Rex Bullard
May 8, 1928 — August 20, 2007
Rex Bullard
Services for Rex Bullard will be conducted at 10:00 a.m. Friday, August 24, 2007 in the Crosier-Pearson Cleburne Chapel. Mr. Roger Stewart, Mr. B.B. Stevens and Mr. Raymond Pruitt will officiate. Burial will be in Derden Cemetery. Pallbearers will beNathan Fowler, Nolan Fowler, Nevin Fowler, George Bullard, Ray Tubbs, Tim Doty, Randy Kyle and Alan Reed. Honorary pallbearers will be Bud Pogue, Calvin Guist, Charles Ewing, O.P. Watson, Charles Davis, Dennis Crecelius, Billy Joe French, Donnie Martindale, Clint Pruitt and Larry Hancock.
Rex Bullard, 79, of Covington passed away Aug. 20, 2007 in Tyler. He was born May 8, 1928 in Derden Community to Rex Allen and Corinne Ewing Bullard. Mr. Bullard is survived by his adoring wife of 55 years, Patsy King Bullard; four children, Paula Bullard Mahan and husband Ray of Covington; Sidney Bullard and wife Becky of Covington; Patti Bullard Fowler and husband Burton of Decatur, Alabama; and Curtis Bullard and wife Anne of Covington; sister Nita Bullard Reed of Houston; 11 grandchildren, Holly, Jill, Randi, Melody, George, Amber, Nathan, Nolan, Nevin, Alden and Zoey; four great-grandchildren, Max, Kaitelyn, Emily and Jacob; and many nephews,nieces, cousins and dear friends. He was preceded in death by his parents; infant brother, Max; and brother-in-law, Ray Reed.
For 65 years, Mr. Bullard owned and operated Bullard Dairy Farms on land near the Gourd Neck Creek settled in 1858 by his great-great grandfather, William M. Ince, a Missouri pioneer. In 1974, Rex and Patsy received one of the first 500 Texas Family Land Heritage awards for owning agricultural land that had been in the family more than 100 years. Two years later, the Bullards restored to museum quality the original 1860 Ince log cabin cementing its legacy atop Brushy Knob, the highest point in Hill County and also their home. Sipping coffee at dawn with a wry grin atop that hill is where you would find Rex every morning before he zoomed down the north side in a rattling pickup for another workday (or a quick hunting or fishing trip) and certainly more coffee and lively storytelling. He was known to drive many miles for a free cup and a willing audience. Rex happily kept intact the ancestral history of the Inces using his knowledge and long memory to entertain friends and family for hours. His myriad tales, rich with history and humor, his work ethic, tenacious yet tireless, and his Church of Christ faith, firmly grounded, wove a legacy much like the one he kept alive in his stories for so long, full of possibility and hope.
In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to: Cherokee Home for Children 4-H Projects, P.O. Box 295, Cherokee, TX 76832-9989.
Visitation
Crosier-Pearson Cleburne
512 North Ridgeway Dr.
Cleburne, TX 76033
Thursday
5-7 p.m.
Map to Visitation Location
Service
Crosier-Pearson Cleburne
512 North Ridgeway Dr.
Cleburne, TX 76033
Friday
10:00 a.m.
Map to Service Location
Interment
Derden Cemetery
Rex Bullard, 79, of Covington passed away Aug. 20, 2007 in Tyler. He was born May 8, 1928 in Derden Community to Rex Allen and Corinne Ewing Bullard. Mr. Bullard is survived by his adoring wife of 55 years, Patsy King Bullard; four children, Paula Bullard Mahan and husband Ray of Covington; Sidney Bullard and wife Becky of Covington; Patti Bullard Fowler and husband Burton of Decatur, Alabama; and Curtis Bullard and wife Anne of Covington; sister Nita Bullard Reed of Houston; 11 grandchildren, Holly, Jill, Randi, Melody, George, Amber, Nathan, Nolan, Nevin, Alden and Zoey; four great-grandchildren, Max, Kaitelyn, Emily and Jacob; and many nephews,nieces, cousins and dear friends. He was preceded in death by his parents; infant brother, Max; and brother-in-law, Ray Reed.
For 65 years, Mr. Bullard owned and operated Bullard Dairy Farms on land near the Gourd Neck Creek settled in 1858 by his great-great grandfather, William M. Ince, a Missouri pioneer. In 1974, Rex and Patsy received one of the first 500 Texas Family Land Heritage awards for owning agricultural land that had been in the family more than 100 years. Two years later, the Bullards restored to museum quality the original 1860 Ince log cabin cementing its legacy atop Brushy Knob, the highest point in Hill County and also their home. Sipping coffee at dawn with a wry grin atop that hill is where you would find Rex every morning before he zoomed down the north side in a rattling pickup for another workday (or a quick hunting or fishing trip) and certainly more coffee and lively storytelling. He was known to drive many miles for a free cup and a willing audience. Rex happily kept intact the ancestral history of the Inces using his knowledge and long memory to entertain friends and family for hours. His myriad tales, rich with history and humor, his work ethic, tenacious yet tireless, and his Church of Christ faith, firmly grounded, wove a legacy much like the one he kept alive in his stories for so long, full of possibility and hope.
In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to: Cherokee Home for Children 4-H Projects, P.O. Box 295, Cherokee, TX 76832-9989.
Visitation
Crosier-Pearson Cleburne
512 North Ridgeway Dr.
Cleburne, TX 76033
Thursday
5-7 p.m.
Map to Visitation Location
Service
Crosier-Pearson Cleburne
512 North Ridgeway Dr.
Cleburne, TX 76033
Friday
10:00 a.m.
Map to Service Location
Interment
Derden Cemetery
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