JACK FLOCK

Funeral for Jack W. Flock, 94, of Tyler, was at 11 a.m. Oct. 18, 2007 at Lloyd James Funeral chapel with Dr. John Robbins, Dennis Black and Walden P. (Red) Little officiating. Burial was in Rose Hill Cemetery.

Mr. Flock died Oct. 15. He was born on Oct. 2, 1913, in Tyler. He graduated from Tyler Junior College in 1933. He was a member of the TJC basketball squad which won the State Junior College Championship in 1933. In 1938, he received a Bachelor of Law Degree from The University of Texas at Austin. During World War II, Mr. Flock served three years in the U.S. Navy, principally on destroyers, attaining the rank of Lieutenant, Senior Grade. He was awarded the Bronze Star for his services in the South Pacific. At the end of the War, he returned to Tyler and practiced law for a short period of time before becoming associated with the law firm of Ramey, Calhoun, Brelsford & Hull. He remained with this law firm throughout his long career. He was president and senior partner of the Ramey & Flock Firm for many years. He was a member of Marvin United Methodist Church for more than 50 years. In 1970, he received the Distinguished Alumnus Award from the Tyler Junior College Exes Association, and was elected to serve the first of four six-year terms on the board of trustees of Tyler Junior College the same year. On Sept. 30, 1995, he received the "Distinguished Alumnus Award" again. He was president of the board of trustees for two terms, and chaired the Tyler Junior College Foundation Board of Directors from 1982-86. As an associate faculty member at TJC (1949-1950), teaching in the adult night classes, he authored the "Oil and Gas Law" text used by the college; the original was still in his possession. In 1990, Mr. Flock established the "June S. Flock Presidential Scholarship" at Tyler Junior College, and later he and Royce Wisenbaker Sr. jointly established another Presidential Scholarship in memory of William Atchley Pye. He was a member of Tyler Masonic Lodge No. 1233, the Royal Order of Jesters, a 32nd Degree Mason, Sharon Temple (charter member). He received the Masonic Master Mason 50- year certificate in 1996.

He is survived by his wife, June Simmons Flock, formerly of Rusk.

October 24, 2007

Information from the Cherokeean Herald