B M Quillin

B. M. “Buster” Quillin, 95, of Wichita Falls died Monday, March 19, 2012. Funeral Services will be held at 3:00 PM Thursday, March 22, 2012 at Hampton Vaughan Funeral Home Chapel with Reverend Howard Chapman officiating. Interment will follow in Crestview Memorial Park. The family will receive friends at the visitation scheduled from 6:00 until 8:00 Wednesday evening at the funeral home.

Buster was born on September 1, 1916 in Seymour, TX. He started working for the Ft. Worth & Denver Railroad in 1934 and retired from Burlington Northern Railroad in 1976 after 42 years. Buster was a member of the First Baptist Church in Wichita Falls for over 70 years and drove the church bus for several years. He was a member of the Maskat Shrine Temple here for 66 years, joining in 1946. He was also a member of Joseph A. Kemp Lodge #1287 AF & AM. for over 50 years. Buster was dubbed ‘The Fruitcake King’ by the Wichita Falls Times Record News for all the fruitcakes he baked over the years for dozens of family members and friends.

Mr. Quillin was preceded in death by his wife, Hazel Quillin in 1987; his mother and step-father, Cathleen and Tom Bagby; sisters, Mildred Gervasi and Christine Taylor and her husband, T. J. Taylor, III. Survivors include nieces, Sally Loner and husband, Dennis and Nancy Taylor and devoted, special friends Mike and Carol Patterson of Wichita Falls. Also surviving are several other nieces and nephews.

In lieu of flowers, the family requests that memorials be sent to Hospice of Wichita Falls, 4909 Johnson Rd., 76310.

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