Memorial Ceremony
Saturday, February 11, 2012 at 11:00 AM
A graveside internment service will be held at Greenwood Cemetery in Teague. Directions are available via Google Maps. In case of inclement weather, the service will be held at First United Methodist Church at 420 Walnut Street.
Obituary
Philip Edwin Stroud, born June 23, 1943 in Kilgore, Texas, passed away on February 5, 2012 in Scott & White Hospital in Temple, Texas, due to complications from a stroke suffered on December 23, 2011.
Phil was raised in Houston, Texas. He attended Galena Park High School where he graduated in 1961. He was a member of the National Honor Society and the high school bowling team. He was a great bowler with an average of 200+. During these early years Phil acquired a love for golf that afforded him much enjoyment throughout his life.
After high school Phil enrolled at Texas Christian University. He interrupted his studies to serve in the military from 1965-1969. He was commissioned as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army Artillery and was stationed in Korea. After discharge he resumed his studies at TCU and studied Accounting. He graduated in 1970 with a B.B.A., and with a M.P.A. in 1971. Sometime during these years, Phil became a devoted fan of Leon's Garage when his car broke down and Leon drove an hour to pick him up in the middle of the night.
Phil worked as a CPA for various firms, mostly in the Houston area, for much of his adult life. For the past 20 years, Phil has been living in Teague, Texas. During this time he cared for his ailing mother Corin Forke and his third wife, Nancy. He played golf. He discovered antiques and china. He loved to hunt for treasures at auctions, estate sales and resale shops. In 1996 he became a wholesale supplier of dinnerware to Replacements, Inc. He began selling on eBay in Aug 2001 and acquired an eBay Feedback score of 822 with 100% positive feedback. He courted and loved and married again in 2008.
Phil is survived by his wife Claire Taylor and her three sons, William, Joshua, and Andrew Roman. He is also survived by his only child, son Scott Edwin Stroud of North Carolina; grandson Matthew Stroud of Florida; sister Babs Cannon and husband Paul and their son Todd Cannon of Katy, Tx; cousin Frank Treadaway and wife Fran of Greenville, TX; his son Scott's mother and stepfather Linda and Doug Pickel of Ft. Worth; stepson Jim Moudy of Georgia; and twin half-brothers Larry and Terry Stroud of Texas. He was preceded in death by his mother, Corin Neyland Forke; father, Philip Edward Stroud; stepfather, Howard Beall Forke; stepaunt Mary Louise Forke; maternal grandparents Herbert and Lucille Neyland of Teague; paternal grandparents Gilliam Maxwell and Emma Bell Stroud of Vernon, TX; and paternal stepgrandparents Otto and Lauretta Forke of Teague.
Phil was a generous, tender-hearted, self-effacing man who gave much to many. He is truly loved and will be missed by those he loved and cared for.
His body will be cremated by Crotty Funeral Home of Belton, TX. His ashes will be interred at a graveside memorial service this Saturday, February 11, 2012 at Greenwood Cemetery in Teague, Texas. Family members will officiate. In lieu of flowers, the family requests that donations be made to Teague ISD school libraries or to the Teague Public Library in Phil's name.