Joseph Carl Hancock lll's Obituary
Joseph Carl Hancock lll
Graveside services for Joseph Carl Hancock lll, 76 of Longview and Grand Saline, Texas will be held at Two O?clock pm Saturday April 8, 2006 at Pine Hill Methodist Cemetery with Reverends Doyle Sumrall and Thomas Pesnell officiating. Burial will follow at Pine Hill Methodist Cemetery under the direction of Rader Funeral Home of Longview. Mr. Hancock passed away Tuesday April 4, 2006 in Longview.
Mr. Hancock was born January 7, 1930 in Birmingham, Alabama to Joseph Carl and Elizabeth Phillips Hancock. He graduated from Henderson High School in 1947 and attended Texas A&M College. Mr. Hancock was a Pilot and Flight Instructor serving the bulk of his career with Braniff, International Airways.
He was a devoted husband and father and a long time member of Main Street Baptist Church in Grand Saline, Texas. Mr. Hancock was a man of Honor and integrity and well loved by all who knew him.
He is survived by his wife Dorothea Standard Hancock of Grand Saline, TX.;
Two daughters, Elizabeth Jeane Hancock of Nacogdoches, TX.; Janet Dillon-Wolfe of Penrose, CO.; three grandchildren, Hattie Hackler and Heather Dews both of Nacogdoches, TX.; Jason Eric Dillon of Penrose, CO.; two sisters, Margaret Sumrall of Henderson, TX.; Laurinda Alpenfels-Gloss of Boulder, CO.; extended family, LaRue Dorsey and her son Randy both of Longview, TX.;
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