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Obituary:
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ARCHER CITY — William
Alan East, age 41, of Wichita Falls, Texas, lost his life
Sunday afternoon, August 8, 2010, while crop dusting in
Platte County, Nebraska.
Services will be held at 1
p.m. on Friday, August 13, 2010, at the First Baptist Church
in Amory, Mississippi, with Dr. Jim Futral, Executive
Director-Treasurer of the Mississippi Baptist Convention,
and Dr. Allen Simpson, Pastor of the First Baptist Church in
Amory, officiating. Interment will follow on the family farm
located at 1646 Highway 334, Oxford, Miss.
Visitation
will be Thursday, August 12, 2010, from 6 to 8 p.m. at the
home of Van and Dot East, located at 1819 Hwy. 25 North in
Amory, Mississippi.
A memorial celebration and BBQ
dinner is planned for August 21 at 6 p.m. at the Air Tractor
factory in Olney, Texas. Casual dress. Those who plan to
attend are requested to reply to Sarah Dixon
sdixon@airtractor.com
or 940-564-5616.
Alan was born in Amory, Mississippi,
on June 23, 1969, to Van P. East, Jr. and Dorothy Vinson
East. He attended Amory Public Schools before graduating
from Chickasaw Academy. He graduated from the University of
Mississippi in 1996 with a degree in Criminal Justice and
minors in Military and Political Sciences. He was an Eagle
Scout, a member of the Amory Swim Team, nose guard for the
Amory Panthers and a member of the Ole Miss Rugby Club, of
which he was the president. He served fourteen years in the
Army National Guard as a commissioned officer, with a tour
in Bosnia (2001- 2002) and a tour in Iraq (2004 -2006).
Alan and his wife, Kara, were married on December 20,
1998, and they made their home in Wichita Falls, Texas,
where they were members of Rephidim Church. Alan was a
professional pilot, working as a test pilot for Air Tractor,
Inc. in Olney, Texas, as well as a crop dusting pilot. An
avid sportsman, Alan enjoyed flying planes, racing cars,
hunting, camping, and trout fishing, but above all he loved
spending time with his wife, daughter, family and friends.
Survivors include his wife, Kara, and daughter,
Elisabeth Grace, of Wichita Falls; his parents, Van and Dot
East, of Amory, Mississippi; his brother and sister-in-law,
Van East III and Cathy East, of Brentwood, Tennessee;
father-in-law and mother-in-law, Leland and Nancy Snow of
Wichita Falls; sister-in-law and brother-in-law, Kristin and
Trevor Edwards of Wichita Falls; brother-in-law, Michael
Aulds, Sr. of Archer City; and six nieces and nephews, Van
East, IV, Kingsley East, Alexandra Aulds, Michael Aulds,
Jr., Abby Aulds and Brennan Edwards.
He was preceded
in death by his sister, Lou Anne “Pebbles” East Aulds, who
passed away on August 17, 2007.
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