18th Annual Fishing Break
In Loving Memory of
Jerry Douglas Spillar

"Uncle Jerry took me fishing, enough said." - Todd Purcell

Jerry Douglas Spillar, 67, died February 2, 2011 after a brief illness. Jerry was born and grew up in Austin and graduated from McCallum High School in 1961. He owned and operated a trucking company and was a machinist for the University of Texas Physics Department. Jerry married Gail on October 17, 1970 and they made their home in Round Rock where they raised three children. After retiring from the University of Texas, Jerry and Gail moved to Rockport where they have enjoyed entertaining family and friends. Jerry loved racing cars, fishing the flats in Rockport, and hunting whitetails. He was preceded in death by his parents J.D. and Mary Ethel Spillar and his sister Barbara Burke. Jerry is survived by his wife Gail Spillar, his children, Connie Sturgill and husband Roger, Jeremy Spillar and wife Eryca, Derek Spillar and wife Brynn, grandchildren Conley Williams and Ava Spillar and great-grandson Owen Williams, sisters Addie Renfro, Joy Purcell and Peggy Spillar Biros and numerous nieces and nephews.

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