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Gilbreath Funeral Home obituary
209 N. Saint Charles
P.O. Box to 2511
Big Spring, TX 79721
(800) 284-2141
(432) 756-3355

Kenneth Ray Haggard
June 11, 1940 - November 22, 2008
Kenneth "Butch" Haggard, 68, of Stanton, died on Saturday, November 22, 2008, in a local nursing home after a lengthy illness. Graveside services will be at 10:00 A.M. Wednesday, November 26, 2008 at the Evergreen Cemetery in Stanton. Memorial services will follow at 1:00 PM, Wednesday, at the First United Methodist Church of Stanton with Rev. Daniel Armstrong, pastor, officiating. The family will receive friends from 6 PM to 8 PM Tuesday at the funeral home.He was born on June 11, 1940, in Houston, Texas and married Nancy Craine on July 25, 1966 in Houston, Texas. Butch graduated from Texas A&M in College Station in 1964 with a degree in Agricultural Economics. He farmed cotton and worked in agricultural chemical sales retiring on August 14, 1979. He was a member of First United Methodist Church where he taught the Men's Sunday School Class for 12 years. He was a member of Hi-Sky Emmaus Community and Scenic Mountain Emmaus Community and was a 30 year member of Stanton Lions Club. Survivors include his wife, Nancy Haggard of Stanton; two sons, Rusty Haggard and wife, Nan of Flower Mound and Jeff Haggard and wife, Tawna of Canyon; his mother, Esther Haggard of Stanton; one brother, Robert I. Haggard of Albuquerque, New Mexico; two sisters, Robbie Jean Nunneley of Tulsa, Oklahoma and Lynnette Bruce of Midland; two aunts, Oma Clay Johnson of Stanton and Emma Jean Kelly of Lubbock; six grandchildren, Bryce Buchanan of Wichita Falls, Parker Buchanan, Gage Haggard, and Kason Haggard all of Canyon, Samantha Mason and Courtney Mason both of Flower Mound and numerous cousins, several nieces and nephews and many many friends. He was preceded in death by his father, Rob Haggard on September 8, 1996. Arrangements under the direction of Gilbreath Funeral Home of Stanton. Online condolences can be made at: www.npwelch.com