HALTON AUTREY (HAL) PILCHER
Halton Autrey (Hal) Pilcher, 59, of Doss and Sherman, died Monday, Oct. 6, 2014, at Baylor Medical Center in Dallas.
Funeral services were held at 3 p.m., Saturday, Oct. 11, at the Hilda United Methodist Church, with Dr. Mike Lawson and Rev. Wade Powell officiating.
Interment followed in the church cemetery.
Prior to that, services were held at 2 p.m., Thursday, Oct. 9, at the First Baptist Church in Sherman with Dr. Lawson and Rev. Tim Clayton officiating.
Arrangements were under the direction of Waldo Funeral Home of Sherman, while local arrangements were under the direction of Mason Funeral Home.
Pilcher was born July 14, 1954, in Sherman, the son of H.E. (Jack) Pilcher and Irene Autrey Pilcher. He married Jimmie Jill Eckert in 1988 at the Hilda United Methodist Church and she survives.
He graduated with bachelor’s and master’s degrees in accounting from the University of North Texas and for the last 20 years, owned and operated Halton A. Pilcher CPA Firm in Sherman.
In addition to his wife, Pilcher is survived by a son and daughter-in-law, Brandon and Erika Pilcher of Brooklyn, New York; a daughter, Morgan Pilcher of Sherman and Doss; and one granddaughter.
He is also survived by his mother, Irene Pilcher of Sherman; his mother-in-law, Yvonne, Mrs. Ervin Eckert of Doss; a sister and brother-in-law, Marla and Fred Laugherty of Peoria, Illinois; two brothers-in-law, Ernie Eckert of San Angelo and Larry Eckert and his wife, Jana, of Abilene; and a sister-in-law, Ellen Eckert of Austin.
Pilcher was preceded in death by his father, as well as his father-in-law, Ervin Eckert.
Memorials may be made to the Hilda United Methodist Church, P.O. Box 1404, Mason, TX 76856; The Friends of Doss School, P.O. Box 50, Doss, TX 78618, or First Baptist Church of Sherman, 400 S. Travis, Sherman, TX 75090.
Pallbearers included David Staggs, Philip Yielding, David Dixon, Chuck Waters, Rich Lavinski and Jack Baca.
Honorary pallbearers were members of his Sunday school class and fellow racquetball players.