Family will be receiving friends Thursday, March 11, 2021, from 12 until 2 p.m., at Kilgore-Green Funeral Home. Funeral service will follow at 2 p.m., in the Kilgore-Green Chapel, with burial at Carbon Hill Memorial. Todd Hunter and Richard Handley will officiate.
He was preceded in death by his parents, Lance and Minnie Kirkpatrick; siblings, Chuck, Norman, Betty, Carl, Annette, Sam, Jimmy, L.C., Ronald and Noel.
He is survived by his loving wife for 64 years, Gail Kirkpatrick; children, Joe Neal Kirkpatrick (Sharon), Donna Handley (Marty) and Anita Collins (James); grandchildren, Andrea, Amanda (Jimmy), Courtney and Kasey (Jason); great grandchildren, Braxton and Anna Belle; sister, Mary Deloach and a host of nieces, nephews and friends.