Albert Paul DeCourt

Funeral services for Mr. Albert Paul DeCourt, age 82, of Hideaway are scheduled for 10:00 A.M. Friday, August 4, 2006 in the Caudle-Rutledge Funeral Home Chapel with Chaplain Elzie Johnson officiating. Burial with Masonic graveside rites will follow in the Sand Flat Cemetery. Mr. DeCourt died Wednesday, August 2, 2006 in a Lindale Nursing Center. Al was born in 1923 in Abbeville, Louisana and raised there with his brother, James (Jim). He served during World War II with the Army Air Corp, 8th Air Force from 1943-1945 in the European Theater of Operations as Staff Sergeant. He was a gunner on B-17's and flew over 30 missions for which he was awarded the Air Medal and Distinguished Flying Cross. After returning to Texas he met and married Sherrie Ann Hardwick in 1949. Al studied Architecture at the University of Houston and then started work with Foley's Department Stores in store design. Their son, Paul was born in Houston in 1950 before moving the family to Nashville, Tennessee in 1952 where he joined Mercantile Stores. Their son, Bruce was born in Nashville in 1953. The family moved to New York in 1962 where Al worked for 23 years for Mercantile in the New York City home office, retiring in 1986 when he and Sherrie returned to Texas. They have lived in Hideaway for 20 years where Al most often could be found on the golf course. Al is a Free Mason and has been actively involved in transporting crippled and burned children to Shrine Hospitals and fundraising in support of Shriners Children's Hospitals for many years. Al is past president of the Sharon Shrine Temple Golf Unit and is most recently a member of T. R. Bonner Masonic Lodge #764 in Mt. Sylvan, Texas. Al is survived by his wife, Sherrie Ann DeCourt of Hideaway; 2 Sons & Daughters-in-law, Paul & Christine DeCourt of Alexandria, VA and Bruce & Jane DeCourt of Fork, MD; Brother & Sister-in-law, Jim & Jeanne DeCourt of Groves, Texas; 2 Grandchildren, Christopher & Tyler DeCourt of Alexandria, VA; Niece, Denise Cluelow and husband, Gary; and Nephew, Kenneth DeCourt & wife, Deena. The family will receive friends from 6:00 P.M. to 8:00 P.M. Thursday evening at the funeral home in Lindale.

Albert Paul DeCourt

December 24, 2023 - August 2, 2006