Sonny Plunkett – Waskom, Texas

J.T. Plunkett, son of Etoy (Rowell) and Tommie Plunkett, was born in rural Bienville Parish, LA on January 6, 1941 and died peacefully on August 24, 2021.  Sonny succumbed to advance aging of the brain, and passed away at the Linder home in Keithville, LA – where he received the utmost loving care. Sonny graduated from Castor High School and entered the trucking industry, retiring after thirty years to pursue his love of horses and cattle. Never meeting a stranger,  Sonny always enjoyed hard work, a good laugh and a practical joke.

Sonny Plunkett was a beloved husband to his wife, Margaret; kind and loving father to his children; and a compassionate man to his grandchildren and great grandchildren.  He was preceded in death by his parents and siblings Lucy West, Nelwyn Hoffmeyer, Mertha Culbertson, Ima Grace McBroom and Ronald Plunkett; he is survived by his wife; children Vicky Spruell (Mark) of Carrollton, GA, Brad Plunkett of Villa Rica, GA and Mike Plunkett, Fayetteville, AR; grandchildren, Kyle Plunkett, Emily Ducote (Wayne) and Kate Johnson (Stephen), and great grandchildren Maddox Ducote, Braxton Ducote, Maverick Ducote and Lenna Johnson and Jaxon Plunkett. Sonny is also survived by his sisters Hazel Sullivan of Ashland, LA and Carol (Cotton) Nelson of Castor, LA along with more nieces and nephews than can possibly be named or counted.

A Celebration service for Sonny will be Friday August 27, 2021 at the First United Methodist Church of Waskom at 1305 West Texas Avenue, Waskom, TX at 3:00. Visitation will be at the church from 1:00 until time of service.

In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the First United Methodist Church, P. O. Box 427, Waskom, TX 75692-0427 or, like Sonny, you could become a regular blood or platelet donor. He would be honored if you did so in his memory (LifeShare Code 11881331).