Extracted from The News-Star (Monroe, LA)
LTC KENNETH LEE EUBANKS
Doppenschmidt Funeral Home
LTC Kenneth Lee Eubanks, U.S. Army (Retired) of Canyon Lake, Texas passed away Saturday, November 3, 2007 at the age of 59 years.
He was born September 3, 1948 in Fort Bragg, California to John Lee Eubanks and Dorothy Frances Grivette Eubanks. He married Terri K. Becker on August 16, 1986 in Columbia, Louisiana.
LTC Eubanks began his military career on October 28, 1966. During his 29 ½ years of military service he served for a period in Somalia. He was a member of the VFW Post 8800 Startz Memorial Post. He received his Bachelor of Administration Degree on May 10, 1975 and his Masters of Administration Degree on December 11, 1976 from Northeast Louisiana University. LTC Eubanks served locally in the San Antonio Recruiting Battalion as Executive Officer from 1989 until 1991 and again served as commander from 1996 until 1998. He was the Resources Manager for Defense Information Systems Agency Pacific in Hawaii from 1998 until he retired from military service June 30, 2003.
He is survived by his loving wife: Terri K. Eubanks of Canyon Lake, TX; a daughter Dori Lee Thompson of Berlin, NH; son Kenneth ``Kenny'' Lee Eubanks, Jr. of San Marcos, TX; sister Darlene Perkins of Kelly, LA; grandchildren: Crissi, Christopher, Cody, Carter, Daniel and Riley; Father-in-law and mother-in-law: LTG Quinn H. Becker, U.S. Army (Retired) and his wife Marie of San Antonio, TX.
Visitation will be held Tuesday, November 6, 2007 from 5:00 P.M. to 8:00 P.M. and on Wednesday from 4:00 P.M. until service time at Doeppenschmidt Funeral Home in Canyon Lake, TX located at 1071 FM 2673.
Funeral service will be held Wednesday, November 7, 2007 at 6:00 P.M. at the Doeppenschmidt Funeral Home Chapel in Canyon Lake, TX with Chaplain Gil Richardson (Colonel) officiating. Graveside services will be held on Thursday, November 8, 2007 at 10:00 A.M. at the Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery with full military honors.
Tuesday, November 6, 2007
New Braunfels, TX