Clyde B Kirk

Funeral services will be held at 1pm on Tuesday, January 18, 2011, in Resthaven Funeral Home’s Abbey Chapel. Burial will follow in Resthaven Memorial Park. Visitation will be held on Monday from 6pm to 8pm at Resthaven Funeral Home.

Clyde was born January 25, 1934 in Milam County Texas. He graduated from Abernathy High School in 1951. He owned and operated Kirk Bros. Meat Market, along with his brothers Denson and Joe Bob Kirk. Clyde owned and operated his own farm from 1961 to 1988. He worked in the GM parts department of Scoggin Dickey Buick - Chevrolet for 20 years, retiring in 2009.

He is survived by his wife, Mona Lee, of 56 years; four children: Kerry Lee Ritter (Don), Brooks Baron Kirk (Julie), Dennis Kevin Kirk (Nannette), and Kristie Ann Young (Randy); 13 grandchildren: Russell Leshane Dove, Shandie Renee Varela, Paul Mathew Ritter, Stephanie Anne Rutland, Michelle Nicole Ritter, Katherine Elizabeth Kirk, Cassandra Therese Anne Kirk, Brooks Baron Kirk II, Brian William Charles Kirk, Caroline Ellen Frances Kirk, Jonathan Tyler Houk, Kevin Cade Kirk, Maycee Elizabeth Young; 8 great-grandchildren: Morgan Raquel Bradberry, Dillon Scott Debusk, Aaron Reese Dove, Payton Leechelle Dove, Lauren Kaylee Dove, Kyle Thomas Gerdes, Jesus Eduardo Varela, Shalee Russell Varela; a sister, Dell Bolinger of Colleyville, Texas; a sister-in-law Virginia Kirk of Lubbock, Texas; and numerous nieces and nephews.

In lieu of flowers, the family requests donations to Meals on Wheels.