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Jack Kirby

Cleburne, TX

October 20, 1927 - March 10, 2015

Jack Kirby Obituary

Private family graveside service for Jack Hayes Kirby, 87, resident of Cleburne since 1983, will be conducted at 3:00 P.M., Thursday, March 12, 2015 in the Resthaven Cemetery in Brady. Jim Kirby will officiate. Pallbearers will be Ricky Kirby, Kelly Price, Josh Kirby, Chad Kirby, Ryan Price, Kory Price, Amanda Kirby, and Kinley Price. Jack Hayes Kirby passed away Tuesday, March 10, 2015 in Cleburne. He was born October 20, 1927 in Brownwood to Carl Elza and Hazel Marie Cawyer Kirby. His boyhood days were spent in Mercury, Texas. He was a graduate of Rochelle High School in Rochelle and a graduate of John Tarleton Agricultural College and the University of Texas. He married Helen Joyce Freeman on January 27, 1951 in Brady. Mr. Kirby served in the United States Army as a Staff Sergeant and the United States Air Force Reserve as a Second Lieutenant. retired as a district right of way engineer after 30 years of service with the Texas Highway Department. He became a Christian at age 14 and spent more than 40 years in public ministry as a Preacher and Elder in Brownwood, Irving, and Cleburne, Texas and Las Cruces, New Mexico. He was a member of the church of Christ. Survivors include his wife, Joyce Freeman Kirby of Cleburne; children, Ricky Lynn Kirby and wife Candice of Cleburne, James Carroll (Jim) Kirby and wife Anita of Stephenville, and Robin Lonette Price and husband Kelly of Alvarado; seven grandchildren, Joshua Carl Kirby and wife Katie of Ft. Worth, Chad William Kirby of Lubbock, Amanda Carole Mock and husband Justin of Tampa, Florida, Ryan Bennett Price of Alvarado; Kory Logan Price of Alvarado, Kinley Lanay Price of Alvarado, and Caleb Jackson Kirby of Cleburne; great grandchild, Adalynn Elizabeth Kirby of Ft. Worth; sister, Peggy Marie Alley of Austin; and numerous nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by his parents. Memorials may be made to: New Horizon, P.O. Box 549, Goldthwaite, TX 76844. Interment Resthaven Cemetery Brady , TX 76825 Memorial Contributions New Horizon P.O. Box 549 Goldthwaite, TX 76844

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