Col. Bruce Clarke Phenix, Jr.

1917 - 2003  (85 years)

• Name	Bruce Clarke Phenix
  Title	Col.
  Suffix	Jr.
  Born	24 Dec 1917	Loraine, Mitchell County, Texas, USA
  Gender	Male
  Died	14 Dec 2003	Port Arthur, Jefferson County, Texas, USA
  Buried	Forest Lawn Memorial Park - Beaumont, Texas, USA
  Person ID	I8756	Cody LeBlanc's Family Tree
  Last Modified	22 Jul 2020

  
  

  Father	Bruce Clark Phenix, Sr.,   b. 31 Oct 1888, Paluxy, Hood County, Texas, USA ,   d. 16 Jan 1981, Henderson, Rusk County, Texas, USA  (Age 92 years)
  Mother	Exie Marguerite Campbell,   b. 12 Dec 1890, Keatchie, DeSoto Parish, Louisiana, USA ,   d. 14 Aug 1981, Henderson, Rusk County, Texas, USA  (Age 90 years)
  Married	29 Sep 1915	Colorado City, Mitchell County, Texas, USA
  Family ID	F3862	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Clyda Alice Haddock,   b. 28 Jul 1921, East Prairie, Mississippi County, Missouri, USA ,   d. 7 Jul 2018, Beaumont, Jefferson County, Texas, USA  (Age 96 years)
  Married	14 Mar 1942	Beaumont, Jefferson County, Texas, USA
  Children	+ 1. Rodney Clyde Phenix,   b. 15 Aug 1946, Beaumont, Jefferson County, Texas, USA ,   d. 8 May 2018, Edinburg, Hidalgo County, Texas, USA  (Age 71 years) + 2. K.R. Phenix + 3. K.C. Phenix
  Last Modified	21 Jul 2020
  Family ID	F3872	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map		Born - 24 Dec 1917 - Loraine, Mitchell County, Texas, USA Married - 14 Mar 1942 - Beaumont, Jefferson County, Texas, USA Died - 14 Dec 2003 - Port Arthur, Jefferson County, Texas, USA Buried - - Forest Lawn Memorial Park - Beaumont, Texas, USA  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Photos		Bruce Clarke Phenix, Jr. 1932 Paris High School Yearbook Photo Paris, Texas, USA
  		Bruce Clarke Phenix, Jr.

  
  

  Headstones

  Headstone of Col. Bruce Clarke Phenix, Jr. Forest Lawn Memorial Park - Beaumont, Texas, USA

  
  

• Notes

  Obituary: Col. Bruce Clarke Phenix,, Jr., 85, of Beaumont passed away at Dubuis Hospital in Port Arthur. A native of Lorriane, Texas and resident of Beaumont since 1946, Col. Phenix retired from the United States Army and was a chemical engineer with Mobil Oil. He participated in the Normandy invasion during World War II and graduated in 1939 from Texas A&M as a 2nd Lieutenant. For over fifty years, he sang with the First Baptist Church choir. He also enjoyed tennis and touring nursing homes and retirement centers to sing. He was survived by his wife of sixty-one years, Clyda Haddock Phenix; sons, Rodney Clyde Phenix and his wife Joy and Kenneth Clarke Phenix and his wife Julana; daughter, Karen Ruth Phenix Mayo and her husband Terry; grandchildren, Rachel Anne Phenix Rollins and her husband Mike, Brien Justin Phenix and his wife Lucila, Kathryn Lynne Mayo Meyer and her husband Rex, 1st Lt. USMC Matthew Bryan Mayo and his wife April, Lauren Renee Phenix, Andrew Ross Phenix, Emily Alyce Phenix, and Eric Maxwell Phenix; and great grandchildren, Slade Brooks Rollins, Joshua Garrett Meyer, Molly Katelyn Meyer, and Blake James Phenix. His brother, James Newton Phenix, preceded him in death. Funeral services at First Baptist Church followed by burial in Forest Lawn Memorial Park under the direction of Broussard's, 2000 McFaddin, Beaumont. (Published in The Beaumont Enterprise on December 15, 2003)