HOUSTON – These are some of the couples with storied pasts in Houston and Texas. Some come from reality and others from the imaginations of creative folks with an eye on the Lone Star State.
From fact
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President George H.W. Bush and Barbara Bush
The former president and his wife lived in Houston after his political career ended in 1993. Though Bush was known “a scion of the East Coast establishment, a product of Greenwich, Conn., Phillips Academy and Yale University,” the Wall Street Journal noted, he lived the rest of his life until his death at 94 in Houston, his adopted home. They were often seen out-and-about in town and at Astros baseball games.
President George W. Bush and Laura Bush
President George W. Bush and Laura Bush reside in Dallas, but they also have a ranch in Crawford, Texas, seen here in this article from Architectural Digest.
Joel and Victoria Osteen
Lakewood Church pastors Joel and Victoria Osteen live in River Oaks in Houston. The couple met at a jewelry shop and got married in 1987. The couple is now at the helm of the megachurch in Houston and are televangelists around the world via their broadcasts and books.
Tony Buzbee and Frances Moody
Attorney Tony Buzbee and Frances Moody married in 2021. The Houston couple lives in River Oaks.
Jim “Mattress Mack” and Linda McIngvale
Jim “Mattress Mack” McIngvale and his wife, Linda McIngvale, are fixtures in Houston. Through their business, Gallery Furniture, and occasional mention in the news -- for things like helping facilitate the rescue of a tiger -- the prominent couple remain a household name in the Houston area.
Jose and Nina Altuve
The Astros slugger and his wife Nina and their two children live in Houston. The couple has been married since 2006.
Anna Nicole Smith and J. Howard Marshall
Famed model and star of “The Anna Nicole Show” Anna Nicole Smith and oil tycoon J. Howard Marshall II lived in a Houston-area home during their short marriage. In 1994, Smith and Marshall married. She was 26. He was 89. He died less than two years later.
Chris Shepherd and Lindsey Folger Brown
Houston restauranteur Chris Shepherd and public relations expert Lindsey Folger Brown live and work in Houston. The couple married in 2020. Shepherd continues his efforts to help restaurant workers through Southern Smoke. Folger Brown’s public relations firm, Lindsey Brown Public Relations, has clients in the high-end restaurant industry, including her husband’s publicity work.
Alex and Reagan Bregman
Houston Astros star Alex Bregman and Reagan Bregman married in December 2020. The couple lives in Houston.
Clyde Champion Barrow and Bonnie Parker
Clyde Champion Barrow and Bonnie Parker are the infamous outlaws who murdered a number of people during various robberies in the 1930s. Bonnie and Clyde met in Texas in January 1930. Here’s a fascinating report from the FBI on their crimes and their eventual deaths in 1934 when authorities ambushed them in Louisiana, firing on their vehicle and ending their crime spree across the South.
Chip and Joanna Gaines
The ‘Fixer Upper’ duo from Waco are now media moguls. Their journey from stars of HGTV to revamping the DIY Network to Magnolia Network has made them a household name that goes beyond shiplap and white paint. The couple married in 2003. They have five children together.
To fiction
J.R. and Sue Ellen Ewing
If you love “Dallas,” you loved watching the ups and downs of the love story of J.R. and Sue Ellen. Take a turn down their love lane -- with all of its speed bumps -- here.
Sissy and Bud
In “Urban Cowboy,” Sissy and Bud are in love with the Houston area as the backdrop. The movie tells the story of the young couple who marry and then have a turbulent relationship as independent Sissy and traditional Bud attempt to make their way. There’s also a mechanical bull competition.
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