John Quincy Corbett III

John Quincy "Johnny" Corbett III, 55, died Sunday, May 9, 2010. Funeral: 2 p.m. Sunday at First Christian Church in Breckenridge with Charles Kuhn and the Rev. Greg Porterfield officiating. Interment: Bee Branch Cemetery. Arrangements are under the direction of Melton-Kitchens Funeral Home. Memorials: May be made to Meals on Wheels, Breckenridge Library or John Williams Memorial Scholarship. John was born May 3, 1955, in Fort Worth to John Quincy Corbett Jr. and Donna Waller Corbett. He was a graduate of Breckenridge High School and Texas A&M University class of 1976. He married Jerrylee Barnes on Aug. 19, 1978, in San Antonio. John was a fourth-generation Stephens County rancher. He was always quick with encouragement, hugs and kisses. He brought people together and made everyone feel they were his best friend. John loved his family and friends, poker, 42, Possum Kingdom Lake, tall grass and fat cattle. He was a member and elder of First Christian Church, member of the advisory board of First National Bank of Albany/Breckenridge, board member of the Lower Clear Fork of the Brazos Soil and Water Conservation District, board member of Swenson Museum, member of the Texas and Southwestern Cattle Raisers Association, 2006 Rural Citizen of the Year and Stephens County Jr. Livestock Show sales committee. John was preceded in death by his father, John Quincy Corbett Jr. Survivors: Wife, Jerry Corbett; sons, Robert Corbett and David Corbett; mother, Donna Corbett; sister, Nancy and her husband, Jake Wells, and their children and spouses.
Published in Star-Telegram on May 14, 2010

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