Sturrock, Ralph Lloyd "Buddy"   	 

Services for Ralph Lloyd "Buddy" Sturrock, 84, of Gilmer, will be 
at 10 a.m. Wednesday, June 6, 2007, in the Welch Funeral Home Chapel, 
4619 Judson Road, with Stephen Woodfin officiating. Burial will 
follow in Rosewood Park Cemetery.

Mr. Sturrock passed away on Saturday, June 2, 2007, at a local medical 
center.

Mr. Sturrock was born December 26, 1922, in Sour Lake, Texas, to 
Barrett Travis and Mattie Greenwood Sturrock. He served as a sergeant 
in the United States Army and was a member of VFW Post No. 1183. He was 
a former Texas Prisoner Of War during World War II.

Mr. Sturrock was a member of the Masonic Temple and Texas Farm Bureau. 
He worked as district foreman and retired from Mid-Valley/Sunoco 
Petroleum.

He was preceded in death by his brothers, Leonard Sturrock and Milton 
Sturrock.

Survivors include his son and daughter-in-law, Ralph L. II and Kathy 
Sturrock of Gilmer; daughter, Rhonda Sturrock-Bigham of Gilmer; grandson 
and wife, Ralph Lloyd III and Brenda Sturrock of Birmingham, Ala.; 
granddaughter and husband, Angela Marie and Glen Lester of Birmingham, 
Ala.; grandson, Richard Lloyd Bigham of Galveston; granddaughter, Heather 
Nicole Sturrock of Gilmer; grandson, Corey Lane Sturrock of Gilmer; and 
four great-grandchildren.

Memorial contributions may be made to the American Heart Association, P.O. 
Box 529, Longview, TX 75606.

The family will receive friends from 6-8 p.m. this evening, June 5, 2007, 
at the funeral home.

An online registry may be signed at www.news-journal.com, by clicking on 
the obituaries link.

Published in the Longview News-Journal on 6/5/2007.

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Sturrock, Ralph Lloyd "Buddy"   	 

Services for Ralph Lloyd "Buddy" Sturrock, 84, of Gilmer, will be at 10 a.m. 
today, June 6, 2007, at Welch Funeral Home Chapel, 4619 Judson Road. Burial 
will follow in Rosewood Park Cemetery. Mr. Sturrock died June 2, 2007, at a 
local medical center.

Born December 26, 1922, in Sour Lake, he was a U.S. Army veteran, retired 
from Mid-Valley Sunoco Petroleum and a member of the Masonic Temple. 
Survivors include his son, Ralph L. Sturrock II; and daughter, Rhonda 
Sturrock-Bigham.

An online registry may be signed at www.news-journal.com, by clicking on the 
obituaries link.

Published in the Longview News-Journal on 6/6/2007.