George Reed Singleton Jr.,

George Reed Singleton Jr., 87, passed away Sunday, May 13, 2007, in Houston, Texas. He was born April 30, 1920, in Jacksonville, to George Reed Singleton Sr. and Alice (Gillespie) Singleton.

George graduated from Jacksonville High School and Lon Morris College and enjoyed playing football as center and captain of the team. In 1940, he enrolled at Texas A&M and enlisted in the Army Reserve. He was later called to active duty in 1943 and attended Engineer OCS at Ft. Belvoir, Va. where he was commissioned 2nd Lt. and was sent on to Italy.

George received several military awards and was promoted to captain in August, 1945. When the war ended, George returned to Texas A&M and received his BSME in 1947. From 1947 to 1988, George pursued a career as a mechanical engineer working in Houston, Paris, France and Amuay, Venezuela for Creole Petroleum, NASA, and retired in 1988 after 17 years with the Veterans Administration in Arlington, Va. In 1991, George moved back to Houston to be near his daughter and family.

George is survived by his loving wife, Truehart Singleton; daughter, Susan Nelson Roberts and her husband Pat of Cypress, Texas; sister, Fran McArthur Buckingham and her husband Jim of Horseshoe Bay, Texas; two grandchildren, Kelly Caudel and wife Audra and Chris Nelson and wife Amber; one great-grandson, Beau; aunts, Janette Gillespie and Katie Gillespie of Jacksonville; several nieces and nephews; and other loving family members and friends.

A memorial service will be held in Houston on Friday, May 18, 2007, at 2 p.m. in the Chapel of Cypress-Fairbanks Funeral Home. A graveside committal service will be held at noon Saturday, May 19th at Resthaven Cemetery in Jacksonville, officiated by Rev. Kevin King of First United Methodist Church.

 

Information from The Jacksonville Daily Progress