WH Eubanks (Winnsboro)
With profound sadness, we announce the passing of our beloved brother, father, grandfather, and great-grandfather Dub Eubanks on May 15, 2022. He passed peacefully in his sleep while in his home. He brought such compassion and service to all he touched, leaving a heartache no one can heal.
The family of Dub Eubanks will celebrate his life of 95 years at 9:00 AM on Wednesday, May 18, 2022, at the Lake Ridge Chapel and Memorial Designers. We invite you to view the live-streamed service on this page and view his Life Tribute Video.
Dub was born on Valentine’s Day in 1927 to Alma and Estelle Eubanks in Cleburne, Texas, and moved to Floyd County when he was eight years old. He joined the Navy during World War II and was stationed in the Philippines. Once he returned home, he took a job as a lineman with the Southwestern Bell phone company. On May 18, 1952, he married Wanell (Nell) Huckabee in Floydada, Texas. After moving the family to Dallas in 1963, he put in the phone system at Love Field, and when JFK was assassinated, he worked with the FBI putting in the phones at the safe house for Marina Oswald. During this time, he had his three daughters: Sue, Julie, and Ann. (He used them as the remote control for the TV.) Nell and Dub often went to elaborate lengths at Christmas to play Santa Claus for the girls. After Southwestern Bell split, he retired and worked another ten years at the Dallas North Tollway. Julie and her family would sometimes stop at his booth on the way to visit, waving at him quickly before they drove on to see him at his house after work.
When that season of his life came to a close, they retired to a gorgeous lake house in Winnsboro, TX. Dub enjoyed the quiet serenity in Winnsboro, where he kept bees, gardened, and fought raccoons who were stealing seeds from his bird feeders. Nothing made him happier, though than when the family came to visit. He’d take the grandchildren out in the paddle boat and get them set up with fishing lines on the dock.
Dub was fiercely devoted to his family: he was the type of father and grandfather to go out and provide for their every need. Goldfish and Gatoraid were quickly delivered when someone was sick. If a grandchild needed a sweater, he’d come back from the store with five. Birthdays were celebrated every Friday night with cake, ice cream, and candles (regardless if anyone actually had a birthday.) He had the strongest sweet tooth: he once ate half a pie, said aloud he didn’t know if he liked it, and resolved to eat the other half just to make sure. Turns out, he didn’t like it. A devout Christian, he believed in the power of service and generosity, often providing all he could for those he loved.
He leaves behind his sister Aurie Compton, daughter Sue and husband Pete; his daughter Julie and husband David, with grandchildren Matthew, Elizabeth, and Michael, and great-granddaughter Aspen; and daughter Ann, with grandchildren Justin, Candice, and Kristin, with great-grandchildren Hayden, Jackson, and Grace and soon to be here Evelyn; various nieces and nephews; and 1 Granddog Bullet.
He was preceded in death by his loving wife of 69 years, Wanell Eubanks; father, Alma Eubanks; Mother, Estelle Eubanks; brother Earl Eubanks; brother Oran Eubanks; son-in-law Steve Barnard.
