Benjamin Jack "B.J." Rust Jr.

1943 - 2016

Benjamin Jack "B.J." Rust Jr., 72, passed away Monday, Jan. 11, 2016, at his home. Funeral: 3:30 p.m. Saturday in Greenwood Chapel. Interment: Greenwood Memorial Park. Visitation: 6 to 8 p.m. Friday at Greenwood. Memorials: If desired, the family requests that memorial contributions be made in B.J.'s name to the American Cancer Society. B.J. was born Jan. 25, 1943, in Eastland to Benjamin J. "Rusty" Rust and Oleta Rust. In his early childhood, the family moved to Fort Worth where he grew up and graduated from North Side High School in 1961. After college B.J. began a lifetime career in the eye care industry. He took pride in assisting patients with complicated sight issues and recommending visual aids, especially contact lenses. Many of these patients left his office with improved sight, which to B.J. was the primary reason he entered the profession. B.J. was associated with many contact lens organizations. He assisted in teaching contact lens classes with medical and college students across Texas. He loved spending time outdoors with his dogs, Tillie and Mattie, and took pride in watching his pepper plants and fruit trees grow. B.J. went hunting and fishing with friends and family to many different places, from Alaska to Costa Rica. He traveled extensively with family and a group of high school friends, lovingly known as "The Herd." B.J. was preceded in death by his father, Benjamin J. "Rusty" Rust; and brother-in-law, Dr. Larry Moore. Survivors: Loving wife, Trisha; mother, Oleta; sisters, Wanda Moore and Patricia Aston; stepson, Brian Cox and wife, Ashley, and their children, Jackson and Skyler; and several nieces and nephews in addition to many close family friends.