Virgil Earl Batie passed away on Friday, December 12, 2014 of cancer at the Town East Rehabilitation and Health Care Center in Mesquite, Texas. Virgil Earl Batie was born December 26, 1938 in Dallas, Texas. He was 75 years old. He worked at GoodLuck Oil and Construction. He also worked Security. He is survived by six children - Roy Lee Batie of Mesquite Tx., Virginia Ann Batie of Rowlett Tx., Beverly Charlene Compton of Mesquite, TX., George Philip Batie of Balch Springs, Tx., Virgil Earl Batie Jr. of Arlington, Tx., and Martha Kay Austin of Tuscola, Tx. Grandchildren - Travis, Justin, Eathan, Candace, Brandi, and Christi. He also has a twin Sister Virginia Ross, and Helen Palmer. As well as many nieces and nephews and a host of friends. Virgil Earl Batie enjoyed hummingbirds, fishing, hunting, building projects and working on vehicles. He was preceded in death by his son Earl Lee Wayne Batie of Seagoville, Tx., his mother Ruby Batie and his father Buster Batie of Canton, Tx., and his brothers Lloyd and Don Batie of Ben Wheeler, Tx. Virgil Earl Batie was dearly loved and will be forever missed by all who knew him! Poem: "We Will Never Forget" Our hearts still ache in sadness and secret tears still flow, What it meant to lose you, no one will ever know. No farewell words were spoken, no time to say good-bye, You were gone before we knew it and only God knows why. If love could have saved you, you would have lived forever.