Mark Stephen Quinton, Sr.

He was born in San Antonio, Texas to parents, Eloise (Holland) and Martin Henry Quinton who were from a long line of descendants of Burnet County. Mark attended school in San Antonio, Texas and graduated high school in 1965 from Thomas Edison High School. He served in the Army as an Artillery Survey Specialist from July 1966 - April 1968. While serving in the Vietnam War he received The Army Commendation Medal for Meritorious Service During the Period of May 1967 to April 1968 and the First Oak Leaf Cluster for Meritorious Achievement in the Republic of Vietnam During the Period January 31, 1968 to February 11, 1968.

Mark came from a long line of military veterans to include his father; Martin H. Quinton who served in the Army in the Pacific Theater from January 1943 - January 1946 and received a Bronze Star. The line of service continued with his uncles; Kenneth and Clifton Holland, his brother; James Quinton, sister; Ellen Quinton, and son; Mark Stephen Quinton Jr.

Mark was preceded in death by his parents; and his sister Olivia Diane (Quinton) Holland. He is survived by his sister Ellen, her daughter Krystal and husband Myk Smith, brother James and his wife Lourdes, son Mark Stephen Quinton Jr. and his wife Jeanette; and his 3 grandchildren.

You never said Im leaving,

You never said goodbye.

You were gone before I knew it,

And only God knew why.

A million times I need you,

A million times I cried.

If love alone could have saved you,

You never would have died.

In life I love you dearly,

In death I love you still.

In my heart you hold a place,

Than no one could ever fill.

It broke my heart to lose you,

But you didnt go alone.

For part of me went with you,

The day God took you home.

Author - Unknown

In lieu of flowers, the family requests you please donate to The Fisher House Foundation.