Mr. George

Wayne Michael George, 62, of Pidcoke died at home on Nov. 12, 2021.

The family will receive guests for a time of visitation from 5-7 p.m. Nov. 16 at Crawford Bowers Funeral Home of Copperas Cove.

Funeral services will be held at 10 a.m. on Nov. 17 at Crawford Bowers Funeral Home. Interment services will follow at Pidcoke Cemetery.

Wayne was born on Dec. 19, 1958 at Fort Hood, and he resided in Copperas Cove, where he graduated from high school.

He secured a degree in electronics from Central Texas College, then embarked on a career in avionics that spanned 30 years.

In 1987, he began with Beech Aerospace, later known as L3 Communications, as an avionics manager for the Rover program based out of San Antonio. During his 17 years with Beech, he became a Beechcraft service technician for the T-1A aircraft and spent a year on assignment in Iraq. Upon his return stateside, he provided service for the Navy UC-12B in Corpus Christi.

He ended his avionics career with Boeing at Fort Hood, providing service to the 747. Wayne was fond of saying he had visited 38 states, 17 countries and five continents fixing broken airplanes.

After settling into his residence in Pidcoke, Wayne began a career with the state prison system in Gatesville.

An avid horseman and outdoorsman, Wayne was active in the Randolph Brooks Air Force Base riding community, participating in numerous trail rides, and he competed in Cowboy Mounted Shooting with his horse Fancy. He also enjoyed fishing and hunting, and would go any chance he got.

He had a love for all things mechanical and was a regular at car shows, showing off his 1934 Ford coupe, and was in the process of building a ’66 Chevy truck.

Wayne was preceded in death by his parents, Allen M. and Johnnie M. George, and his sister, Barbara S. Bowen.

He is survived by a nephew, John D. Bowen and his wife Chris of Lampasas; a niece, Teressa Hattaway and Duke Moore of Granger; his brother-in-law, Larry W. Bowen of Lampasas; along with numerous cousins, nieces and nephews.