William Herbert Hunt

W. Herbert Hunt is one of legendary oil wildcatter H.L. Hunt's 15 children. William Herbert Hunt of Dallas, Texas died on April 9, 2024, at the age of 95. Herbert was born to H. L. Hunt and Lyda Bunker Hunt on March 6, 1929, in El Dorado, Arkansas. His family moved to Tyler, Texas when he was a year old and then to Dallas when he was nine. Herbert attended Dallas Country Day School, Stonewall Jackson Elementary, and J. L. Long Middle School before, as he put it, "being shipped off" to The Hill School in Pottstown, Pennsylvania. After graduation from The Hill School, he attended Washington and Lee University where he earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Geology. While at Washington and Lee, Herbert met Nancy Jane Broaddus They married the first Saturday after Nancy's 21st birthday and celebrated more than 72 years together. Herbert joined the family oil business and had a career in oil and gas exploration and the oil service industry. Another of Herbert's endeavors was real estate development. He was active in the development of various properties in Richardson, Plano, Forney, Fate, Lavon, and Royse City. He also developed a number of properties in Scottsdale, Arizona and Orange County, California. He was most proud and took great joy in the family he and Nancy raised together. Herbert is survived by his wife Nancy, children Doug (Margaret), Barbara Hunt Crow, Libby Allred (Al), Bruce (Leeanne), and David (Libby), grandchildren Taylor Hunt (Elizabeth), Casey Hunt (Morgan), Nathan Crow (Itzel), Marshall Hunt (Brittany), Hunt Allred (Brittny), Austin Hunt (Chelsea), Davin Hunt (Anne Lindsey), Megan Carter (Joel), Margaret Crow Casselbrant (Magnus), Nancy Collins (William), Carter Hunt (Michelle), Daniel Crow, Bailey Hunt (Jordan), Dallas Hunt, Elizabeth Hunt, Sharon Hunt, and thirty-five great-grandchildren. He is also survived by sister-in-law Caroline Lewis Hunt, as well as half-siblings Ray Lee Hunt (Nancy Ann), June Hunt, Helen Lakelly Hunt (Harville Hendrix), and Swanee Grace Hunt. Herbert is preceded in death by his parents, his sisters Caroline Rose Hunt and Margaret Hunt Hill, and brothers Hassie, Nelson Bunker, and Lamar Hunt.He owns a refinery in Louisiana and oil company Petro-Hunt, which operates in six states including Oklahoma and North Dakota. In November of 2021 his net worth was estimated at $3.5 billion. In 2013, Hunt sold his Bakken oilfield acreage to publicly traded Halcon Resources for $1.5 billion in cash and stock. With brother Nelson Bunker Hunt (d. 2014), he tried to corner the world silver market in 1980, but failed when the price of the metal collapsed 80%. Hunt and his brother Nelson (d. 2014) reportedly once owned a collection of Greek and Roman coins and bronzes that sold for $20 million in 1990. His brother Lamar Hunt (d. 2006) owned the Kansas City Chiefs. Half-brother Ray Lee Hunt runs a separate oil company, Hunt Oil.