Sterling Kirkland

STERLING SAMUEL KIRKLAND WAS BORN MAY 24, 1926 IN CUERO, TEXAS TO THE UNION OF SAM AND MINNIE SMITH KIRKLAND. STERLING DIED THURSDAY NOVEMBER 10 AT A KILLEEN HOSPITAL. STERLING SERVED WITH THE US NAVY DURING WORLD WAR II. HE MARRIED EVELYN L. HENNESEY DECEMBER 25, 1947 IN CUERO, TEXAS. HE WAS A CARPENTER AND A MEMBER OF THE HOLY FAMILY CATHOLIC CHURCH. HE WAS A LOVING HUSBAND, FATHER AND HE LOVED HIS FAMILY. STERLING IS SURVIVED BY HIS WIFE EVELYN L. KIRKLAND OF COPPERAS COVE, TEXAS DAUGHTERS LYNN M. KIRKLAND OF SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS JO BETH RUDD AND HUSBAND JIM OF COPPERAS COVE, TEXAS SON MICHAEL W. KIRKLAND AND WIFE BECKY OF KEMPNER, TEXAS. GRANDSON CHRIS THROM AND WIFE REBECCA GREAT GRANDSONS MAX THROM AND WYATT THROM. MASS WILL BE HELD 10 AM MONDAY NOVEMBER 14 AT THE HOLY FAMILY CATHOLIC CHURCH WITH FATHER CHRIS DOWNEY OFFICIATING. BURIAL WILL FOLLOW AT THE KEMPNER CEMETERY. ROSARY WILL BE HELD AT 7 PM SUNDAY AT SHEPPARD FUNERAL HOME WITH VISITATION FROM 6 - 8 PM.