Palestine High School Alumni Association

08 / 21 / 1918  –  01 / 24 / 1991

Services for Jack DuPree, 72, of Palestine will be at 2 p.m. Saturday at First Baptist Church with the Revs. Lynn Parker and Charles Kincaid officiating. Burial will be in Roselawn Park under the direction of Bailey & Foster Funeral Home.

Mr. DuPree died Thursday in Mother Frances Hospital in Tyler. He was born August 21, 1918, in Beaumont , to Henry Ulmer DuPree and Mae Ellis DuPree.

Mr. DuPree was a 1937 Palestine High School graduate, and a graduate of both Transylvania University in Lexington , Ky , and Texas Christian University Seminary. During World War II he served as a chief pharmacist’s mate in the U.S. Navy, and was in the service from March 27, 1942 to June 25, 1945.

Before retirement, he worked as a public health technician with the Texas Department of Health. He was a member of First Baptist Church and at the time of his death, he was pastor at First Christian Church in Oakwood.

Mr. DuPree was a member of the Palestine Kiwanis Club, and of the Palestine Lodge 31 AF&AM, Palestine Chapter Royal Arch Masons, Willis Stewart Council No. 20 Royal and Select Masons, Palestine Commanderly No. 3 Knights Templar, Scottish Rite Waco Consistory 32 Degree and Sharon Temple Shire, Tyler.

In addition to his parents, Mr. DuPree was preceded in death by his wife, Marjorie Broyles DuPree; a sister, Helen DuPree Morton; and a brother, William Ulmer DuPree.

He is survived by his father-in-law, B.F. Broyles of Palestine ; sisters-in-law, Betty Ruth Broyles of Palestine , Katherine Broyles Pebworth of Kerrville, and Frankie DuPree of Karnes City ; brother-in-law, B.F. Broyles of Dallas; a nephew and niece; and four great-nephews.

Pallbearers will be Fred Magouirk, David Bratz, Jim Baugh, David Nedbalek, Brad Broyles, Joe Bill Chambers, Bobby DuPree and Rex Magouirk.

Condolence calls will be received from 6 P.m. to 8 p.m. today at the funeral home.

Source: Palestine Herald-Press 01-25-1991