Donald Aubrey Dillard

Services for Mr. Donald Aubrey Dillard, age 78, of Hideaway, Texas are scheduled for 10:30 A.M. Monday, July 15, 2013 in the Caudle-Rutledge Funeral Home Chapel with Pastor Paul Garrison and Pastor Herschel Sanders officiating. Interment will follow in the Roselawn Cemetery in Mineola, Texas with services under the direction of Caudle-Rutledge Funeral Directors in Lindale. Mr. Dillard died Saturday, July 13, 2013 in a Tyler hospice center. He was born December 8, 1934 in Lorenzo, Texas to the late John Norvell and Lydia (Ashley) Dillard and was formerly of Dallas, Kingsville and Tyler, Texas before moving to Hideaway in 1989. Mr. Dillard had previously coached football in Kingsville, Texas and for Robert E. Lee in Tyler, Texas and retired in 1993 from Smith County as an adult probation officer. He was inducted into the Hall of Fame of the Southwest Football Officiating Association and was a member of the Hideaway Lake Community Church. Mr. Dillard also organized “The Helping Hands” organization in Hideaway Lake. He was preceded in death by his former wife, Dixie Lee Anderson in 1996 and brother, Charlie Dillard. Mr. Dillard is survived by his wife, Linda Dillard of Hideaway, Texas; son & daughter-in-law, Andy & Tammy Dillard of Edmond, Oklahoma; step-daughters, Cathy Thompson of Katy, Texas and Debby Sevin and husband, Brian of LaGrange, Texas; grandchildren, Brittni Dillard and Holli Dillard, both of Edmond, Oklahoma, Sara Dunlap of Anchorage, Alaska and Bonnie Thompson of Ft. Worth, Texas, Stephanie Sevin and Brian Sevin, both of Anchorage, Alaska; 2 great grandchildren, Wyatt Dunlap and Gunner Dunlap, both of Anchorage, Alaska; and by several nieces, nephews and cousins. Serving as pallbearers will be Virgil Franz, Buddy Bryant, Mack Arnold, Bill Arnold, Kevin Deornellas and Duane Spaeth. Honorary pallbearers are Rob McDonald and Stephen McDonald. The family will receive friends from 9:30 A.M. to 10:30 A.M. Monday prior to the funeral service. Donations may be made to the Hospice of East Texas Homeplace, 4111 University Blvd., Tyler, Texas 75701 or the Hideaway Lake Community Church Building Fund, 1500 Lake Park Circle, Hideaway, Texas 75771.

Donald Aubrey Dillard

December 8, 1934 - July 13, 2013