Sam Price Gullatt Jr., a loving husband, father, grandfather, and friend, passed on November 29, 2008 in Dallas. His integrity, moral strength, and love have been an inspiration to his family, his church community, and to students and colleagues. [Read more…] about Sam Price Gullatt, Jr.
Obituaries
Ward Carroll
Salado- Funeral services for Ward Carroll, 71 of Salado were held Dec. 15 2008 at Heartfield Funeral Home Chapel. Reverend Joe Bentley officiated.
Mr. Carroll passed away December 11 2008 in a Temple hospital.
Jewell Elizabeth Lang
Jewell Elizabeth Lang
Services for Jewell Elizabeth Lang, 95, of Cedar Valley will be 10AM, December 12th at Cedar Valley Baptist Church. with Donnie Jackson and Richard Worden officiating.
Christi Hanna Spradley
Memorial services for Christi Hanna Spradley were held Dec. 17, 2008, at Christ Episcopal Church with the Very Reverend M.L. Agnew, Jr. officiating. She died December 14, 2008.
Capt. Robert Jose Yllescas
FORT HOOD, Texas – Fort Hood officials announced today the death of a Soldier who was supporting Operation Enduring Freedom.
Sgt. 1st Class Miguel Antonio Wilson
Fort Hood announced the death of a Soldier who was supporting Operation Iraqi Freedom.
Sgt. 1st Class Miguel Antonio Wilson, 36, of Bonham, Texas, died Nov. 21 in Abu Sayf, Iraq, of injuries sustained during a rescue attempt of another Soldier while their unit was conducting a dismounted reconnaissance mission.
Leonard R. Gerstenberg
Graveside services for Leonard R. Gerstenberg, 99 of Belton were held Nov. 28. Joe Baisden, Pad chaney, and Paul Gerstenberg officiated.
Dr. William McLellan Ashe
Dr. William McLellan Ashe, 94, of Salado died Nov. 25, 2008 at his home. He was born November 7, 1914, in Sharon, Pennsylvania to Carl Frederick Ashe and Katie McLellan.
Hollis Vasser
Hollis Vasser, 83, of Waco, passed away Nov. 25, 2008.
Col. (USAF-R) Gerald Byron Bunker
Col. (USAF-R) Gerald Byron Bunker, 80, died November 21, 2008 at Alz- Care in Temple. Services were held Nov. 25 at Im- manuel Lutheran Church in Temple. Burial followed in Salado Cemetery.
Pastor Wilbern Michalk officiated the services.
Bunker was born No- vember 11, 1928 at Uni- versity Hospital, Okla- homa City, Oklahoma to Maxwell Byron Bunker and Velma Ardella Van Loh Bunker.
He graduated from Cen- tral High School in Okla- homa City in 1946 and then attended Oklahoma A&M in Stillwater for two years on a Chemical Engi- neering scholarship.
When his father retired and moved the family back to his hometown of Salado, Bunker transferred to the University of Texas and joined the Air Force ROTC program. He gradu- ated from UT as a Distin- guished Military Gradu-
ate in 1951 with a B.S. in Electrical Engineering.
He married Betty Hen- shaw Duckworth in Belton on January 28, 1951.
He accepted a Regular Air Force commission in March 1951 and was post- ed to Keesler Air Force Base in Biloxi Mississippi.
Among the many as- signments for Col. Bun- ker during his 29 year Air Force career were these: 106th A&E Maintenance Squadron; K-9 Korea 34th Bomb Squadron and 17th Bomb Wing; Wright Pat- terson Air Force Base, Ohio; Kirtland Air Force Base, New Mexico as re- search and development project officer with the Air Force Special Weap- ons Center, with empha- sis on nuclear weapons; RAF Station Bushy Park in England; Command and Staff College at Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama; Deputy Division Chief in Technical Application Cen- ter, Alexandria, Virginia;
Industrial College of the Armed Forces, Ft. Lesley J. McNair and Washington, D.C.; Defense Intelligence Agency, Rosslyn, Virginia; Hanscom Air Force Base, Massachusetts; National Security Agency at Ft. George G. Mead, Mary- land; Headquarters, Elec- tronic Command at Kelly Air Force Base, Texas.
He retired as the Deputy Chief of Communications Security at Kelly on June 30, 1980.
His decorations include the Defense Meritorious Service Medal, the Air Force Meritorious Service Medal, the Joint Service Commendation Medal, the Air Force Commenda- tion medal with two oak leaf clusters, the Army Commendation Medal, the National Defense Service with one bronze start, the Korean Service Medal with two bronze stars, the Unit- ed Nations Service Medal and the RAF Missile badge (for his work installing the Thor missile throughout the British isles).
Col. Bunker was a mem- ber of Immanuel Lutheran Church in Temple, the Lu- theran Layman’s League, the Retired Officers’ As- sociation, the Air Force Association, the National Rifle Association and the Veterans of Foreign Wars.
He is survived by his wife Betty and daughter Kathi and her husband John Nowosacki, of North Reading, Massachusetts, daughter Tina and her hus- band Casey Winters, of Belton, son Eric and his wife Laurie, of Monroe, Georgia.
He is also survived by his brother Frederick M. Bunker, of Tyler, six grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.
In lieu of flowers, the family requests memorials to Lutheran World Relief, 700 Light Street, Baltimore, MD 21230 or Mayo Clinic Alzheimer’s Research, 200 First Street, S.W., Roches- ter, MN 55905.