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Sidney Afton Lindsay, Jr., age 60, died peacefully at his home on Saturday, April 14, 2007, of heart failure. The only son of Sidney A. Lindsay, Sr. and Anita Fay Nordan Lindsay, he was born September 6, 1946, in Houston. Raised in San Antonio, he was a graduate of San Antonio Academy and Texas Military Institute and also attended Schreiner Institute in Kerrville where he played football. He was the owner of Lindsay Ranch near Encinal, Texas, which has been in his family over 100 years. Following in the footsteps of his grandfather, legendary wildcatter L.A. Nordan, he raised Santa Gertrudis cattle and, as managing partner of Lindsay Production & Royalties, Ltd., oversaw various oil and gas interests. He also managed whitetail deer and conducted hunts on his South Texas ranch. Mr. Lindsay was an enthusiastic volunteer for over 40 years at the annual San Antonio Stock Show and Rodeo, and a life member and director of the San Antonio Livestock Exposition, Inc., S.A.L.E. where, among other responsibilities, he served as a vice president of the Executive Committee and was founder and longtime chairman of the PUC Committee, which put out and picked up the barrels for the women's barrel racing rodeo event. He was a member of the Argyle, San Antonio German Club, Order of the Alamo, and Club Giraud. Mr. Lindsay was preceded in death by his parents. He is survived by his only child, Alice Nordan Lindsay Welder, and her husband, Christopher Clark Welder. He is also survived by his sister, Marian Nordan Lindsay Archer, and her husband, Robert Richey Archer, an aunt, Marian Nordan Harwell, and her husband, Norman Leslie Harwell, numerous cousins and nieces, as well as his former wife, Cris Crouch Graham, with whom he remained friends and who helped care for him when his health declined. A memorial service is planned for 3:30 p.m., Wednesday, April 18th, at his residence. Honorary pallbearers are Marrs McLean Bowman, James Montgomery Caruth, Martin Withington Clement II, Martin Withington Clement III, Paul Ray Galloway, Jr., Charles Allison Kuper, Jr., Ricardo Elliott Longoria, Richard Keith Martin, Frank Michael Mims, Jeffrey James Pearce, Raymond James Welder, Jr., and Raymond James Welder III. In lieu of flowers, the family suggests memorial gifts to S.A.L.E. Scholarship Fund, P.O. Box 200230, San Antonio, Texas 78220-0230 or San Antonio Academy, 117 E. French Place, San Antonio, Texas 78212.

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Sidney Afton Lindsay, Jr.

September 6, 1946 - April 14, 2007