Mr. Wendall Neal Kirkland Obituary - Visitation & Funeral Information

Funeral services for Mr. Wendall Kirkland, 72, of DeBerry, Texas will be 2:00 p.m. Friday, December 21, 2018 at the Hawthorn Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Ronnie Mutina officiating. Burial will follow in the Liberty Chapel cemetery under the direction of Hawthorn Funeral Home. Visitation will be 6-8:00 p.m. Thursday night at the funeral home. Mr. Wendall Neal Kirkland was born in his family home June 24, 1946 in DeBerry, Texas. He died in that same family home December 19, 2018. He was one of three children born to the marriage of John Wendall “J.W.” and Mavis Ozell Shires Kirkland. Wendall attended DeBerry schools and would later marry Shirley Dianne Brantley and together they would celebrate over 55 years of marriage. He would spend his career as an oilfield contractor. Wendall was a lifelong member of the Liberty Chapel Baptist Church, and loved the outdoors, fishing and hunting. He is preceded in death by his parents. Mr. Kirkland is survived by his devoted wife Dianne Kirkland of DeBerry; children, Brenda Gayle Kirkland, Todd Neal Kirkland and wife Kathy, Danny Lewis Kirkland and wife Lynn, and DeWayne Parker, all of DeBerry; brother, Johnny Kirkland and wife Geraldine of Rockhill; sister, Alice Mathison of Hallsville; grandchildren, Bodie Kirkland, Wendy Kirkland, Marche Kirkland, Kolby Kirkland, Jordan Kirkland Moore, Ty Kirkland, Clayton Kirkland, Kirstan Kirkland Eddins, Kinsley Kirkland, Wendall “Pac-man” Kirkland, Tracey Kirkland, and Heather Kirkland; numerous great grnadchildren, nieces, nephews, and a host of friends. Serving as pallbearers will be, Bodie, Kolby, Ty, Clayton, and Wendall "Pac-man" Kirkland, and Jimmy Gibbs. Honorary pallbearers will be Jerry Anderson, Rondall and Rodney Kirkland, Galen "Gator" Mathison, and Gary Hayden. An online guestbook may be signed at www.hawthornfuneralhome.com.

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Mr. Wendall Neal Kirkland

June 24, 1946 - December 19, 2018