VETERAN OF WORLD WAR II
OBITUARY
Memorial services for George David Earl TUBB, 73, were held in the First Presbyterian Church. Burial was in Edith Ford memorial Cemetery by Stickley-Hill Funeral Directors.
Mr. TUBB died Thursday, January 22, 1998 in Amarillo. He was to have had open heart surgery on Friday.
George Earl TUBB was born July 11, 1924 in Canadian to pioneer parents, George and Dorothy Michel TUBB. He graduated from Canadian High School and Texas A&M University with a degree in Animal Husbandry. He served four years in the United States Army during World War II, including two years of overseas duty in the 42nd Infantry Rainbow Division, and saw action in France and Germany. He attained the rank of Captain and became company commander on his 21st birthday.
Returning to Canadian, he went into the farming and ranching business with his father. He was a member of the First Presbyterian Church, the Masonic Lodge, Veterans of Foreign Wars and the American Legion. For a number of years, he had conducted the 4th of July military memorial service at the Canadian Cemetery.
He had served on the Canadian Grain Co-op Board and the Hemphill County Hospital Board.
In addition, he served for 10 years on the National Rifle Association Board of Directors; was Past-President of the Texas State Rifle Association and served on the NRA’s Whittington Center Board of Trustees at Raton, New Mexico for 18 years.
An avid lifelong competitor in rifle shooting, he supervised the construction of several rifle ranges while serving on the NRA’s Board. This included having the finest 100 target High-power Rifle Range in the nation being named in his honor at the Whittington Center. He competed and earned a spot on eight United States Palma Teams (International Long Range Rifle Competitions) which competed in South Africa, Canada, Australia, England and the United States.
He married Pauline “Polly” SHEPHARD in 1951 in Pampa.
Survivors include his wife, a sister, Charlotte LEMBKE of Ponca City, Oklahoma; two sons, George David TUBB of Canadian and Gary Earl TUBB of Amarillo and six grandchildren, Taylor, Cannon, Christie, Mandy, Jenny and Wyatt TUBB.
(Published in The Canadian Record (TX), January 29, 1998.)
(Submitted by Angie Mitchell Martin)
VETERAN OF WORLD WAR II
OBITUARY
Memorial services for George David Earl TUBB, 73, were held in the First Presbyterian Church. Burial was in Edith Ford memorial Cemetery by Stickley-Hill Funeral Directors.
Mr. TUBB died Thursday, January 22, 1998 in Amarillo. He was to have had open heart surgery on Friday.
George Earl TUBB was born July 11, 1924 in Canadian to pioneer parents, George and Dorothy Michel TUBB. He graduated from Canadian High School and Texas A&M University with a degree in Animal Husbandry. He served four years in the United States Army during World War II, including two years of overseas duty in the 42nd Infantry Rainbow Division, and saw action in France and Germany. He attained the rank of Captain and became company commander on his 21st birthday.
Returning to Canadian, he went into the farming and ranching business with his father. He was a member of the First Presbyterian Church, the Masonic Lodge, Veterans of Foreign Wars and the American Legion. For a number of years, he had conducted the 4th of July military memorial service at the Canadian Cemetery.
He had served on the Canadian Grain Co-op Board and the Hemphill County Hospital Board.
In addition, he served for 10 years on the National Rifle Association Board of Directors; was Past-President of the Texas State Rifle Association and served on the NRA’s Whittington Center Board of Trustees at Raton, New Mexico for 18 years.
An avid lifelong competitor in rifle shooting, he supervised the construction of several rifle ranges while serving on the NRA’s Board. This included having the finest 100 target High-power Rifle Range in the nation being named in his honor at the Whittington Center. He competed and earned a spot on eight United States Palma Teams (International Long Range Rifle Competitions) which competed in South Africa, Canada, Australia, England and the United States.
He married Pauline “Polly” SHEPHARD in 1951 in Pampa.
Survivors include his wife, a sister, Charlotte LEMBKE of Ponca City, Oklahoma; two sons, George David TUBB of Canadian and Gary Earl TUBB of Amarillo and six grandchildren, Taylor, Cannon, Christie, Mandy, Jenny and Wyatt TUBB.
(Published in The Canadian Record (TX), January 29, 1998.)
(Submitted by Angie Mitchell Martin)
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