Obituary of Carroll Sidney Shaddock

Carroll Sidney Shaddock, a Houston lawyer and civic leader, died in Houston December 4, 2022. He was 82.

Carroll was born in Beaumont. He was the eldest child of Dr. Carroll Bitting Shaddock, Jr., and Hulda Gaertner Shaddock.  He traced his father's Texas ancestry to 1812. His mother's German family emigrated to Texas in 1899. He grew up in Orange, Texas, and attended Rice University (B.A. 1962) and Yale Law School (J.D. 1965).

After law school, he received a judicial clerkship in Houston with Judge Joe Ingraham, of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas. He then enlisted in the Texas Army National Guard. He later received a direct commission as an officer in the Judge Advocate General Corps of the U.S. Navy.

Carroll joined the law firm of Liddell, Sapp (later known as Locke, Lord) in Houston. He became a partner and practiced law with the firm for 45 years. He represented underwriters and financial institutions. After retirement from the law firm, he worked at Capital Title Company, a Shaddock family company, for five years.

Carroll was a man of many interests. He was never satisfied with things the way he found them and tried to make things conform to the way he thought they should be. As defined by George Bernard Shaw, he was an "unreasonable man." According to Shaw, "The reasonable man adapts to the world, the unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore all progress depends on the unreasonable man."

He spent much time on his civic interests. He was always busy but happy working for the good of Houston. His interests included eradicating the 15,000 billboards that greeted him on returns to Houston; today there are only 1500. Carroll founded and was chairman of Scenic Texas, which fought billboards successfully in cities throughout the state. He became a founder and chairman of Scenic America and worked for billboard control and beautification throughout the nation.

Another interest was trees. Carroll and William Coats, his late friend and golfing partner, founded Trees for Houston, which has created miles of tree-lined parkways in and around Houston.

His local civic leadership included the Westmoreland Civic Association, the Southampton Civic Association, the Boulevard Oaks Civic Association, and the University Place Association. He also served on the board of the Institute of Religion. He was the founder of Bach Society Houston and the Melanchthon Institute, a Lutheran theological study center.

Carroll was a director of the Yale Law School Alumni Association. In 2006, Rice honored him as an outstanding alumnus. He also received awards from Scenic America and Scenic Houston.

Perhaps the most important contribution of Carroll and Dorry has been to Houston's church music. The couple helped to build two pipe organs in historical style at Christ the King Lutheran Church and First Lutheran Church Houston. Their special gift was the Bach Organ at Christ the King Lutheran Church on Rice Boulevard.

Carroll served as choir director for many years at the church. His choir and organists recorded a CD which featured music of the Lutheran tradition. He led his church choir on a German tour to sing in Sunday morning services at St. Thomas Church in Leipzig, which was the church of J.S. Bach in his prime.
As a Rice student, Carroll had directed the Will Rice College Chorus in spring competitions; they were victorious.

In law school, Carroll created and directed a choir of students each Sunday. He then served at Christ the King Lutheran Church as Director of Music and Church Choir Director (1982-2003), and at First Lutheran Church of Houston as Director of Music and Choir Director (2004-2016).  At Christ the King Lutheran Church he served as Congregational President, Long-Range Planning Committee Chair, and Building Committee Chairman (1980-2000).

Carroll and Dorry traveled widely. They attended music festivals in Aspen, Carmel, and Oregon, as well as Mexico and Germany. They enjoyed hiking in Aspen and in Kitzbuehel, Austria.

His wife of 59 years, Dorothea (Dorry) Schulze Shaddock, survives him. Other survivors are the couple's sons, Carroll Christian Shaddock and wife Heather Ivey Shaddock, of Austin; Peter Eric Shaddock, of Houston; and Matthew Shaddock, of San Antonio. He is also survived by his siblings, Peter Henry Shaddock, Sr., and wife Phyllis Dunlap Shaddock, of Dallas; Gail Shaddock Rogers and husband Michael Rogers, of Plano; and William Charles (Bill) Shaddock and wife Kim MacDonald Shaddock, of Plano. Also surviving him are nine grandchildren: Maya Haws-Shaddock, New York, NY; Hannah Ivey, Lakewood, CO; Autumn Haws-Shaddock and Kaspar Shaddock, Austin; Sid Shaddock, Phoenix, AZ; Gabrielle Dorothea Shaddock, Austin; Alexander Shaddock, Phoenix, AZ; and Brady Shaddock and Caroline Shaddock, San Antonio.

A funeral service will take place at 11:00 a.m., on Saturday, December 17, 2022 at the historic First Lutheran Church, 1311 Holman Street at Caroline in Houston, Texas followed by a reception with the family.  Carroll will be laid to rest at Glenwood Cemetery in Houston, Texas

Pallbearers will be sons, Christian, Peter, and Matthew Shaddock; and nephews, Peter H. Shaddock, Jr., Chad Cook, and Will Shaddock. Honorary pallbearers are William Pannill, Hugh Rice Kelly, Robert Collett; and nephews, Mark Shaddock, Todd Shaddock, Andrew Shaddock, Eric Schulze, Jr., and Christoph Neuendorf.  A reception will follow at the church.  Burial will take place at Glenwood Cemetery.

The family requests there be no flowers. Those wishing to honor Carroll's memory may contribute to Scenic Houston, Scenic Texas, Trees for Houston, Bach Society Houston, or Harmonia Stellarum Houston.