Mr. Bruce F. Hubbard Jr., age 74, of Centreville, Alabama, entered into eternal rest on Saturday, September 28, 2019 at the VA Medical Center Hospice in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. He was born January 21, 1945 in Tuscaloosa, Alabama to the late Bruce F. Hubbard, Sr. and Myrtle Duncan Hubbard. Bruce served in the United States Army including a tour in Vietnam. In recent years, he retired from his work at the University of Montevallo.
Bruce is survived by his wife, Billie Jean Hubbard, of Centreville, Alabama; daughters: Brenda Kay Brantley, of Centreville, Alabama, Susan Colburn, of Tuscaloosa, Alabama, and Cynthia Fleming(Ronald), of Brierfield, Alabama; a son, Lester Earl Cochran, of West Blocton, Alabama; his brother, Tim Hubbard(Melissa) of Valley Grande, Alabama; his sister, Peggy Hubbard McCullough(Bobby) of Diamondhead, Mississippi; four grandchildren, and numerous nieces and nephews. Bruce was preceded in death by his parents and by a sister, Carolyn Hubbard Ingram.
Visitation will be held Saturday, October 5, 2019 from 10:00 AM to 11:00 AM, followed by a funeral service. The visitation and funeral will be held at Rockco Funeral Home Chapel in Centreville, Alabama. Burial will follow at Pondville United Methodist Church Cemetery in Brent, Alabama.
Bruce's family would like to thank the caring staff of Druid City Hospital ICU and the VA Medical Center Hospice for their kindness and devotion to Bruce's care.
Serving as pallbearers are Shayne Clark, Junior Earl Cochran, Leslie Duncan, Jeffery Hubbard, Jerry Hubbard and Bobby McCullough.
