Mary Elizabeth Temple and Claude Herndon Rock
CLAUDE HERNDON ROCK, son of ANNA WITHERSPOON and CLAUDE HERNDON ROCK, was born June 19, 1923 in San Antonio, Bexar, Texas,7377 and died June 21, 2020.10346 He is buried in Eula Cemetery, Callahan County, Texas.456
He married MARY ELIZABETH TEMPLE on July 31, 1948 in Texarkana, Bowie, Texas.10352 She was born April 4, 1930 in Texarkana, Bowie, Texas,1883 and died August 25, 2012 in Abilene, Taylor, Texas.456 She is buried in Eula Cemetery, Callahan County, Texas.456
Personal Information
- Claude Herndon Rock and Mary Elizabeth Temple were members of the Eula Baptist Church, Callahan County, Texas. 10346, 10352
Claude H. Rock
Obituaries
Abilene Reporter-News, August 27, 201210352
Mary Elizabeth "Beth" Rock
Mary Elizabeth "Beth" Rock, 82, of Eula died Monday, August 25, 2012 at an Abilene care center. Funeral services will be at 1:00 p.m. Tuesday at the First Baptist Church of Eula. Private burial services will be at the Eula Cemetery. Visitation will be Monday from 6 to 8 p.m. at Bailey Howard Funeral Home in Clyde.
Mrs. Rock was born April 4, 1930 to Vincil E. and Mildred (Westerman) Temple in Texarkana, Texas. She graduated from Cotulla High School and married Claude Rock on July 31, 1948 in Texarkana, Texas. They moved to Eula from College Station in 1950. She taught piano and organ, was church secretary and was the organist and pianist for First Baptist Church of Eula where she was a member for over 60 years. She also played for many funerals at Bailey Funeral Home and for many weddings.
Mrs. Rock is survived by her husband Claude; five children, Susan Gower and husband Dan of Sunrise Beach, Texas, Fran Manley and husband Michael of Rockwall, Anita Larrick and husband Jim of Lamar, Co., Thomas Rock and wife Veda of Eula, and Bob Rock and wife Pam of Atlanta, GA; her sister Leslie Toland of Clyde; her brother Charles Temple and wife Willia Mae of Camden, Ark.; 15 grandchildren; and 35 great-grandchildren.
In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to First Baptist Church of Eula 10066 CR 244 Clyde Texas 79510.
Claude H. Rock, Jr., 97, (June 19, 1923-June 21, 2020) passed from this life on June 21, 2020. Claude was born in San Antonio, TX, and was the youngest of the four children of Claude H. Rock, Sr., and Anna Witherspoon Rock.
When WWII started, Claude was a student at Texas A&M. His class quit school and most went to Officer Candidate School (OCS), to go in the Army as officers. Claude knew his eyesight was not good enough to go to OCS. Instead, he enlisted as an infantryman. He served in the U.S. Army as a cannoneer/ammunition handler on a 90-mm cannon. This was in the European Theater under Gen. George S. Patton. He was on the front lines for six months. For his service Claude was awarded three Bronze Stars.
After the war, Claude married Mary Elizabeth Temple. They were married for 64 years when she died in 2012. After they married, he finished his degree at Texas A&M and began a 35-year career, teaching vocational agriculture in Eula, TX, 20 miles southeast of Abilene. Claude was a deacon, Sunday School teacher, and long-time member of the Eula Baptist Church.
For eight years, Claude had been a resident at Chisholm House in Abilene, TX. The caregivers there are the best in the state, and the family are very appreciative of the loving care they gave our father.
Claude is survived by his five children and their spouses, Susan Rock Gower (Dan), Frances Manley (Michael), Anita Larrick (Jim), Thomas Rock (Veda), and Robert Rock (Pam), his sister-in-law, Leslie Toland, numerous grandchildren, great-grandchildren and two great-great grandchildren and many nieces and nephews.
He will be buried in the Eula Community Cemetery in a private service for the family. A public memorial service will be announced at a later date.
In lieu of flowers the family requests donations to the charity of your choice.
Census Records
| Date | Location | Enumerated Names |
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| April 12, 1930538 | Bexar County, Texas |
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| April 13, 194010351 | La Salle County, Texas |
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