[1] Stovall's parents could not decide on a given name for their son so they wrote his father's initials, SJ, temporarily on his birth certificate.
[2] In a late 1970s interview with the Fort Worth Star-Telegram, he recalled, "I guess I was 13 before I realized that SJ – my father's initials – didn't stand for anything.
"[2] Vandergriff, Stovall's predecessor, has successfully brought the Texas Rangers baseball team and a General Motors assembly plant to Arlington during his tenure in office.
[1] The park, which featured aquariums, a life-size pirate ship and killer whales, failed to attract enough visitors to keep the facility open.
[1] It was briefly renamed Hawaii Kai[2] before low attendance forced the city council to close the attraction in 1976, just months before Stovall took office.
[1] Stovall spearheaded the city's efforts to build the $10 million Arlington Convention Center and Sheraton Hotel on the site of the failed Seven Seas Marine Life Park.
[2] Stovall is widely credited with leading a number of important projects in Arlington during his tenure as mayor, as well as his time on the city council.
[1] Stovall also led efforts to construct a new City Hall and create Leadership Arlington, which trained community members for positions within the local government.