Lawrence “Larry” William Brule
Lawrence William “Larry” Brule passed away Sunday evening, October 11, 2026, while in hospice care in Texarkana, following several years of declining health.
OCTOBER 17, 1945 – OCTOBER 11, 2026
Lawrence William “Larry” Brule passed away Sunday evening, October 11, 2026, while in hospice care in Texarkana, following several years of declining health.
Born October 17, 1945, in Kearney, Nebraska, Larry was the son of Joe and Geraldine “Jerry” (Zimmer) Brule. At the time, his father was stationed there with the Army Air Forces. Following the family’s return to the Texarkana area, they settled on a cotton farm near the community of Mandeville, Arkansas, which would soon be converted into a cow-calf operation. His childhood was spent hunting, fishing, training horses, baling and hauling hay, and raising cattle, experiences that fostered a lifelong love of the outdoors.
After graduating from Arkansas High School in 1963, Larry attended East Texas State University. In 1968, he married Pamela Kay “Pam” Posey, with whom he had three children.
Following a stint with Cooper Tire, he returned to Texas and began a career in the oil industry, working as a roughneck, an oilfield services salesman, and eventually a wildcatter. His work took him from California to offshore rigs in the Gulf of Mexico. Following the oil industry collapse of 1986, he moved his family back to Texarkana, where he held a variety of jobs, although anyone who knew him might reasonably have concluded that hunting and fishing were his true occupations.
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An enthusiastic sportsman and fierce competitor, Larry participated in just about anything that offered the opportunity to win. He was, by his own family’s reckoning, something of a sore winner. He brought that same competitive spirit and boundless enthusiasm to his children’s activities, whether hunting and fishing with his sons or coaching his daughter’s soccer and softball teams. His involvement was enthusiastic, occasionally overbearing, and not always solicited, but it was never in doubt. His children may not have always appreciated the extent of his involvement at the time, but they came to recognize it as one of the many ways he expressed his love for them.
An exceptionally talented wingshot, he occasionally put his skills to use at the expense of his fellow duck hunters. He was known to pick off a single duck from a flock flying high overhead, sending the rest scattering before anyone else had a chance to bring them into the decoys. He found this considerably more amusing than his hunting companions did.
Larry generally did what he wanted, when he wanted, and seldom saw much reason to complicate matters beyond that. But he was a warm, kind man with an easy sense of humor who was well-liked by those who knew him.
He is survived by his three children, William “Doug” Brule (Robin) of Simms, Texas; David Brule (Katie) of Philadelphia, Tennessee; and Laura Stryker (Alan) of Arvada, Colorado; and six grandchildren, Riley Brule, Catelin Brule, Noah Brule, Reagan Brule, Ripley Stryker, and Evangeline Stryker.
A visitation with the family will be held Saturday, October 17, 2026, on what would have been Larry’s 81st birthday, from 1:00 to 2:00 p.m. at Texarkana Funeral Home.
Courtesy of Texarkana Funeral Home.