lubbock Beechcraft, Inc. He was a proud "Harley Man" of his Harley Davidson Motorcycles and enjoyed having grandsons riding behind! Loved ones include Jaclyn "Jackie" (Hawkins) Harland, wife of 62 years, Chad Parker Harland, son, Jennifer Joy (Brooks) Harland, wife, Lubbock, TX; their children- Thomas William Harland, Mountain Home, Idaho; Avery Michael Harland, Omaha, NE, and Parker Joy Harland, Lubbock, TX; Tech Sgt. Trent Corbett Harland, son, Heidi Osburn Harland, wife, Scott AFB, St. Louis, IL; their children- Amari Harland; Elias Harland, Scott AFB, St. Louis, IL; Virginia Lee (Harland) Davis, sister, Rodney Davis, Kirby, AR. Pete was preceded in death by his parents and brother, Stephen Paul Harland. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the Texas Tech Memorial Athletic Scholarship Endowment at Texas Tech University. Checks can be made payable and mailed to Red Raider Club, Box 45055, Lubbock, TX 79409-5055. Claude W. Pete Harland Memorial Gifts Or The Khiva Shrine Temple Transportation Memorial Fund 305 SE 5th Avenue Amarillo, Texas 79101. Memorial service will be 10:00 a.m., Thursday, June 2, 2022 at the First United Methodist Church-Lubbock.

Claude William "Pete" Harland

August 25, 1933 - May 23, 2022