Extracted from The Temple Daily Telegram (Temple, TX)
Robert D. Kirksey
Private graveside services for Robert Dale Kirksey, 76, of Temple will be Wednesday in Jenkins Springs Cemetery in Early.
Mr. Kirksey died Friday, May 22, in a Temple nursing home.
He was born on Dec. 30, 1932, to Robert E. Kirksey and Janey Odell Johnson Kirksey in Comanche County. He served in the U.S. Navy, 1951-1955. He owned and operated a greenhouse.
Survivors include two sons, Eddy Kirksey and Joe Dale Kirksey; a daughter, Valerie Bobbign; two sisters, Ruthie Banister of Houston and Betty Murphy of Temple; and several grandchildren.
Visitation will be 7-8 p.m. Tuesday at Crawford-Bowers Funeral Home in Temple.
Sunday, May 24, 2009