Houston County, Texas Obituary Bernice English Bruckner Submitted By: David R. Brumbelow ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/tx/txfiles.htm ************************************************ Bernice English Bruckner (AD 1922-1997) Name: Bernice English Bruckner Residence: 1919 Tabor, Houston, Texas (Harris County) Date of Birth: September 18, 1922 Place of Birth: Kennard, Texas (Houston County) Date of Death: September 20, 1997 Age: 75 years, 0 months, 2 days Date of Service: Tuesday, September 23, 1997 Hour: 1:00 P.M. Place of Service: Earthman Resthaven Chapel, 13102 North Freeway, Houston, TX Place of Inurnment: Ivie Cemetery, Kennard, Texas Clergy: Reverend Joe Brumbelow, retired Baptist pastor of Lake Jackson, TX. Survived By: Son: James G. Bumpers and wife Donna of Lake Charles, LA. Daughter: Maureen Cromeans of Spring, Texas Brother: Bobby Gene English Five Grandchildren Nine Great Grandchildren For to me, to live is Christ, and to die is gain…For I am hard pressed between the two, having a desire to depart and be with Christ, which is far better. -Philippians 1:21, 23; The Bible We are confident, yes, well pleased rather to be absent from the body and to be present with the Lord. -2 Corinthians 5:8; The Bible “Let not your heart be troubled; you believe in God, believe also in Me. In My Father's house are many mansions; if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you. And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and receive you to Myself; that where I am, there you may be also. And where I go you know, and the way you know.” Thomas said to Him, “Lord, we do not know where You are going, and how can we know the way?” Jesus said to him, “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me.” -John 14:1-6; The Bible. Scripture Rev. Joe Brumbelow often used in Funeral Services. A book about Rev. Brumbelow was published in 2005: The Wit and Wisdom of Pastor Joe Brumbelow, hannibalbooks.com. -submitted by his son, David R. Brumbelow, P.O. Box 300, Lake Jackson, TX 77566. nsbc77562@LWOL.com September 17, AD 2007. Sources: Clergy Record, given to officiating minister by the funeral home. Personal records of Joe E. Brumbelow.