Charles Edward McCullough

Charles Edward McCullough of Burkburnett, Texas, age 79, passed away Thursday December 10th, 2020 in Wichita Falls, Texas following a brief illness.  Born April 1, 1941 in Grandfield Oklahoma to Robert Lynn and Hazel Marie (Bolton) McCullough, Charlie was the eldest of three children. Growing up on a farm outside Devol, Oklahoma, Charlie graduated from Big Pasture High School in 1958, attended college at Oklahoma State University followed by enlistment in the Army and National Guard Reserves.

Charlie married his wife Patty Nichols in 1962 and opened M&E soil service in 1964, where Charlie provided bulk fertilizer and fertilizer application services to local farmers in Southern Oklahoma and North Texas for over 33 years.  Charlie expanded his business to include trucking services for fertilizer and chemicals in the Mississippi Delta region and irrigation systems and installations.   In 1997, Charlie received a U.S. patent for a novel design of a piece of irrigation installation equipment, the McCullough Coverup, and began manufacturing Coverups in Burkburnett, Texas and sold them all over North America and internationally until selling the business in 2018 to focus on his ranching business.

Charlie served on the Board of Directors for the Burk Bank, the First State Bank of Keene, Itasca National Bank, and Keene Bancorp.   He volunteered and served on City Council of Burkburnett, Burkburnett Chamber of Commerce, Friends of the Library, Burkburnett Rotary Club, Board of Directors President of the Burkburnett Senior Center and was president of the Burkburnett Development Corporation.  Charlie was named Burkburnett Citizen of the Year in 2008.

Charlie was an avid pilot, owning several private planes over his lifetime and volunteered his pilot skills for Civil Air Patrol, including flying missions for the Drug Enforcement Agency, Oklahoma Forest Service, Texas Highway Patrol, and NASA, including searching for wreckage from Space Shuttle Columbia.

A member of the Church of Christ, Charlie is survived by his wife Patty, sons Charles "Chuck" McCullough and his wife Lisa of Cleburne, Steven McCullough and his wife Shellie of Bentonville Arkansas, grandsons Garrett McCullough and wife Kelsey of San Antonio, Tanner McCullough of Arlington, one granddaughter Maggie McCullough-Jones and husband David of San Diego, CA, numerous nieces and nephews, and one brother Hugh Lynn McCullough and wife Verdalee of Grandfield.  Charlie was preceded in death by his parents Bob and Hazel, his sister Marilyn Hoffman, and twin infant sons.