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Obituary:

HENDERSON - Services for Bruce C. Phenix Sr., 92, Henderson, are set for 3 p.m. Saturday at the chapel of the First Baptist Church in Henderson with Dr. Hugh L. Smith officiating.

Burial will be in Lakewood Memorial Park in Henderson.

Mr. Phenix died Friday morning at a nursing home in Henderson after a lengthy illness.

He was born Oct. 31, 1888, in Alvin, and lived eight years in Henderson. He was a display manager at a department store. He was a member of the First Baptist Church in Henderson, where he was a deacon.

He attended Baylor University.

Survivors include his wife, Mrs. June Phenix of Henderson; two sons, Bruce C. Phenix Jr. of Beaumont and James N. Phenix of Henderson; a brother, Vance Phenix of Houston; seven grandchildren; and five great-grandchildren.

Pallbearers will be L.O. Allen, Joe Dyson, Charles Hutto, Ken Phenix, Bob Phenix, Jim Phenix, Rusty Phenix, Rodney Phenix and Terry Mayo.

Honorary pallbearers will be Dr. Noah Batchelor Sunday School Class.

(Published in The Tyler Morning Telegraph on January 17, 1981)

Bruce married Exie Marguerite Campbell 29 Sep 1915, Colorado City, Mitchell County, Texas, USA. Exie (daughter of James Samuel Campbell and Exie Amarintha Wilkins) was born 12 Dec 1890, Keatchie, DeSoto Parish, Louisiana, USA; died 14 Aug 1981, Henderson, Rusk County, Texas, USA; was buried 15 Aug 1981, Lakewood Memorial Park - Henderson, Texas, USA. [Group Sheet]

1. Bruce Clarke Phenix, Jr. was born 24 Dec 1917, Loraine, Mitchell County, Texas, USA; died 14 Dec 2003, Port Arthur, Jefferson County, Texas, USA; was buried , Forest Lawn Memorial Park - Beaumont, Texas, USA.
2. James Newton Phenix, Sr. was born 22 May 1925, Paris, Lamar County, Texas, USA; died 16 Mar 1998, Tyler, Smith County, Texas, USA; was buried 18 Mar 1998, Lakewood Memorial Park - Henderson, Texas, USA.