Denzil Pulliam, 98, a lifelong Hereford resident passed away Sunday, October 18, 2020 in Dimmitt. Funeral services will be Thursday, October 22, 2020 at 1:30 PM at the Central Church of Christ of Hereford with Mr. Denny Sneed, Rick Jackson and Harley Daniel officiating, burial to follow at West Park Cemetery. Arrangements and services have been entrusted to Mendez and Mullins Family Funeral Home of Hereford, Texas. Family has requested that everyone attending the church service please wear a mask for your and their safety and health. Viewing will be Wednesday from 1:30-5:00PM at the funeral home.

Denzil was born September 6, 1922 in Bellview, New Mexico to George Edward and Mary Elizabeth (Witherspoon) Pulliam. Denzil graduated in 1940 from Bellview, New Mexico High School. He was very active in 4-H and show cattle. He enrolled in Texas Tech University in the fall of 1942, shortly there after he joined the Army Reserves. In April of 1943 he was sent to Gainsville, Texas for basic training. He married Betta Eris Sheppard on September 11, 1943. In 1944 he was called to active duty in Europe, where he served on General Patton's Army as the squad leader; he was discharged on November 18, 1945 and came to Hereford where Eris, his wife and Barbara, his daughter were living. Denzil purchased a farm south of Hereford and there is where he raised his family. He was very active, an elder and deacon for many years for the Central Church of Christ. Denzil was the last member of the building committee and the oldest church member. He was a former president of Texas Farm Bureau, board member of the Child Welfare Board and on the Hereford Water Board. Denzil drove the big more modernized tractors at the age of 89.

Those left to cherish his memories are his children, Barbara Rule of Hereford, Texas; Linda Daniel and her husband Harley of Lubbock, Texas and Sharon Pulliam of Hereford, Texas; one brother Dale Pulliam  and his wife LaVern of Canyon, Texas; 7 grandchildren, 15 great grandchildren and 5 great-great grandchildren and numerous nieces and nephews.

Denzil has joined his parents, his wife Eris Pulliam, a brother Darrel Pulliam and a foster brother Claude Brumett.

Memorials can be made to High Plains Children's Home, PO Box 7448, Amarillo, Texas 79114-9984 or to Samaritan Hospice, 400 Ranger Drive, Hereford, Texas 79045.

You may go online and sign the guestbook at www.mendezandmullins.com