Mrs. Kay Bullock

Waymon Bullock was born in Lufkin, Texas in 1936 to Leamon F. and Carrnie E. Bullock. He entered the Lufkin beginner band program in the seventh grade and continued until he graduated in 1954. He then enrolled at Lamar University in Beaumont, Texas, where he earned his Bachelor of Science degree in music studying trombone. Upon graduating from Lamar in 1958, Bullock began his band-teaching career in Diboll where he taught for 3 years. He then moved to Dayton where he taught for four years. In 1964 Bullock moved back to Lufkin where he served as band director for the next twenty-two years. His close ties with Stephen F. Austin State University led him to pursue a Master of Arts Degree in Music, as well as a sixty-hour Administrator’s Certificate in public education.
After suffering a serious accident at a UIL Marching Contest in 1984, Bullock retired as band director at Lufkin High School in 1987. During his 22 years in Lufkin, Bullock earned twenty UIL Sweepstakes Awards. In 1994, Bullock was named by the Gamma Phi Chapter of Kappa Kappa Psi as its inductee into the Stephen F. Austin State University Band Director Hall of Fame for his “outstanding dedication and continued work with the bands of East Texas.” In 2000, Bullock was also awarded the Lifetime Meritorious Achievement Award by the Texas bandmasters Association for his “dedicated service to bands of Texas.” Two years later, he was inducted into Lufkin High School Alumni Association’s Hall of Honor, which recognizes outstanding graduates of Lufkin High School. He was inducted in the Alpha Chapter’s Phi Beta “Hall of Fame” and the inaugural class of Lamar University’s Music Hall of Honor. In 2010, Bullock was honored as the first person to receive Lamar University’s prestigious music award, Wings of Inspiration, for his “inspirational leadership.”
Bullock lived in the small community of Etoile on Lake Sam Rayburn, where he enjoyed fishing and gardening. Although Bullock was “officially retired,” his involvement with music and bands was ongoing. Once he retired from Lufkin, he taught short terms as band director in Garrison, Huntington and Hemphill, as well as periodically at SFA. He continued to serve as an adjudicator and band clinician and devoted his extra time to his long-time passion of designing marching drills, arranging music and composing music.
Bullock and his wife, Kay, have four children: Mike, who is the band director at Jacksonville High School; Holly Jo, who teaches elementary music in Lufkin; Connie, who teaches in Lufkin; and Kelley, who is a mother in Tyler. They are also proud grandparents of their two granddaughters and eight grandsons.
Bullock passed away in November of 2014.