Sterling B. Bunkley, age 93, a former longtime resident of Orange, Texas died Thursday, September 18, 2008 in a local nursing home. Services and burial will be held in Orange at a later date.

Mr. Bunkley was born December 28, 1914 in Waxahachie to Horatio and Catherine Durmire Bunkley. He was reared and educated in Waxahachie and Breckenridge. He attended North Texas State in Denton. He worked as an instrument mechanic for DuPont Chemical Company in Orange for over 30 years retiring in 1979. He was a longtime member of First Presbyterian Church in Orange and was a member of the Orange Masonic Lodge.

Survivors include his wife, Dixie G. Bunkley of Temple, one son, Rex Bunkley and wife, Pat of Phoenix, Arizona, two daughters, Sandy Mason and husband, Clarence of Belton, Sharon Hogg and husband, Buster of Bridge City, four grandchildren and five great-grandchildren. Also surviving is one sister, Frances Warren of Abilene and one brother, Edgar Bunkley of North Carolina.