Garland R. Bullock, Sr., 81, of Temple, Texas, died on Sept. 10, 2006, after a brief illness. Funeral services will be 11 a.m. Wednesday, Sept. 13, at Green-Patterson Funeral Home. Burial will be at Milano Cemetery following the services. Visitation will be from 5 - 7 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 12, at the funeral home.
Garland was born in Mexia, Texas, to the late Samuel Joseph and Fay Lockhart Bullock and raised on a small farm outside Milano. He was a 1941 graduate of Milano High School. He spent two years at Baylor University before joining the U. S. Army Air Corps in 1943. He served during World War II as a navigator in a photo reconnaissance squad flying in B-24s over the Pacific theatre with the American forces on Okinawa and Japan. One of his favorite stories from the war was an incident when their bomber had to make an unscheduled landing on a small airstrip outside Osaka due to engine failure and the surprise welcome they received from the Japanese home defense. After the war he later flew in B-29s and B-32s as a navigator over Europe during the early days of the "Cold War."
On Dec. 18, 1948, Garland married Betty Jean Hughes in El Paso, prior to the completion of his military service. After his active duty was complete, he and Betty returned to Baylor University where Garland earned two Bachelor's Degrees in Religion and Education in 1951 and a subsequent Master's Degree in Education and History in 1952. As he was completing his education, Garland was considering the option of becoming a pastor in a church versus a school teacher. He opted for the role as a school teacher because he thought he could help young people more. And thus, he began his 32-year career in education and school administration as a teacher at Bosqueville Elementary, an 8th grade teacher in Edgewood ISD (San Antonio), a journalism and social studies teacher at the old Waco High School, 7th & 8th grade teacher and coach at Lake Air Junior High School, assistant principal at Lake Air Junior High and Richfield High School, and a principal at South Junior High School, Lake Air Junior High School and Waco High School.
After retiring from the Waco ISD, Garland and Betty returned to the small family farm in Milano where he joined the school system from which he had graduated. In Milano, he taught 6th grade students and became a junior high girls' basketball coach in which many of Garland's student athletes were daughters of women coached by his mother, Fay Lockhart Bullock. He ended his education career as the superintendent of Milano ISD.
Some Baylor sports fans may remember Garland as the official football and basketball timekeeper in charge of the game clock during Baylor University home games for a period of 13 years. His family always had a good laugh when the Baylor scoreboard would fail and Dad had to run back and forth on the football field to keep the officials notified about the clock time.
After retiring from school work, he became the Veterans Service Officer for Milam County for 10 years where he then shifted his focus from helping young people to helping the families of veterans who had served their country.
During his life, Garland was a devout Christian and served as a deacon and church leader in the churches that he and Betty attended. As his time freed up from working full-time, he spent time serving at the Food Bank in Rockdale and other mission activity to help residents around Milam County. When he was sent to Scott & White Hospital to meet with the oncology doctors to discuss the advanced nature of his cancer, he wrote a description of himself on the patient form that stated he was a Christian who loved the Lord and was at peace with his situation and ready for what would follow. Those of us who remain will now have to trust in that same peace that he had.
Garland was preceded in death by his parents, Samuel Joseph and Fay Lockhart Bullock, of Milano; and his brother, Don Bullock, of San Francisco, California.
He is survived by his wife of 57 years, Betty Bullock; son, Garland Bullock, Jr., and his wife, Vicky, of Austin, Texas; his daughters, Terry Bullock, of Cameron, Texas, and Kathryn Bullock, of Temple, Texas; his grandchildren, Jamie Daughdrill and her husband, Chris, of Stafford, Texas, Derek Bullock, of Conroe, Texas and Tiffany Bullock, of Austin; and his great-grandchild, Gabriel Acosta; brothers, Joe, of San Angelo, Texas, and John, of England; and his sister, Joyce Gibson, of Deer Park, Texas.
He was a cherished husband, father, grandfather, great- grandfather, teacher and friend and will be missed by those who knew him.
WT: 9/12/2006...TN
Garland was born in Mexia, Texas, to the late Samuel Joseph and Fay Lockhart Bullock and raised on a small farm outside Milano. He was a 1941 graduate of Milano High School. He spent two years at Baylor University before joining the U. S. Army Air Corps in 1943. He served during World War II as a navigator in a photo reconnaissance squad flying in B-24s over the Pacific theatre with the American forces on Okinawa and Japan. One of his favorite stories from the war was an incident when their bomber had to make an unscheduled landing on a small airstrip outside Osaka due to engine failure and the surprise welcome they received from the Japanese home defense. After the war he later flew in B-29s and B-32s as a navigator over Europe during the early days of the "Cold War."
On Dec. 18, 1948, Garland married Betty Jean Hughes in El Paso, prior to the completion of his military service. After his active duty was complete, he and Betty returned to Baylor University where Garland earned two Bachelor's Degrees in Religion and Education in 1951 and a subsequent Master's Degree in Education and History in 1952. As he was completing his education, Garland was considering the option of becoming a pastor in a church versus a school teacher. He opted for the role as a school teacher because he thought he could help young people more. And thus, he began his 32-year career in education and school administration as a teacher at Bosqueville Elementary, an 8th grade teacher in Edgewood ISD (San Antonio), a journalism and social studies teacher at the old Waco High School, 7th & 8th grade teacher and coach at Lake Air Junior High School, assistant principal at Lake Air Junior High and Richfield High School, and a principal at South Junior High School, Lake Air Junior High School and Waco High School.
After retiring from the Waco ISD, Garland and Betty returned to the small family farm in Milano where he joined the school system from which he had graduated. In Milano, he taught 6th grade students and became a junior high girls' basketball coach in which many of Garland's student athletes were daughters of women coached by his mother, Fay Lockhart Bullock. He ended his education career as the superintendent of Milano ISD.
Some Baylor sports fans may remember Garland as the official football and basketball timekeeper in charge of the game clock during Baylor University home games for a period of 13 years. His family always had a good laugh when the Baylor scoreboard would fail and Dad had to run back and forth on the football field to keep the officials notified about the clock time.
After retiring from school work, he became the Veterans Service Officer for Milam County for 10 years where he then shifted his focus from helping young people to helping the families of veterans who had served their country.
During his life, Garland was a devout Christian and served as a deacon and church leader in the churches that he and Betty attended. As his time freed up from working full-time, he spent time serving at the Food Bank in Rockdale and other mission activity to help residents around Milam County. When he was sent to Scott & White Hospital to meet with the oncology doctors to discuss the advanced nature of his cancer, he wrote a description of himself on the patient form that stated he was a Christian who loved the Lord and was at peace with his situation and ready for what would follow. Those of us who remain will now have to trust in that same peace that he had.
Garland was preceded in death by his parents, Samuel Joseph and Fay Lockhart Bullock, of Milano; and his brother, Don Bullock, of San Francisco, California.
He is survived by his wife of 57 years, Betty Bullock; son, Garland Bullock, Jr., and his wife, Vicky, of Austin, Texas; his daughters, Terry Bullock, of Cameron, Texas, and Kathryn Bullock, of Temple, Texas; his grandchildren, Jamie Daughdrill and her husband, Chris, of Stafford, Texas, Derek Bullock, of Conroe, Texas and Tiffany Bullock, of Austin; and his great-grandchild, Gabriel Acosta; brothers, Joe, of San Angelo, Texas, and John, of England; and his sister, Joyce Gibson, of Deer Park, Texas.
He was a cherished husband, father, grandfather, great- grandfather, teacher and friend and will be missed by those who knew him.
WT: 9/12/2006...TN
Garland R. Bullock, Sr., 81, of Temple, Texas, died on Sept. 10, 2006, after a brief illness. Funeral services will be 11 a.m. Wednesday, Sept. 13, at Green-Patterson Funeral Home. Burial will be at Milano Cemetery following the services. Visitation will be from 5 - 7 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 12, at the funeral home.
Garland was born in Mexia, Texas, to the late Samuel Joseph and Fay Lockhart Bullock and raised on a small farm outside Milano. He was a 1941 graduate of Milano High School. He spent two years at Baylor University before joining the U. S. Army Air Corps in 1943. He served during World War II as a navigator in a photo reconnaissance squad flying in B-24s over the Pacific theatre with the American forces on Okinawa and Japan. One of his favorite stories from the war was an incident when their bomber had to make an unscheduled landing on a small airstrip outside Osaka due to engine failure and the surprise welcome they received from the Japanese home defense. After the war he later flew in B-29s and B-32s as a navigator over Europe during the early days of the "Cold War."
On Dec. 18, 1948, Garland married Betty Jean Hughes in El Paso, prior to the completion of his military service. After his active duty was complete, he and Betty returned to Baylor University where Garland earned two Bachelor's Degrees in Religion and Education in 1951 and a subsequent Master's Degree in Education and History in 1952. As he was completing his education, Garland was considering the option of becoming a pastor in a church versus a school teacher. He opted for the role as a school teacher because he thought he could help young people more. And thus, he began his 32-year career in education and school administration as a teacher at Bosqueville Elementary, an 8th grade teacher in Edgewood ISD (San Antonio), a journalism and social studies teacher at the old Waco High School, 7th & 8th grade teacher and coach at Lake Air Junior High School, assistant principal at Lake Air Junior High and Richfield High School, and a principal at South Junior High School, Lake Air Junior High School and Waco High School.
After retiring from the Waco ISD, Garland and Betty returned to the small family farm in Milano where he joined the school system from which he had graduated. In Milano, he taught 6th grade students and became a junior high girls' basketball coach in which many of Garland's student athletes were daughters of women coached by his mother, Fay Lockhart Bullock. He ended his education career as the superintendent of Milano ISD.
Some Baylor sports fans may remember Garland as the official football and basketball timekeeper in charge of the game clock during Baylor University home games for a period of 13 years. His family always had a good laugh when the Baylor scoreboard would fail and Dad had to run back and forth on the football field to keep the officials notified about the clock time.
After retiring from school work, he became the Veterans Service Officer for Milam County for 10 years where he then shifted his focus from helping young people to helping the families of veterans who had served their country.
During his life, Garland was a devout Christian and served as a deacon and church leader in the churches that he and Betty attended. As his time freed up from working full-time, he spent time serving at the Food Bank in Rockdale and other mission activity to help residents around Milam County. When he was sent to Scott & White Hospital to meet with the oncology doctors to discuss the advanced nature of his cancer, he wrote a description of himself on the patient form that stated he was a Christian who loved the Lord and was at peace with his situation and ready for what would follow. Those of us who remain will now have to trust in that same peace that he had.
Garland was preceded in death by his parents, Samuel Joseph and Fay Lockhart Bullock, of Milano; and his brother, Don Bullock, of San Francisco, California.
He is survived by his wife of 57 years, Betty Bullock; son, Garland Bullock, Jr., and his wife, Vicky, of Austin, Texas; his daughters, Terry Bullock, of Cameron, Texas, and Kathryn Bullock, of Temple, Texas; his grandchildren, Jamie Daughdrill and her husband, Chris, of Stafford, Texas, Derek Bullock, of Conroe, Texas and Tiffany Bullock, of Austin; and his great-grandchild, Gabriel Acosta; brothers, Joe, of San Angelo, Texas, and John, of England; and his sister, Joyce Gibson, of Deer Park, Texas.
He was a cherished husband, father, grandfather, great- grandfather, teacher and friend and will be missed by those who knew him.
WT: 9/12/2006...TN
Garland was born in Mexia, Texas, to the late Samuel Joseph and Fay Lockhart Bullock and raised on a small farm outside Milano. He was a 1941 graduate of Milano High School. He spent two years at Baylor University before joining the U. S. Army Air Corps in 1943. He served during World War II as a navigator in a photo reconnaissance squad flying in B-24s over the Pacific theatre with the American forces on Okinawa and Japan. One of his favorite stories from the war was an incident when their bomber had to make an unscheduled landing on a small airstrip outside Osaka due to engine failure and the surprise welcome they received from the Japanese home defense. After the war he later flew in B-29s and B-32s as a navigator over Europe during the early days of the "Cold War."
On Dec. 18, 1948, Garland married Betty Jean Hughes in El Paso, prior to the completion of his military service. After his active duty was complete, he and Betty returned to Baylor University where Garland earned two Bachelor's Degrees in Religion and Education in 1951 and a subsequent Master's Degree in Education and History in 1952. As he was completing his education, Garland was considering the option of becoming a pastor in a church versus a school teacher. He opted for the role as a school teacher because he thought he could help young people more. And thus, he began his 32-year career in education and school administration as a teacher at Bosqueville Elementary, an 8th grade teacher in Edgewood ISD (San Antonio), a journalism and social studies teacher at the old Waco High School, 7th & 8th grade teacher and coach at Lake Air Junior High School, assistant principal at Lake Air Junior High and Richfield High School, and a principal at South Junior High School, Lake Air Junior High School and Waco High School.
After retiring from the Waco ISD, Garland and Betty returned to the small family farm in Milano where he joined the school system from which he had graduated. In Milano, he taught 6th grade students and became a junior high girls' basketball coach in which many of Garland's student athletes were daughters of women coached by his mother, Fay Lockhart Bullock. He ended his education career as the superintendent of Milano ISD.
Some Baylor sports fans may remember Garland as the official football and basketball timekeeper in charge of the game clock during Baylor University home games for a period of 13 years. His family always had a good laugh when the Baylor scoreboard would fail and Dad had to run back and forth on the football field to keep the officials notified about the clock time.
After retiring from school work, he became the Veterans Service Officer for Milam County for 10 years where he then shifted his focus from helping young people to helping the families of veterans who had served their country.
During his life, Garland was a devout Christian and served as a deacon and church leader in the churches that he and Betty attended. As his time freed up from working full-time, he spent time serving at the Food Bank in Rockdale and other mission activity to help residents around Milam County. When he was sent to Scott & White Hospital to meet with the oncology doctors to discuss the advanced nature of his cancer, he wrote a description of himself on the patient form that stated he was a Christian who loved the Lord and was at peace with his situation and ready for what would follow. Those of us who remain will now have to trust in that same peace that he had.
Garland was preceded in death by his parents, Samuel Joseph and Fay Lockhart Bullock, of Milano; and his brother, Don Bullock, of San Francisco, California.
He is survived by his wife of 57 years, Betty Bullock; son, Garland Bullock, Jr., and his wife, Vicky, of Austin, Texas; his daughters, Terry Bullock, of Cameron, Texas, and Kathryn Bullock, of Temple, Texas; his grandchildren, Jamie Daughdrill and her husband, Chris, of Stafford, Texas, Derek Bullock, of Conroe, Texas and Tiffany Bullock, of Austin; and his great-grandchild, Gabriel Acosta; brothers, Joe, of San Angelo, Texas, and John, of England; and his sister, Joyce Gibson, of Deer Park, Texas.
He was a cherished husband, father, grandfather, great- grandfather, teacher and friend and will be missed by those who knew him.
WT: 9/12/2006...TN
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