Jerald Patrick (Bus) Hough
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Dr. Jerald Patrick "Bus" Hough, 92, died July 28, 2020. Mass of Christian Burial: 10a.m., Tuesday, August 11, 2020 at St. Andrew Catholic Church. (Masks required) Interment: Noon, Tuesday, August 11, at Greenwood Memorial Park. Visitation: 5-7p.m., Monday, August 10, with rosary beginning at 5:30p.m. at Thompson's Harveson & Cole Funeral Home.
Jerry was born January 4, 1928, in Mercedes, TX, to Travers E. Hough, Sr. and Mattie James Hough. He graduated from Harlingen High School at the age of 16, completed premed at UT Austin in three years, and went on to Tulane University in New Orleans. He became board certified in pediatrics. In New Orleans, Jerry met Marilyn Elizabeth Russum, to whom he was married for 46 years until her death in 1993.
Jerry served in the US Air Force as a pediatrician, and later in the reserves as a radiologist, retiring as a Colonel. In 1957, he began his pediatric practice in Oak Cliff, Texas. After completing a radiology residency in 1977 at St. Paul Hospital in Dallas, he and Marilyn moved to Fort Worth where he began practicing radiology at All Saints Episcopal Hospital. Following his retirement in 1997, he attended the University of Dallas, earning a Master's degree in theology. He also studied Spanish, led dog training classes, served as Eucharistic Minister, and traveled with his large family on many trips and cruises.
Jerry is preceded in death by his parents, wife, and brother, Travers E. Hough, Jr. MD.
Survivors: Daughter, Mary Elizabeth Honey Hough Rae; son, John David Hough and daughter-in-law, Chandra Tagnani Hough; six grandchildren; 18 great grandchildren; brother, James George Hough, Sr.; and many nieces and nephews.
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