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| birth_name = Vera Lucille Koch<br />
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1911|03|09}}<br />
| birth_place = [[Leslie, Arkansas]]<br />
| death_date = {{Death date and age|2015|09|08|1911|03|09}}<br />
| death_place = [[Dallas, TX]]<br />
| nationality = American<br />
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| occupation = Real Estate Entrepreneur<br />
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'''Ebby Halliday''' (born '''Vera Lucille Koch''';<ref>[http://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/Ebby-Halliday-Dallas-Real-Estates-Most-Beloved-Icon-Has-Died-at-104-325938961.html "Ebby Halliday, Dallas Real Estate's Most Beloved Icon, Has Died at 104"], nbcdfw.com, September 9, 2015.</ref> March 9, 1911 &ndash; September 8, 2015) was a United States of America [[realtor]] and businesswoman who founded ''[[Ebby Halliday Realtors]]''. She was one of the first successful female [[entrepreneur]]s in [[Dallas]].<br />
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Halliday was born in [[Leslie, Arkansas]],<ref>[http://www.dallasnews.com/business/business-headlines/20150909-with-grace-and-grit-real-estate-titan-ebby-halliday-acers-paved-the-way-for-women.ece "With grace and grit, real estate titan Ebby Halliday Acers paved the way for women"] by Cheryl Hall and Joe Simnacher. ''The Dallas Morning News'', September 9, 2015. Retrieved 2015-09-10.</ref> and graduated from high school in [[Abilene, Kansas]], in 1929. She got a $10-a-week job selling women's hats at [[The Jones Store]] in [[Kansas City, Missouri|Kansas City]]. In less than a year, she was the top salesperson. In 1938, she was asked to take over the millinery department at Dallas' W.A. Green Store. Soon she had her own Dallas boutique, Ebby's Hats.<ref>Nixon, Caroline. ''You Never Know Until You Ask'', p. 6.</ref> She founded her real estate company in 1945.<ref>[http://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/Ebby-Halliday-Dallas-Real-Estates-Most-Beloved-Icon-Has-Died-at-104-325938961.html Ebby Halliday, Dallas Real Estate's Most Beloved Icon, Has Died at 104]. NBCDFW.com, September 9, 2015.</ref><br />
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Halliday married former [[FBI]] agent Maurice Acers in 1965.<ref>[http://www.dmagazine.com/publications/d-magazine/2007/july/ebby-halliday-the-woman-who-still-sells-dallas Ebby Halliday: The Woman Who (Still) Sells Dallas]. ''D Magazine'', July 2007. Retrieved 2014-02-03.</ref><ref>"Realty Briefs: National Home Week Points Up Strength Via Ownership" by Jim Stephenson. ''The Dallas Morning News'', September 12, 1965; retrieved 2014-02-03.</ref> Maurice Acers died in 1993.<ref>Cheryl Hall. [http://www.dallasnews.com/business/columnists/cheryl-hall/20110115-approaching-100-ebby-halliday-says-go-easy-on-the-candles.ece Approaching 100, Ebby Halliday says go easy on the candles], ''The Dallas Morning News'', January 15, 2011; retrieved 2014-02-03.</ref> She [[centenarian|celebrated her 100th birthday]] on March 9, 2011.<ref>[http://www.parkcitiespeople.com/community/ebby-turns-104-today-encourages-donations/ Ebby Turns 104 Today, Encourages Donations] by Sarah Bennett. ''Park Cities People'', March 9, 2015; retrieved September 9, 2015.</ref> She died at the age of 104 on September 8, 2015 in her sleep, with her friends and family by her side.<ref>[http://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/Ebby-Halliday-Dallas-Real-Estates-Most-Beloved-Icon-Has-Died-at-104-325938961.html Ebby Halliday, Dallas Real Estate's Most Beloved Icon, Has Died at 104], nbcdfw.com; accessed September 9, 2015.</ref><br />
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==See also==<br />
* [[List of centenarians (businesspeople)]]<br />
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==References==<br />
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==External links==<br />
*[http://neighborsgoblog.dallasnews.com/archives/2009/09/ebby-halliday-a-friend-in-deed.html Ebby Halliday, 98, visits client, 97] &ndash; The Dallas Morning News<br />
*[http://www.ebby.com/about_ebby/about_ebby_halliday/ Official site]<br />
*[http://www.realtor.org/rmomag.NSF/files/TOPcompanies-sales.pdf/$FILE/TOPcompanies-sales.pdf Top 280 Companies ranked by 2003 sales volume] &ndash; [http://www.realtor.org realtor.org]<br />
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20070621180413/http://www.fbchamber.com/feb_06.pdf February 2006 Newsletter] &ndash; Farmers Branch Chamber of Commerce<br />
*[http://realtytimes.com/rtapages/20050314_legendebby.htm Yellow Rose Named For Texas Legend Ebby Halliday]<br />
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{{Texas Women's Hall of Fame}}<br />
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