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Author Topic: RIP BILL SCURLOCK  (Read 535 times)

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RIP BILL SCURLOCK
« on: October 12, 2024, 11:44:19 PM »
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Re: RIP BILL SCURLOCK
« Reply #1 on: October 13, 2024, 09:17:40 AM »
Well, shucks, that's just a shame.
I do recall meeting him a few times over the years and having a couple of phone conversations about what, I cannot recall, most likely powder horns.
I think the obit was pretty much right on, to me he was just that kind of fellow.
RIP, Bill, you will be missed.
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Re: RIP BILL SCURLOCK
« Reply #2 on: October 13, 2024, 05:59:42 PM »
Don't really know why, but I was surprised he was that young.
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Re: RIP BILL SCURLOCK
« Reply #3 on: October 13, 2024, 07:23:41 PM »
Don't really know why, but I was surprised he was that young.

Me too!
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Re: RIP BILL SCURLOCK
« Reply #4 on: October 13, 2024, 10:19:22 PM »
That just doesn't sound right.  If he was 65, he would have been born in 1959.  I just looked at the printing date of the Book of Buckskinning (1st edition) and it was 1981 which would have made him 22 years old, and Scurlock publishing was already a going concern.  I suppose it might be correct but it seems he should have been another 5 years older at least.

No matter, may he rest in peace!

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I did a search and this came up: https://www.texarkanafuneralhome.com/obituary/william-bill-scurlock
Born October 25, 1958, so he died just short of his 66th birthday.

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Re: RIP BILL SCURLOCK
« Reply #5 on: October 13, 2024, 10:43:16 PM »
Kees, IIRC, Bill Scurlock's dad actually started the magazine and he stepped in and broadened its range.
That could explain why he was so young sounding.
I recall when I met him, I think it was at Friendship, he did seem quite a bit younger than I was at the time.  evidently, I was right about that, by about 14 years.  I am thinking that would have been in the late 1980's, so he was already up and running in the publishing business.
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Re: RIP BILL SCURLOCK
« Reply #6 on: October 14, 2024, 09:50:04 PM »
The obituary says that Bill was the founder of Muzzleloader Magazine, no mention of his Dad in that capacity.  It's a puzzle, that's for sure!

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