Albert Purdy Buck

AL BUCK, BORN DECEMBER 4, 1937 IN MIAMI FL, GRADUATED ROLLINS COLLEGE IN 1972 WITH A BACHELOR OF SCIENCE DEGREE. BUCK WAS AN INDUSTRIAL HYGIENIST BY PROFESSION AND WAS MADE A FELLOW BY THE PROFESSIONAL SOCIETY OF HIS INDUSTRY. HIS CAREER SPANNED WORKING FOR THE FLORIDA SEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION DURING THE PAVING OF THE DAYTONA SPEEDWAY TO CONTRACT WORK FOR NASA ON THE APOLLO MISSION, CALIBRATING WATER QUALITY FOR THE ASTRONAUTS. BUCK WAS AN AVID INVENTOR AND ENTREPRENEUR, HOLDING SEVERAL U.S. PATENTS., HE LEVERAGED HIS PATENETED CREATIONS INTO A SUCCESSFUL INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS, A.P. BUCK INCORPORATED, HEADQUARTERED IN ORLANDO, WHICH PROVIDES INDUSTRIAL HYGIENE MONITORING SOLUTIONS STILL TODAY. BUCK RETIRED IN 2005 TO A HOME HE AND HIS WIFE, LINDA, BUILT AT LAKE ROYALE IN NORTH CAROLINA. BUCK PASSED AWAY ON SATURDAY, JUNE 9. WHEELER WOODLIEF FUNERAL HOME IN ROCKY MOUNT, NC HANDLED ALL ARRANGEMENTS AND INTERMENT OF ASHES AT ROCKY MONT MEMORIAL GARDENS IN THE CHAPEL OF MEMORIES MAUSOLEUM, BESIDE HIS BELOVED WIFE OF 25 YEARS, LINDA CATHERINE BILES BUCK, WHO PRECEDED HIM IN DEATH. HE WAS ALSO PRECEDED BY HIS PARENTS, HERBERT HALL BUCK AND RUTH GOODFELLOW BUCK. HE IS SURVIVED BY HIS BROTHER, VERNON JAMES BUCK (GEORGE COSCIA); DAUGHTER, PAMELA BUCK ANDERS (MICHAEL); HIS SON, MICHAEL BUCK (DEANNA); STEPCHILDREN, DAVID WYATT, KIM WYATT BRIDGFORTH (DAVID), ASHLEY MURRELL HAWKINS (KEVIN); GRANDCHILDREN, JASON, JOEY, SONIA-ANN, AND SAVANNAH ANDERS; JULIANA, CHRISTIANA, AND ARIANNA BUCK; JACKSON, HENTRY AND ELEANOR BRIDGFORTH; AND CHARLIE AND MAGGIE HAWKINS. A MEMORIAL SERVICE TO CELEBRATE THE LIFE OF ALBERT PURDY BUCK WILL BE HELD ON FRIDAY, JULY 13 AT CAREY HAND COLONIAL FUNERAL HOME IN ORLANDO, FL. MEMORIAL MAY BE DIRECTED TO CAREY HAND COLONIAL FUNERAL HOME AT 2811 EAST CURRY FORD RD, ORLANDO FL 32806.