| | |birth_place=Point, Raines County, Texas | | |birth_place=Point, Raines County, Texas |
| | |death_date=March 13, 2009 (aged 74) | | |death_date=March 13, 2009 (aged 74) |
| − | |death_place=[[Abilene]], Texas<br> | + | |death_place=[[Lubbock]], Texas<br> |
| − | Though he had been reared [[Presbyterian]], Bruce switched to the [[Southern Baptist]] denomination after he married on February 6, 1960, the former Helen Sarieta Williams (born March 1, 1933),[4] then an employee of the newspaper bookkeeping department. "Faith was a great comfort to him. He took a great deal of comfort in knowing there was more to life than just what we're doing today," said Robert Gregory “Greg” Bruce (born May 2, 1967) of Lubbock, Texas,[4] the Bruces' only child. Bruce also worked with Big Brothers Big Sisters of America in Abilene and was in time recognized as a "volunteer of the year." | + | Though he had been reared [[Presbyterian]], Bruce switched to the [[Southern Baptist]] denomination after he married on February 6, 1960, the former Helen Sarieta Williams (1933-2016),[4] then an employee of the newspaper bookkeeping department. "Faith was a great comfort to him. He took a great deal of comfort in knowing there was more to life than just what we're doing today," said Robert Gregory “Greg” Bruce (born May 2, 1967) of Lubbock, Texas,[4] the Bruces' only child. Bruce also worked with Big Brothers Big Sisters of America in Abilene and was in time recognized as a "volunteer of the year." |