Birth date: Mar 5, 1943 Death date: Oct 28, 2020
James Wesley Cullar Jr., 77, passed away October 28, 2020 in Dallas, TX. He was born March 5, 1943 to parents James Cullar Sr. and Clytes Cullar in Dallas, TX. http://webcast.funeralvue.com/events/viewer/39983 Read Obituary
I am happy to have known and become Jims friend over the last several years, as I originally was a tenant who found his ad on craigslist 7 years ago, at his Fort Worth property. I am still there to this day. Jim always wanted to keep his good tenants happy and I was VERY happy and thankful for a landlord like him. I would fill him in on who or what was going on, on the property that I thought he needed to know, I always treated the property as if it were my own.
I enjoyed our chats as we became more like buddies over the years, catching up, talking about past, future and present events, offering me solid, life advice or recommendations and I sure did have so much respect for him and anyone that knew him, knows why. Humble, loyal, consistent, and straight forward. Great qualities which made him such a great human being. I look up to those characteristics and try to reflect myself as the same.
I appreciated his dedication to wanting to maintain solid, reliable tenants on his property. He is a rare type of landlord who values quality over quantity. We last spoke a few weeks ago regarding the property I live on and it turned into a discussion about his health and him trying to figure out what was going on, we then said we would talk soon as he would give me updates on what he found out from the doctors and unfortunately I never did get that update until I followed up with Kathie the other day. My heart is heavy today and will be for some time, but in the end I know he is pain free right now and that God has real estate up in Heaven waiting for him to maintain. I miss you, Jim, but I know you are in a much better and happy place right now.
-Sean H.
I met Jim and Kathy around 1965 in a zoology lab at UTA where we were students. Jim and I would share rides in the daily commute to classes since we both lived in Oak Cliff. The acquaintance developed into a life long friendship. Jim was a major influence on my
future in real estate. There is a lot of truth in the words of Alfred Lord Tennyson - "I am part of all that I have met". He was like a brother to me and I will forever remember the great man he was. Bill Cope.
Jim was my classmate of 1961 and a loyal client for many years, Jay, your dad will be missed. May God bless his soul
Ronnie Ward
Jim was a compassionate man who valued loyalty and integrity, and who was endowed with a lion’s share of stubbornness.
I knew Jim for nearly 40 years. I was introduced to him in 1981 by Bill Cope while I was working the Dallas appraisal district. Jim offered me the opportunity to do occasional appraisal work for him. Well, one appraisal assignment lead to more appraisal assignments, and I left the appraisal district in 1983. Jim and I worked together for the next 10 years. We worked on a wide variety of appraisals, a few were quite complicated and some seemed to be never ending. We had a term for those never ending assignments “Cracker Wrapers”. We have all eaten at restaurants where there would be a basket of cellophane wrapped crackers. You would unwrap the package, and attempt to put the wrapper on the table, but it would stick to your fingers from the static electricity. It would take several attempts to get the wrapper off of your fingers and on to the table. On those difficult appraisal assignments, we would look at each other and say “another cracker wrapper”.
Over the years as Jim and I worked together, we got to know one others family. We often celebrated holidays, birthdays, and special occasions together.
The last time I saw Jim was January of this year, 2020. Before everything changed and before we had a clue what 2020 would bring. I met him at his home/office. He was very proud of his home/office complex and took me on a tour the many improvements he made over the years. He enjoyed the workshop where he could piddle on whatever project he had going at the time. As was usual for Jim, the property was meticulously maintained, well organized – everything in its place. Jim’s artistic creativity was obvious. Many of his friends know that when he first enrolled at North Texas State University in 1961 he was working toward a Fine Arts. Eventually his practical side won out and he switched majors, earning a BA in Business Administration. His creative talents and artistic intuition surfaced repeatedly in his work and in his life.
That day in January, as we had several times before when we had taken the time to get together, we went Win Buffet, one of Jim’s favorite restaurants. We talked about the usual stuff - business, family, other daily activities. This day he was especially happy about the past Saturday he had spent with his granddaughter, Reagan. He very much enjoyed whenever he got the opportunity to spend time with her. It was obvious that Jim loved and enjoyed his family and was more content with the current phase of his life than he had ever been.
Jim was a valued mentor, associate and friend. We shared many laughs together. He will be missed.
Jim Getto
Jim was definitely a great person, although I only knew him for a little over a year. I appreciated him giving me the opportunity to assist him with his office needs. He was always very caring to everyone he met, and showed so much hospitality. I will miss those yummy ribs that he would stir up in his words. You will be Missed Mr.Cullar. Sending prayers and condolence to his close Family and Friends.
Jim was the beloved Grandfather of Reagan Cullar, my daughter. He loved her so very much and spending time with her. He took her to a driving range for golf, picnics at the park and she has so many loving memories of her Grandpa. She was not ready for this and misses him terribly.
Jim "Dad" Cullar was more to me than just a Landlord.
We met Jim a little over 3 years ago when my husband and I became his tenants, little did we know soon thereafter that our friendship would blossom into something more like family. I would call him "Dad" and he would call me "Mija", a term of endearment in Spanish meaning daughter, to the extent that his Son Jay would soon be someone i would refer to as Bubba.
On occasions I'd receive a good morning text saying "Mija, check your backdoor" only to find an Apple Fritter waiting for me in a box, something we had in common, our favorite kind of donut. 😊
Moments I'll never forget and will cherish forever!
Jim was one of a kind, he will be highly missed. We love and miss you, you will always be "Dad" to me! Thanks for allowing us to be a part of your life.
Love-
Maggie & Daniel
