PHILL KIRK
FT. SMITH, ARKANSAS-Services for Phillip Lynn "Phill" Kirk, 63, Fort Smith, AR, formerly of Ada are 11:00 a.m. Saturday at the Criswell Funeral Home Chapel, Dr. Rusty Fuller and Rev. David Gray will officiate. Burial will follow at Oakwood Cemetery in Wewoka with Rev. Don Sayre officiating. The family will receive friends from 6:00 p.m. until 8:00 p.m. Friday at Criswell Funeral Home.
Mr. Kirk died Monday, April 18, 2011 at a Fort Smith hospital. He was born August 1, 1947 in Ponca City, Oklahoma to S. G. and Jewell G. Reed Kirk. The family moved to Ada about 1958 from Seminole and he graduated from Ada High School in 1965. He graduated from East Central University in 1969. He was a member of Phi Kappa Tau fraternity. He later received a Master's degree from Oklahoma City University.
He married Nancy Burris on July 15, 1978. Mr. Kirk was the Supervisor of the work release program in both Oklahoma City and McAlester, the Supervisor of the Oklahoma Women's prison in McAlester and the Deputy Warden of the Men's prison in McAlester. He was a State Probation Officer in Wewoka, and had served as the United States Probation and pre-sentence investigator for the Eastern District of Oklahoma in Durant until his retirement. He also had taught Criminal Justice at Southeastern State University at Durant.
From elementary through high school he was active in Trinity Baptist Church's Royal Ambassadors. He was the Oklahoma Representative to the national convention of Royal Ambassadors in Washington, D. C. Mr. Kirk was the Choir Director for the Streetman Road Baptist Church in Mead, OK and volunteered with the Oklahoma Baptist General Convention at the Lake Texoma Baptist Resort Ministry in Mead and he was a member of the Bryan County Disaster Relief Team in Durant. He served in the Oklahoma National Guard and U.S. Army Reserve retiring as a Lieutenant Colonel.
Survivors include his wife, Nancy Kirk, of the home; a son, Bryan Kirk, Fort Smith; his mother, Jewell G. Kirk, Fort Smith; and a granddaughter, Kirsten Kirk, Fort Smith.
He was preceded in death by his father, S. G. Kirk and an infant brother, Steven Wynn Kirk.
In lieu of flowers, the family requests that donations be made in the name of Phillip Kirk to the Alzheimer's Association of Fort Smith, AR, 320 North Greenwood Ave., Fort Smith, AR 72901. Please specify that the donation is for "Research".
Bearers will be Don Sayre, Dennis Cavins, Dan Baskin, Jim Kinnett, Keith Henley and Jim Henley.

Criswell Funeral Home, Ada