RIP BILL SCURLOCK

[BEAVERMAN]

https://contemporarymakers.blogspot.com/2024/10/william-bills-scurlock-obituary.html

Another old timer passes young!

[Bigsmoke]

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.
John (Bigsmoke)

[Hank in WV]

Don't really know why, but I was surprised he was that young.

[BEAVERMAN]

Don't really know why, but I was surprised he was that young.

Me too!

[Winter Hawk]

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!

~Kees~

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.

[Bigsmoke]

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.
John

[Winter Hawk]

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!

~Kees~