Celebration of Life Set for Stephen Puckett
A Celebration of Life will be held Jan. 25 for Treasurer Stephen Puckett, CGA, who passed away unexpectedly in his home Dec. 20. Services will be held at 2 p.m. at Redeemer Bible Church, 721 Easton Rd. in Dallas. A reception in the church’s Fellowship Hall will follow.
Puckett was a mortgage loan officer with Prosperity Bank in the Park Cities. Raised in Dallas, he earned a B.S. degree in economics from Texas A&M University. He began his career as a production builder here in 1984 shortly before the energy collapse, moving soon thereafter into banking, where he had been for the past 35 years.
Steve’s career included secondary marketing and REO management, with the past 25+ years as a mortgage loan officer providing lending services to builders and their clients for construction financing, including interims and one-time close as well as take outs, refinance and standard purchase mortgage financing.
He had been a member of the Dallas BA since 1994, having served on numerous committees including several Parade of Homes™ Committees and, more recently as secretary/treasurer of the Dallas Division since 2009. In October he was installed as treasurer of the Association, an office he has held three times before, serving continuously from 2016 to 2021. Steve earned his Certified Graduate Associate designation earlier this year.
In 2020 he was honored with the Dallas BA’s Clyde J. Anderson Associate of the Year Award. This award is bestowed annually to the associate member who provides exemplary service
to the Association, its members and to the industry as a whole.
His diligence as treasurer helped the Association through many challenges that year. When the COVID-19 crisis descended, many of the Association’s efforts were invested in keeping the
industry open, essential and informed. However, at the same time, it was important that the Dallas BA secure necessary financial assistance to keep operations at full strength. Puckett
helped secured assistance for the Dallas BA through the Paycheck Protection Program at a time when very few associations were able to do so.
Steve is survived by his wife Drue; daughter Amanda Cargill and her husband Kenneth; son Scott Puckett and his wife Daniella; and two grandchildren, Emily and George Cargill.
In lieu of flowers, the family requests that donations be made to either Steve’s beloved high school, Jesuit College Preparatory School of Dallas (click HERE to make a gift); or to Operation Finally Home (click HERE to donate in Steve’s name).