Albert R. Mace was a peace officer for 45 years who joined the Texas Rangers at age 21. He became Deputy Sheriff in Lampasas County in 1903 and later served 12 years as sheriff. He was president of the Texas Sheriffs' Association in 1920, chief of police in the oil boom towns of Mexia and Borger from 1921 to 1930 and in Corpus Christi from 1933 to 1934, and captain of Ranger Company D from 1931 to 1933 when the East Texas oil fields were under martial law. He died in service.