Estates Code

§304.003. Persons Who May Serve As Personal Representatives — Persons Disqualified To Serve As Executor Or Persons Disqualified To Serve As Executor Or Administrator

A person is not qualified to serve as an executor or administrator if the person is:

(1) incapacitated;
(2) a felon convicted under the laws of the United States or of any state of the United States unless, in accordance with law, the person has been pardoned or has had the person's civil rights restored;

http://www.statutes.legis.state.tx.us/Docs/ES/htm/ES.304.htm#304.003

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Note(s) Regarding This Legislation:

Text of section effective on January 01, 2014.

Added by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 680, Sec. 1, eff. January 1, 2014.

Probate Code

§78. Estates Of Decedents — Persons Disqualified To Serve As Executor Or Administrator

No person is qualified to serve as an executor or administrator who is:

(a) An incapacitated person;
(b) A convicted felon, under the laws either of the United States or of any state or territory of the United States, or of the District of Columbia, unless such person has been duly pardoned, or his civil rights restored, in accordance with law;

http://www.statutes.legis.state.tx.us/Docs/PB/htm/PB.V.htm#78

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Note(s) Regarding This Legislation:

This section is repealed by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., ch. 680, § 10(a), effective January 1, 2014.

Other Note(s):

Prior Laws:

Acts 1876, p. 96. G.L. vol. 8, p. 932. Rev.Civ.St.1879, art. 1857
Rev.Civ.St.1895, art. 1910. Rev.Civ.St.1911, art. 3277. Vernon's Ann.Civ.St. art 3353.

The new statute, Estates § 304.003, appears to continue the felony restriction unchanged.