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John Wilson Bullock

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John Wilson Bullock

Birth
Colorado City, Mitchell County, Texas, USA
Death
24 Apr 2020 (aged 88)
Colorado City, Mitchell County, Texas, USA
Burial
Colorado City, Mitchell County, Texas, USA GPS-Latitude: 32.395235, Longitude: -100.8430337
Plot
PK4-07-38
Memorial ID
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John Wilson Bullock passed away April 24, 2020 in Colorado City.

John was born in Colorado City, Texas to Sam and Maggie Bullock April 21, 1932. As a child, he lived in the China Grove community in Scurry County, Texas, but moved to Westbrook, Texas at age three. He graduated at Westbrook High School in 1949 and graduated from Hardin- Simmons University in Abilene, Texas in 1953. He served several churches in various positions, serving as minister of music, religious education, youth, and church administrator in churches in Texas, Oklahoma, New Mexico and Missouri. After retirement, he served as bi-vocational minister of music at Oak Street Baptist Church, Colorado City, for twenty years from 1993 to 2013. After retiring from full-time church work, he worked for the Texas Workforce Commission for five years, then as a school bus driver for Colorado Independent Schools three years.

He was preceded in death by his parents, Sam and Maggie Bullock, a brother, Earl Bullock, and two sisters, Judy Ruddick and husband, Lawrence Ruddick and Nell Leach and husband Floyd Leach. His father, Sam Bullock, was County Judge in Mitchell County, Texas for ten years beginning in 1949. He was also preceded in death by his mother and father in law, Birdie and Arthur Kelley, who owned and operated Kelley's Shoe Store in Colorado City.

John married the love of his life, Marion Kelley Bullock in Colorado City January 30, 1953. She preceded him in death March 22, 2016.

He is survived by three children, Ruth Ellen Hall of California, Maryland, Valerie White of Loxahatchee, Florida, and David Bullock of Dallas Texas. Also surviving are three grandchildren, Chris Hall and wife, Kelly and, Cherise Hall of California, MD and William Bullock and wife, Jerrica, of Abilene, Texas. William was adopted by John and Marion and raised as their child. Also surviving are four great-grandchildren, Jordyn, Hannah, Thomas and Trevin.

As a charter member of the widely acclaimed Century Men choir, John traveled the world with 100 auditioned music ministers. During John's tenure with the group, the Century Men were Grammy Award finalists, nominated for Dove Awards, and traveled throughout the United States and around the globe sharing the gospel of Christ through music. This choir has produced a number of Christian music albums. Also, he was a member of the Singing Men of West Texas, serving as treasurer of this choir for ten years. Tours with this choir included those to New Mexico, California, Oklahoma, Kansas, Nebraska and the Big Bend area of west Texas. He participated with this choir in many Christian concerts across west Texas.
John Wilson Bullock passed away April 24, 2020 in Colorado City.

John was born in Colorado City, Texas to Sam and Maggie Bullock April 21, 1932. As a child, he lived in the China Grove community in Scurry County, Texas, but moved to Westbrook, Texas at age three. He graduated at Westbrook High School in 1949 and graduated from Hardin- Simmons University in Abilene, Texas in 1953. He served several churches in various positions, serving as minister of music, religious education, youth, and church administrator in churches in Texas, Oklahoma, New Mexico and Missouri. After retirement, he served as bi-vocational minister of music at Oak Street Baptist Church, Colorado City, for twenty years from 1993 to 2013. After retiring from full-time church work, he worked for the Texas Workforce Commission for five years, then as a school bus driver for Colorado Independent Schools three years.

He was preceded in death by his parents, Sam and Maggie Bullock, a brother, Earl Bullock, and two sisters, Judy Ruddick and husband, Lawrence Ruddick and Nell Leach and husband Floyd Leach. His father, Sam Bullock, was County Judge in Mitchell County, Texas for ten years beginning in 1949. He was also preceded in death by his mother and father in law, Birdie and Arthur Kelley, who owned and operated Kelley's Shoe Store in Colorado City.

John married the love of his life, Marion Kelley Bullock in Colorado City January 30, 1953. She preceded him in death March 22, 2016.

He is survived by three children, Ruth Ellen Hall of California, Maryland, Valerie White of Loxahatchee, Florida, and David Bullock of Dallas Texas. Also surviving are three grandchildren, Chris Hall and wife, Kelly and, Cherise Hall of California, MD and William Bullock and wife, Jerrica, of Abilene, Texas. William was adopted by John and Marion and raised as their child. Also surviving are four great-grandchildren, Jordyn, Hannah, Thomas and Trevin.

As a charter member of the widely acclaimed Century Men choir, John traveled the world with 100 auditioned music ministers. During John's tenure with the group, the Century Men were Grammy Award finalists, nominated for Dove Awards, and traveled throughout the United States and around the globe sharing the gospel of Christ through music. This choir has produced a number of Christian music albums. Also, he was a member of the Singing Men of West Texas, serving as treasurer of this choir for ten years. Tours with this choir included those to New Mexico, California, Oklahoma, Kansas, Nebraska and the Big Bend area of west Texas. He participated with this choir in many Christian concerts across west Texas.


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  • Added: Aug 10, 2016
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/168018560/john_wilson-bullock: accessed ), memorial page for John Wilson Bullock (21 Apr 1932–24 Apr 2020), Find a Grave Memorial ID 168018560, citing Colorado City Cemetery, Colorado City, Mitchell County, Texas, USA; Maintained by Beth (contributor 46910696).