Reverend Tex Lee Ergle, of Jasper passed away January 26, 2021 from COVID related causes.
He was the former pastor of Jasper First United Methodist Church. He served as a minister for 47 years, serving churches in Oneonta, Hatton, Wedowee, Albertville, Anniston, and Roanoke, prior to coming to Jasper in 2002.
He was a graduate of Cash High School, Cash, AR, Snead College, the University of North Alabama, Candler School of Theology at Emory University and did doctoral studies at Columbia Seminary.
He was a proud USAF Vietnam veteran. He worked out five mornings a week at a local gym and walked several miles daily. He loved yard work and gardening. He served as a Director at summer camps at Camp Sumatanga for ten years. A man of many talents, in early ministry he supplemented income by working at a trucking company, drove a tractor on a farm, butchered meat and prepared taxes.
He was preceded in death by his parents, James R. and Carlee Hood Ergle ; brothers, James Ergle Jr. and Jimmy Ergle ;and a sister, Rose Weaver.
A graveside service will be held on Saturday, January 30, 2021 at 11:00 a.m. at North Oakhill Cemetery in Jasper. Collins Burke Funeral Home is directing.
He was the former pastor of Jasper First United Methodist Church. He served as a minister for 47 years, serving churches in Oneonta, Hatton, Wedowee, Albertville, Anniston, and Roanoke, prior to coming to Jasper in 2002.
He was a graduate of Cash High School, Cash, AR, Snead College, the University of North Alabama, Candler School of Theology at Emory University and did doctoral studies at Columbia Seminary.
He was a proud USAF Vietnam veteran. He worked out five mornings a week at a local gym and walked several miles daily. He loved yard work and gardening. He served as a Director at summer camps at Camp Sumatanga for ten years. A man of many talents, in early ministry he supplemented income by working at a trucking company, drove a tractor on a farm, butchered meat and prepared taxes.
He was preceded in death by his parents, James R. and Carlee Hood Ergle ; brothers, James Ergle Jr. and Jimmy Ergle ;and a sister, Rose Weaver.
A graveside service will be held on Saturday, January 30, 2021 at 11:00 a.m. at North Oakhill Cemetery in Jasper. Collins Burke Funeral Home is directing.
Reverend Tex Lee Ergle, of Jasper passed away January 26, 2021 from COVID related causes.
He was the former pastor of Jasper First United Methodist Church. He served as a minister for 47 years, serving churches in Oneonta, Hatton, Wedowee, Albertville, Anniston, and Roanoke, prior to coming to Jasper in 2002.
He was a graduate of Cash High School, Cash, AR, Snead College, the University of North Alabama, Candler School of Theology at Emory University and did doctoral studies at Columbia Seminary.
He was a proud USAF Vietnam veteran. He worked out five mornings a week at a local gym and walked several miles daily. He loved yard work and gardening. He served as a Director at summer camps at Camp Sumatanga for ten years. A man of many talents, in early ministry he supplemented income by working at a trucking company, drove a tractor on a farm, butchered meat and prepared taxes.
He was preceded in death by his parents, James R. and Carlee Hood Ergle ; brothers, James Ergle Jr. and Jimmy Ergle ;and a sister, Rose Weaver.
A graveside service will be held on Saturday, January 30, 2021 at 11:00 a.m. at North Oakhill Cemetery in Jasper. Collins Burke Funeral Home is directing.
He was the former pastor of Jasper First United Methodist Church. He served as a minister for 47 years, serving churches in Oneonta, Hatton, Wedowee, Albertville, Anniston, and Roanoke, prior to coming to Jasper in 2002.
He was a graduate of Cash High School, Cash, AR, Snead College, the University of North Alabama, Candler School of Theology at Emory University and did doctoral studies at Columbia Seminary.
He was a proud USAF Vietnam veteran. He worked out five mornings a week at a local gym and walked several miles daily. He loved yard work and gardening. He served as a Director at summer camps at Camp Sumatanga for ten years. A man of many talents, in early ministry he supplemented income by working at a trucking company, drove a tractor on a farm, butchered meat and prepared taxes.
He was preceded in death by his parents, James R. and Carlee Hood Ergle ; brothers, James Ergle Jr. and Jimmy Ergle ;and a sister, Rose Weaver.
A graveside service will be held on Saturday, January 30, 2021 at 11:00 a.m. at North Oakhill Cemetery in Jasper. Collins Burke Funeral Home is directing.
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