Ringler, Charles A. 

KILGORE -- Services for Charles A. Ringler, 82, of Kilgore, will be 2 p.m. 
Friday, June 9, 2006, at the Rader Funeral Home Chapel, with Chaplain Newt 
Cole officiating. Burial will follow in Algoma Cemetery of Marshall. Mr. 
Ringler passed away Tuesday, June 6, 2006, in Kilgore. He was born December 
26, 1923, in Marshall. Mr. Ringler graduated high school from Woodrow Wilson 
High School in Dallas. He served our country in the United States Marine Corps, 
5th division, 28th regiment-weapons company, during World War II. Mr. Ringler 
was in the invasion of Iwo Jima. After the war, he earned his BSBA degree in 
marketing from the University of Arkansas, where he was academically honored 
in the Phi Beta Kappa and the Alpha Kappa Psi fraternities. He married Peggy 
Smith in 1948. Mr. Ringler was sales manager for Nehls Chevrolet in Marshall 
for 15 years before purchasing Center Chevrolet in Kilgore in 1966. Their 
company expanded in 1979 with the purchase of Steakley Chevrolet in Temple, 
which is now Don Ringler Chevrolet. After the sale of Ringler Chevrolet of 
Kilgore in 1985, Mr. Ringler stayed active in his investment ventures. He was 
a member of the First Baptist Church, the Kilgore Rotary Club, and the Kilgore 
Chamber of Commerce. He was also a 32nd degree Mason. Mr. Ringler is survived 
by his wife, Peggy Ringler of Kilgore; a son and daughter-in-law, Don Al and 
Linda Ringler of Temple; granddaughter, Cecilia and her husband, Dave 
Pellouchoud of Longmont, Colorado; a grandson, Donnie Ringler of Temple; a 
great-granddaughter, Lila Moon Pellouchoud of Longmont; sister-in-law, Mrs. 
Herman A. Smith Jr. of Harvey, Louisiana; and among several nieces and nephews 
are Herman Smith III and his wife, Rolly Ann and their daughter, Amber, of 
Slidell, Louisiana. Memorial contributions may be made to the United States 
Marine Military Academy, 320 Iwo Jima Boulevard, Harlingen, TX 78550; or the 
charity of choice. The family will receive friends from 6-7:30 p.m. Thursday 
evening, June 8, 2006, at Rader Funeral Home. Please leave online condolences 
at www.Raderfuneralhome.com

Published in the Longview News-Journal on 6/8/2006.