This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Kirk, Blankenship Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/hkB.2ACE/5575 Message Board Post: Rockdale Reporter, Thur., 7 Nov 2002 Kirk Funeral services for Jerry Kirk, 61, were held at 2 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 2, 2002 at Phillips & Luckey Funeral Home in Rockdale with Rev. Laurence Smith, Texas A&M Methodist in Bryan, officiating. Burial followed in the Oak Lawn Cemetery in Rockdale. He died Thursday, Oct. 31, 2002 at his home in Rockdale. Mr. Kirk, a Rockdale resident since June 1963, was born Dec. 18, 1940 in Milano to Marvin Lewis and Annie Mae (Blankenship) Kirk. He and Joyce Chapman were married Oct. 6, 1962 in Rockdale at Meadowbrook Baptist Church. Mr. Kirk was a 1959 graduate of Milano High School and attended one year at San Antonio College. He was an associate engineer with Alcoa in Rockdale, retiring Dec. 1996 and retired April 26, 2002 from Kirk Industrial Design. Mr. Kirk was a member of Rockdale Fair Board, was on the board of directors at Rockdale Federal Credit Union, serving as secretary. He had been a member and had served as president of the Evening Lions Club in Rockdale, served five years on the Rockdale School Board. Mr. Kirk was the first president of Rockdale Girls Softball League, served on the Rockdale Little League for 25 years and had been an assistant Scout Master for Boy Scout Troop 710. Mr. Kirk was preceded in death by son Jason Kirk on Jan. 8, 1999; parents; brothers, Tommy, Virgil, Silas and James Kirk; sister, Peggy Kirk. Surviving are: Wife, Joyce Kirk of Rockdale; daughters, Vicky Kirk and Karen Laughlin both of Rockdale; granddaughter, Morgan Laughlin; honorary family members, Nicole Kirk and son Travis Kirk of Austin; brothers, Arnold Kirk and wife Reba of Alvin and Andy Kirk of Rockdale; sisters, Katheryn Williams of Big Sandy, Nell Odstrcil and husband Walter and JoAnn Riley and husband G.W. all of Cameron.