Lifelong Beaumont resident, Albert Thomas Rutledge, 79, passed away Monday, July 24, 2006 at Calder Woods Retirement and Care Facility in Beaumont.
Albert was born in Rosedale, Texas and lived and worked in Beaumont his entire life. Following service with the United States Air Corps as a paratrooper in World War II, Albert returned to Beaumont and found employment as an instrument technician at Magnolia Refinery (later Exxon-Mobil) in 1948. In the 1960’s, he moved to the newly constructed Mobil Chemical facility where he worked until his retirement in 1996, after forty-eight years of service. His tenure at Mobil included a seven year stint at a petro-chemical plant in Yanbu, Saudi Arabia. Albert also worked and completed various special projects for Mobil Chemical in the years after his formal retirement.
Albert is survived by his wife of fifty-eight years, Hazel Rutledge of Beaumont; daughters, Mildred Morgan of Beaumont, Marlene Jennis and her husband Mike of Sour Lake, and Martha Williams and her husband Doug of Waco; son-in-law, Harry Morgan of Vidor; brothers, John Rutledge and Virgil Rutledge both of Beaumont; six grandchildren, Brady Alexander, Michael Morgan, Robert Morgan, Noel Williams, Preston Williams, and Taylor Williams; great grandson, Nathan Williams; and great granddaughters, Callie Williams and Caroline Williams.
Albert Rutledge counted as the great loves of his life his beloved family and his association with Mobil Chemical. His greatest joy was his six grandsons.
Funeral services will be 10:00 a.m. Friday, July 28, 2006 at Broussard’s, 2000 McFaddin, Beaumont with Reverend Todd Jordan and Reverend Vickie Peters of Trinity United Methodist Church, officiating. Burial will follow at Forest Lawn Memorial Park with his six grandsons serving as pallbearers. A gathering of family and friends will be from 5:00 p.m. until 8:00 p.m. Thursday, July 27, 2006 at the Mortuary.
Memorial contributions may be made to Trinity United Methodist Church, P.O. Box 5247, Beaumont, Texas 77726 or to Alzheimer’s Association, 3195 Calder, Suite 200, Beaumont, Texas 77702.
