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Bob Speegle was born in Hamlin, Texas on December 2, 1925 and died on June 12, 2019. He attended high school in Denison, Texas where he became an Eagle Scout.
In 1944, Bob served as a battlefield medic in Europe in World War II. He was a member of the 42nd Infantry Division, the presidentially cited Rainbow Division in France. While serving in Europe, he learned to speak Spanish and German.
When he returned home, Bob went to the University of Texas at Austin on the GI Bill, and then studied medicine at the University of Texas Medical Branch in Galveston. He built the first hospital in Garland and practiced medicine until he was 86 years old.
Bob was a member of the American Medical Association, The Dallas County Medical Association, Texas Medical Association, American Academy of Family Practice, and served as Chairman of the Accreditation Committee for the Texas Medical Association and Texas Hospital Association for 13 years.
Bob had a lifelong love of hunting. He collected 31 huntable North American game animals with a rifle by age 65, and then took up bow hunting and spent 17 years accumulating the then 29 huntable North American game animals with a bow. He is the only person to date to have accomplished this feat.
Bob was a member of Shikar Safari Club International and served as its president in 1983-84. He was a life member of the Dallas Safari Club. He has participated on the boards of many hunting organizations.
Bob has won many prestigious hunting and conservation awards including the Weatherby, the Conklin, and the Ovis Awards. From 1984 to 2017, he was chairman of the selection committee for the Weatherby Award. He has chaired the Dallas Safari Club Outstanding Hunter Achievement Award from its inception until 2017.
Bob had a great love for his family, for medicine, and for hunting. He is survived by his wife of 60 years, Linda Randolph Speegle, his daughter Melanie Ann Shotwell and her husband Peter, and his two grandchildren, Jacob and Katie Shotwell. He is also survived by his nephew Robert Bryan Shaw and his wife Jan, and his niece Cindy Dorough and her husband Tim and sons Travis and Dylan, and his sister-in-law Rhonda Mullen.
Bob's funeral will be at the First Presbyterian Church of Garland at 11:00 a.m. on Wednesday, June 19th, 2019. Visitation will be on Tuesday the 18th from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. at Williams Funeral Home, 1600 South Garland Avenue, Garland, Texas 75040
In lieu of Flowers, Memorial donations may be made to First Presbyterian Church, 930 West Ave. B, Garland Texas75040, to the Building and Grounds Fund.
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