Everett L 'Bill' Baccus

Born June 15, 1924 to the late Jim and Annie (Newberry) Baccus. He was born in a tent in Knox County on the Busby family farm during the cotton harvest.  In 1932 the family settled in Kenedy, Texas where he lived until WW II.  He had to wait until he turned 18 to enlist, which he did in Houston, TX on Aug 24, 1942.  He was one of the original crew of the USS Pursuit AM108, which he served on until the end of his service.

He married Mary Atherton on Mar 2, 1947 and they settled in Corpus Christi, where he was working at carpentry through the Carpenter's Union, until he obtained a sheet metal apprenticeship for the Navy Overhaul & Repair unit on NAS Corpus Christi. When that facility closed in 1959, he found work at Mooney Aircraft, and moved the family to Kerrville, TX. In 1962 the Army opened an aircraft repair facility at NAS Corpus so he returned to work there as a journeyman metalsmith.  He retired on May 1, 1988 as an inspector in Quality Control.

Bill and Mary enjoyed travel and bird watching throughout the US (the only states he's not visited are Maine and Vermont). While their eldest daughter was living and working there they visited and travelled in Europe. In Germany they cruised the Rhine River and hiked in the Alps. In Great Britain they searched for the Loch Ness Monster and explored castles.  Bill's dearest trip was the visit to the Arizona Memorial at Pearl Harbor in 2010.  He distinctly remembered the placement of every destroyed vessel in the aftermath of the bombing. They also enjoyed their three grown daughters and their husbands, and celebrating the growth and achievements of their grandchildren and great grandchildren.

He is survived by two brothers, Jimmy Baccus and W.F. Baccus and their wives, his late wife's sister, Louella Syring, his three daughters, Barbara Lou Voss, Rebecca Sue Pullum and Pamela Dru Mote, their husbands, five grandchildren and three great grandchildren.

In lieu of flowers, donations can be given to the Alzheimer's Association or American Lung Association.