This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Brush, Maxey, Wheeler, McCauley, Moore, Gonzales, Wehmeyer, Mikolas, Voges, Pack Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/plB.2ACI/3694 Message Board Post: RICHARD 'RICK' BRUSH A memorial service for Richard "Rick" Brush, 60, of Point Comfort, was held March 30, 2006 at Bauer Community Center in Port Lavaca with the Revs. John Fisher and Ron Shott officiating. It included a full law honor guard with bagpipes and the 21 gun salute and the last call, attended by Texas law enforcement officers. Mr. Brush was born Sept. 22, 1945, in Slaton, to the late Richard C. and Geneta Maxey Brush. He died March 27, 2006. He was Chief of Police for the City of Point Comfort and had previously been Security Officer for the Palacios Housing Authority. He was an active member of First Baptist Church in Point Comfort where he was a Sunday School teacher and an usher. He is survived by his wife Linda Wheeler McCauley Brush, whom he married on June 20, 1988. He is also survived by sons and daughters-in-law Mike and Dana Moore of Belton, Robert and Cathy McCauley of Gonzales, James and Stephanie McCauley of Port Lavaca, Stephen and Jennifer McCauley of Austin; daughters and sons-in law Sammie Gonzales of Idalou, Michelle and Shawn Wehmeyer of Port Lavaca, Jennifer and Johnny Mikolas of Seadrift and Tara and John Voges of Port Lavaca; 18 grandchildren, Wesley and Travis Moore, Tiffany and Chelsea McCauley, Foreman, Walker and Gracie McCauley, Carly and Madison McCauley, Brittanie and Courtanie Gonzales, Garrett, Meghan and Justin Wehmeyer, Tessa, Torri and Ethan Mikolas and Trenton Voges; brother and sister-in-law Gary and Jan Brush of Slaton; and sister and brother-in-law Sandy and Weldon Self of Slaton. He was preceded in death by a son, Gregory McCauley and nephews Nick Pack and Channing Wheeler. In lieu of floral arrangements the family requests memorials be made to the Rick Brush Memorial Fund in care of the First Baptist Church, P. O. Box 477, Point Comfort, TX 77978. Palacios Beacon April 5, 2006 Matagorda County, Texas