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Richard Castleberry, of Alvin, TX
Date Deceased: Sept-5-2009 at age 66
Cause of Death: Heart failure
Survived By: Daughter, Regina Cochran And grandson, Kyle, age 11
I am the daughter of Richard Castleberry, it breaks my heart to have lost my father only a few short months ago. My Dad was a man of man talents. He was a fix-it-all kind of man. He was always tweaking something like Tim the Tool man Taylor. He had a partnership with a California based company, OPTO-22, which he used their software for industrial automation of processing plants and surveillance. He owned several businesses during his life as well as owned & operated his own trucking terminal with leases through such companies as, venture transport, Dynasty, Acme, Western American, and Ace transportation. In the 80'd he actively build and raced stock cars for dirt track racing and Destruction Derby cars for the Houston Live stock show & Rodeo. Dad was a licensed electrician, SATV Installer, MSCE Certified Technician and administrator. The man was a work horse. He completely re-wired the electrical wiring in an old family home in 100 degree weather with only one helper, his 10 year old grandson.. With his Elvis like looks and mesmerizing charm, the ladies considered my mom to be very fortunate to have him for her husband. He also had a heart of Gold. If anyone needed help, he would be the first to offer assistance. He loved to travel but as he became older he remained fairly close to home when Moms health had begun to decline. Richard L. Castleberry, a great man; very much loved and missed. For those of you who may have known my Dad, I’m sure he would have loved to attend your reunion. If you would like more information or just to say hi, please keep in touch with me. I’m sure my Dad would have like that.... god bless you all and best wishes to each one of you.
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Walker West
Dick Castleberry, Rod Wright and I started Madera High on the same day as seniors. We met in line signing up for school and were the only seniors to do so. Since we were the only “new kids” in that class and since it seemed like everyone else had known each other since from at least sand box on and weren’t real big on “outsiders”, we hung out together all that year. We’d go to movies together, get a coke after school, the usual stuff. See if this sounds like your Dad: Dick claimed he could run at a certain miles-per-hour rate. I said “Not a chance” so we decided to test it one night. He ran beside my car down a quiet residential street while I kept track on the speedometer. While I don’t remember how fast he was to run, I do remember that he did in fact hit the speed he said he could for a short distance. I was duly impressed and he was exhausted but he did it. He got me motor oil for wholesale for the old clunker I drove as his mother had married a Texaco distributor (as I recall) which saved me a lot as that old car just drank oil. Dick, as I recall, joined the Navy right out of High School and I never saw nor heard from him again. I’ve wondered from time to time what became of Dick and Rod and its good to know Dick had a successful life and a loving daughter. Please accept my regrets for the loss of your father.
Walker West