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Ralph Lloyd "Buddy" Sturrock
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Ralph Sturrock Obituary
Services for Ralph Lloyd "Buddy" Sturrock, 84, of Gilmer, will be at 10 a.m. Wednesday, June 6, 2007, in the Welch Funeral Home Chapel, 4619 Judson Road, with Stephen Woodfin officiating. Burial will follow in Rosewood Park Cemetery.
Mr. Sturrock passed away on Saturday, June 2, 2007, at a local medical center.
Mr. Sturrock was born December 26, 1922, in Sour Lake, Texas, to Barrett Travis and Mattie Greenwood Sturrock. He served as a sergeant in the United States Army and was a member of VFW Post No. 1183. He was a former Texas Prisoner Of War during World War II.
Mr. Sturrock was a member of the Masonic Temple and Texas Farm Bureau. He worked as district foreman and retired from Mid-Valley/Sunoco Petroleum.
He was preceded in death by his brothers, Leonard Sturrock and Milton Sturrock.
Survivors include his son and daughter-in-law, Ralph L. II and Kathy Sturrock of Gilmer; daughter, Rhonda Sturrock-Bigham of Gilmer; grandson and wife, Ralph Lloyd III and Brenda Sturrock of Birmingham, Ala.; granddaughter and husband, Angela Marie and Glen Lester of Birmingham, Ala.; grandson, Richard Lloyd Bigham of Galveston; granddaughter, Heather Nicole Sturrock of Gilmer; grandson, Corey Lane Sturrock of Gilmer; and four great-grandchildren.
Memorial contributions may be made to the American Heart Association, P.O. Box 529, Longview, TX 75606.
The family will receive friends from 6-8 p.m. this evening, June 5, 2007, at the funeral home.
An online registry may be signed at www.news-journal.com, by clicking on the obituaries link.
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Andra Clay
June 13, 2007
To Buddy's family and friends, sorry about your loss. I knew Buddy through the Betty Walker family and always enjoyed talking to Buddy.
Jim Harris
June 6, 2007
I was sorry to hear of Buddy's passing. My sympathy to his family.
I worked for Buddy as a Mid-Valley school boy in 1962 on a pipeline job in Covington, Kentucky. The whole crew was from East Texas or Oxford Miss.. That was the begining of a long friendship, and working relationship, since I spent several summers after that as a Mid-Valley school boy. He was a good and very fair man. I know he will be missed.
Gloria W Daniels
June 6, 2007
Rhonda & Sturrock family:
My heartfelt condolences & sympathy for Lloyd's passing.
As a Dayton, TX High School 1940-classmate, we all knew him as "Lloyd"; and he was an excellent football player, very popular & very well liked -- always smiling & friendly.
I trust that all your fond memories of him will help comfort, console & sustain you in the days ahead.
~Gloria West Daniels
June 6, 2007
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Gerald (Jerry) Lawrence
June 5, 2007
Memories of school together in
the class of 1940.
June 5, 2007
I was so sorry to hear of your father's passing. My thoughts & prayers are with you.
Vickie Hatcher
Amy Jacobs
June 5, 2007
Rhonda,
I am so sorry to hear of Mr. Sturrock's passing. I enjoyed getting to know him and will miss him. My thoughts and prayers are with you and your family.
Joanna Horton
June 5, 2007
Rhonda & Richard, Wayne and I are so sorry to hear about your Dad and G'Dad. I know that you were so close and his absence will be felt each day. Nothing is more important to a girl than her Father. I know this feeling.
May God Bless both of you and thanks for always being a friend to my family, and to all of our TBI survivors who adore you both. Love from Joanna, Wayne, Kat and Darien. Hope to see you both at camp Circle of Friends next fall or even before, JH
Tim, Melody, and Weston Walker
June 4, 2007
We were so sorry to hear of Buddy's passing. Our thoughts and prayers are with you.
With all our love,
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