Kirk Drew
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GRANBURY — Kirk Drew, 84, beloved husband, father, grandfather, coach, mentor and Christian, passed away and went to be with the Lord on March 14, 2014 and will be missed by all for his strong leadership and Christian example. Service: 11 a.m. Wednesday at Lakeside Baptist Church. Interment: 3:30 P.M. Wednesday in Laurel Oaks Memorial Park in Mesquite. Visitation: 5 to 7 p.m. Tuesday at Wiley Funeral Home in Granbury. Memorials can be made to the Parkinson’s Foundation or Lakeside Baptist Church.
After he received his Master’s Degree from North Texas State on a football scholarship, Kirk began his distinguished head coaching career at Galena Park in Houston. Four years later, he was head football coach at South San ISD. He went to Robert E. Lee Northeast ISD in San Antonio in 1958 as head coach. At Lee, he coached what was voted on by the Texas High School sportswriters as the