Charles (Chuck) Barton Kerr
1928 - 2021

Chuck Kerr passed away on July 27, 2021. He was born in 1928 at Fort Amador in the Canal
Zone, Panama, to Therese Barton Kerr and Lt. Maurice S. Kerr who were stationed there at the
time.
Chuck graduated from Central Catholic High School in 1947 and later attended St. Mary's
University. He was stationed in Atlanta, GA as a private first class from 1953 to 1955 during the
Korean Conflict.
He married Mary Jane Bagwell in 1950 and had two children, Charles (Charlie) and Mary
(Cissie).
In 1959 Chuck married his old high school sweetheart, Maxine Dozier Thome. Chuck and
Maxine had one son, Robert Michael Kerr.
He worked for the San Antonio Metropolitan Health district for 33 years and retired as a
registered sanitarian.
After retiring from the City of San Antonio in 1986, Chuck was occupied with the care of two
miniature Dachshunds and membership in two bowling leagues and two bridge clubs.
Chuck was preceded in death by his parents, both wives, two step children, Lisa Valentine and
her brother David Thome. He is survived by his two sons and daughter, nephew Frank Ferese
and wife Margaret; niece Laura Tift and husband Kevin; niece Susy Greer; and stepson Don
Thome.
Chuck has donated his body to the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio
for medical research.