7-Eleven Heir Jere Thompson’s Family Sold His Dallas Home

2 April 2026

The founding family of 7-Eleven sold late patriarch Jere Thompson’s Highland Park home in Dallas.

The Jere W. Thompson Living Trust, managed by his sons Michael Thompson, Patrick Thompson and Jere Thompson Jr., sold the house at 3918 Normandy Avenue in Highland Park to a trust owned by Robert and Lacey Dobrient, according to public records. The deal closed on March 25. The final sale price is not disclosed, but the sellers were last asking $9 million when the home was listed.

In 1927, Jere Thompson’s father, Joe Thompson, founded the Southland Ice House. Widely considered the nation’s first convenience store, the company grew into the chain that became 7-Eleven. Jere Thompson retired as CEO of The Southland Corporation, which was the parent company of 7-Eleven, after spearheading changes such as 24-hour service and promoting the Slurpee, according to his obituary. He died in 2023.

The two-story, 5,800-square-foot home overlooks Turtle Creek, which links Dallas’ wealthiest neighborhoods. It’s at the west end of Normandy Avenue, a 10-minute walk from the Dallas Country Club. The Modern Tudor-style house has three bedrooms and seven bathrooms, and its lot spans 0.4 acres. The last listing price amounts to about $1,500 per square foot.

Initially listed for $9.5 million in August, the price dropped to $9 million in October. The sellers took the home off the market in late December, Zillow shows.

Compass agent Michelle Wood had the listing. Wood is a member of the Detwiler+Wood Group, which ranked second in Texas among small real estate teams for sales volume last year with $338.3 million in sales over 98 deals, according to RealTrends.Similar recent sales include that of the former estate of eminent plastic surgeon Sam Hamra. The historic 5,200-square-foot home is on a large lot next to a reservoir fed by Turtle Creek, about a mile south of the Thompsons’ former home. Hamra’s heirs sold the home to an LLC after asking $15 million.