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Submitted: 9/2/21 • Approved: 9/6/21 • Last Updated: 9/9/21 • R453603-G0-S3
US Army
May 12, 1938 - April 12, 2014
*Obituary
BROWNFIELD-Services for Marion Buzz Rutledge, 75, of Brownfield will be at 10 a.m. Wednesday, April 16, 2014, at Calvary Baptist Church with Rev. Jerry Payne officiating. Burial will be in Terry County Memorial Cemetery under the direction of Brownfield Funeral Home. There will be a family visitation on Tuesday at the funeral home from 6 to 8 p.m. Buzz passed away Saturday, April 12, 2014, in Lubbock. He was born on May 12, 1938, to Robert E. and Thelma Era (Britton) Rutledge in Knox City, Texas. He graduated from Meadow High School. He was a US Army Veteran. Buzz married Laverne Dyke on June 2, 1961, in Brownfield. He worked as a field foreman for Amoco for 25 years. He was a member of Calvary Baptist Church. He is preceded in death by his parents; a daughter, Janett Rutledge; a grandson, Michael Andrew Huckabee; a brother, James Rutledge; and two sisters, Latrice Harper and Jane Draper. Buzz is survived by his wife, Laverne Rutledge of Brownfield; a daughter, Brenda Huckabee and husband, Brad of Plainview; a son, Paul Rutledge and wife, Angie of Amarillo; a brother, Bob Rutledge and wife Billie of Garland; four sisters, twin sister, Sallye McCarty of Carmel, CA, Glenda Martin of Imperial, CA, Bettye Meeks and husband, Henry of Buffalo, Texas, and Nancy Smith and husband, Hollice of Odessa; five grandchildren; a great-grandchild on the way; and many nieces and nephews. The family suggests memorials to the American Cancer Society.
Published by Lubbock Avalanche-Journal on Apr. 14, 2014.
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