Houston’s business community lost another of its longtime oil and gas entreprenuers on Sunday when Geneos P. “Pete” Cokinos of Beaumont died at the age of 88. Mr. Cokinos died a day after another famous Houston wildcatter, Michel T. Halbouty, who was a friend and contemporary of Mr Cokinos. Mr. Cokinos’ obituary is here.
Mr. Cokinos was the oldest of five children of the P.D. Cokinos family, which included a sister and four brothers. Mr. Cokinos and his three brothers were all veterans of the U.S. Army in World War II and graduates of Texas A&M University, and Mr. Cokinos was the first of an incredible seventeen members of that family to attend and graduate from Texas A&M. Mr. Cokinos and his brothers subsequently funded an academic Presidential Scholarship at A&M in memory of their parents.
Mr. Cokinos was the uncle of well-known Houston attorney, Greg Cokinos. Funeral services are scheduled for this evening and Wednesday in Beaumont.