Roll of Honor
Bobbie B. "Dub" Bullard
Incident
Bobbie B. (Dub) Bullard was the warden of the Darrington Unit of the Texas Department of Corrections in Brazoria County. Warden Bullard was leading a posse on horseback in pursuit of two escaping prisoners, Robert Emanuel Kirby and Billy D. Simmons, when he suffered a heart attack. Livestock Supervisor E. L. Osborn from the Ramsey Unit was in the posse when he saw Bullard’s horse without a rider. Bullard was found gasping for breath and alive near a creek. He died a short time later without speaking. Both convicts were captured.
Bullard had been employed by the Texas Department of Corrections since 1933. On January 16, 1934, Bullard was on duty when Clyde Barrow and Bonnie Parker shot and killed Officer Major Crowson while breaking Raymond Hamilton and Joe Palmer out of the Eastham Prison in Huntsville. Bullard was instrumental in preventing other convicts from escaping. Hamilton and Palmer were executed for the death in 1935.
Bullard had been the warden at the Darrington Unit since 1953. He was survived by his wife, Beatrice Bullard; one son, James Lee Bullard; three sisters, Mrs. Lora Arnold, Mrs. Peggy Erwin and Mrs. Ruby Wells; one brother, Rad Bullard; and two grandchildren. He was buried in the Addicks Addition of the Oakwood Cemetery in Huntsville.
Survivors
He was survived by his wife, Beatrice Bullard; one son, James Lee Bullard; three sisters, Mrs.
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Tributes
30 years. You could have gone home.
Warden Bullard gave the Texas Department of Criminal Justice 30 years. Still answering calls at the end.
Thank you for your service to the Huntsville community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Warden Bullard.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
Agency
Service Record
Incident Details
Warden Bobbie B. "Dub" Bullard is one of 1,306 officers lost to cardiac events in the line of duty across the full record of this memorial — 4% of all 32,508 officers honored here.
In TX, 88 of 2,421 officers were lost to cardiac events in the line of duty — 3.6% of this state's fallen.
At Texas Department of Criminal Justice - Correctional Institutions Division, 6 of 124 officers on record were lost to cardiac events in the line of duty — 4.8% of this agency's fallen.
National Cause Distribution
How Cardiac compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Bobbie B. "Dub" Bullard's cause is highlighted.
How Bobbie B. "Dub" Bullard Compares
When Cardiac Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Cardiac deaths across the full memorial record. Bobbie B. "Dub" Bullard is highlighted in Jun.
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