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Per obituary, burial in Liberty Hill Memorial Garden, San Augustine County.
Mr. Birdwell was a lifelong resident of San Augustine, graduating from San Augustine High School in 1945. He was a member of the First Baptist Church in San Augustine. He was also a member of the National Guards. He began his career with an engineering firm in 1946 and went on to become a surveyor for Temple Lumber Company in Pineland, Texas in 1952. In 1992, after 40 years of service with Temple, he chose to retire. He was also a rancher and poultry farmer, being a hard worker always. He loved hunting and sports, but most of all he doted on his children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren.
He will be greatly missed and remembered always by his wife, Dorothy Birdwell; son, Robert Birdwell and wife, Kelly; daughters, Brenda Buffington and husband, Joseph; Mary Lou Rhoades and husband Micheal; grandchildren, Michael Wayne Jacobs and wife, Jaleisha, Ashley Southerland and husband David, Brett Garrick Kelsey Garrick and husband Steven, and Nico Birdwell and wife Jami, and great-grandchildren, Michael Jacobs Jr., Alyssa Jacobs, Landon Southerland, Aniston Birdwell and Aubrey Birdwell.
His parents were Oscar and Nona Lee (Ramsey) Birdwell.
EDITED - A full obit can be obtained from Wyman Roberts Funeral Home, San Augustine, Texas - Jan 28, 2016.
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