Paul Kendrick

Funeral service for Mr. Paul Kendrick, 75, of Nacogdoches, will be held at 2 p.m. Friday January 30, 2009, at Calvary Baptist Church with Bro. Ned Chipley of Alazan Methodist Church and Rev. Paul Sevar of Calvary Baptist Church officiating. Interment to follow at Sunset Memorial Park. Mr. Kendrick died January 26, 2009, in Houston, Texas. Paul was born on May 11, 1933, in Melrose, Texas, to the late Will Union Kendrick and Ruth Lenora Pleasant Kendrick. Paul was a loving and generous father and grandfather, and had many close friends. He was a faithful member of Calvary Baptist Church where he served as music minister for many years. He also directed the Joyful Sound Senior Choir for the past several years. Dominoes was his hobby and passion, and he was recently inducted into the Texas Domino Hall of Fame in Hallettsville, Texas. Paul coached for the Nacogdoches Youth Baseball Association and maintained a genuine friendship with many of his former players until the time of his death. Paul was a graduate of Nacogdoches High School and Stephen F. Austin State University, and served four years in the U.S. Air Force, attaining the rank of staff sergeant. He was an agent for State Farm Insurance for over 30 years before retiring in May 1996. Paul is survived by two daughters, Kimberly Dudley and husband, Tom, of Nacogdoches and Krista DiPuma and husband, Stephen, of Pearland, Texas; daughter-in-law, Kalin Kendrick; two sisters, Betty Perry and husband, Mike, of Nacogdoches and Lynda Greer and husband, Robert, of Nacogdoches; a sister-in-law, Jane Ann Kendrick of Nacogdoches; eight grandchildren, Chara, Aaron and wife, April, Christa and Paul Dudley, David and Kamille Griffin, and Will and Luke Kendrick; and great-granddaughter, Alena Grace Dudley. He is preceded by his parents; his wife Patricia; son Jeff Kendrick; brother, Bill Kendrick; and niece Jana Kendrick. Pallbearers will be Aaron Dudley, David Griffin, Paul Dudley, Will Kendrick, Luke Kendrick and Isaac Anders. The family asks that memorial donations be made to the Benevolence Fund at Calvary Baptist Church, 3732 N.E. Stallings Drive, Nacogdoches, Texas 75961 or to the NYBA (Nacogdoches Youth Baseball Association) C/O Jeff Kendrick Memorial Fund, P.O. Box 630515, Nacogdoches, Texas 75963-0515. Friends and family are invited to visitation from 5 until 8 p.m. Thursday, January 29, 2009, at Calvary Baptist Church. Laird Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.