Marie Dale Wright, 85, passed away Wednesday, May 10, 2006 in Bowie, Texas.
Funeral Services were at 2:00 p.m. Friday at Central Baptist Church with Reverend Jim Turner officiating. Arrangements entrusted to the White Family Funeral Home. Burial followed at Elmwood Cemetery.
Marie was born January 22, 1921 in Clarendon, Texas to Ellis Eddings and Ruby Dale Eddings Bray. She married Walter Owen Wright on November 26, 1940 in Amarillo and became a homemaker. She enjoyed gardening and raising beautiful African Violets, using her musical talents to play the piano for various churches, and making meals for her family gatherings. She was a member of the National Association of Retired Federal Employees.
She is preceded in death by her parents; husband, Walter Wright; brother, David Kelvin Eddings; three grandchildren, Dawn Marie Iverson, Peter Owen Cleveland, Whitney Faith Cleveland.
She is survived by her son, Robert Dale Wright and wife, Betty of Willow Park, Texas; daughters, Judith Cleveland and husband, Larry of Bowie and Debi Lynne Baker and husband, Mike of Guymon, Oklahoma; eight grandchildren; eleven great-grandchildren; three sister-in-laws, Betty Miller of Elk City, Oklahoma, Phyllis Lancaster of Tomball, Texas, and Dorothy Eddings of Austin; and numerous nieces and nephews.
Pallbearers were Mike Baker, Larry Cleveland, Jody Cleveland, Shannon Baker, Danny Wright, Jennifer Petty. Paid publication
Robert Lee "Bob" Haney...
Robert Lee "Bob" Haney, 74, passed from this world into heaven May 14, 2006 in Wichita Falls, Texas.
Funeral Services will be held 1:00 p.m. Wednesday in the Drawing Room of the White Family Funeral Home with Larry Miller officiating. Arrangements entrusted to the White Family Funeral Home. Burial will follow at Brushy Cemetery in Bowie.
Bob was born August 12, 1931 in Petrolia, Texas to R.D. and Alta (Mayee) Haney. He married Marlene Parsons on July 10, 1970 in Ardmore, Oklahoma. He worked for General Dynamics for ten years, 101 Feed Store in Sunset, and Bailey Operating Company in Bowie. He enjoyed going to estate sales and auctions. He loved trading and working with horses.
He is preceded in death by his parents; son, James Robert "Bubba" Haney; two sisters, Billy Patterson and Dorothy "Bud" Marsee; and one brother, Jack Haney.
He is survived by his wife, Marlene "Randi" Haney of Bowie; son, James Bradshaw of Wichita Falls; three daughters, Jeanie Dulaney of Haskell, Cynthia Renteria of San Manuel, Arizona, and Michelle Hill of Nocona; nine grandchildren; seventeen great-grandchildren; two brothers, Jr. Haney of Bowie and Larry Haney of Wellston, Oklahoma; two sisters, Patty Jackson of Velma, Oklahoma and Wanda Haney of Ponca City, Oklahoma.
Pallbearers were Roy Darden, Larry Don Byas, J.J. Miller, Wilburn Gilmore, Brian Reed, Jim Bob "Scooter" Dobyns.
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Orville Demarcus “O.D.” Greenwood, Jr. ...
O.D. Greenwood, 82, of Van, TX, passed away May 3, 2006 in Malakoff, TX.
He was born January 2, 1924 in Prior, OK to the late Orville D. and Marilda Rachel Puckett Greenwood. He was formerly of Nocona, where he retired from Nocona Boot Company. Mr. Greenwood served in the U.S. Army.
Graveside services were at 10:00 a.m. Saturday at Prairie Point Cemetery, Kerens, TX.
Survivors include: his sons, Gary, Orval, Tony, Leslie , curtis and Joe Greenwood; daughters, Barbara Greenwood, Carolynn Arnold and Judy Pruitt; one sister; thirty grandchildren; and thirty-five great grandchildren.
Mr. Greenwood was preceded in death by: his wife, Ruby Lou Greenwood, one granddaughter, one brother and three sisters.
Gilbert Earl Richardson...
Gilbert Earl Richardson, 95, passed away Wednesday, May 10, 2006 in Bowie, Texas.
Funeral Services were at 10:00 a.m. Friday at the First Baptist Church of Montague with Bennie Slack and Vernon Shaw officiating under the direction of the White Family Funeral Home. Burial followed at Montague Cemetery.
Should friends desire, memorials may be made to the Montague Volunteer Fire Department, P.O. Box 13, Montague, Texas 76251.
Earl was born April 26, 1911 in the Mallard Community of Montague, Texas to John S. and Maulcey (Couch) Richardson, the third of seven children. He attended classes at Mount Tabor School in the small community until the age of 14, when he left school to work and help support his mother and siblings after his father's death. He worked six days a week and rode in the back of a horse drawn wagon with his family to church every Sunday.
He learned to operate grain thrashers and repair machinery and automobiles. He spent long hours at the garage as a mechanic and then as a driver of a tank truck hauling gasoline until he decided to move back to the farm where he stayed until 1941. He then purchased a building across from the Montague County Courthouse and went into business serving the community with gas and automobile repair.
In 1955, Earl dug a water well and "sort of by accident" started his own water company to serve the local community. Eight years later, he would install a second water company in Sunset, Texas.
In the late 1950's, Earl's father-in-law's house caught fire. There was no fire truck in Montague. The fire department in near-by Nocona responded but by the time it reached the site the house was completely destroyed. It was then he decided to collect enough donations to purchase a water truck for the community. A tank truck was purchased and Earl converted it into a fire truck. That was the beginning of the Montague Volunteer Fire Department, an organization he has served as the fire chief for forty-eight years.
Earl married Edith Allen on November 7, 1975 in Nocona, Texas. He taught an adult Sunday School Class at the First Baptist Church of Montague and sang in the choir. He enjoyed wood working and creating sewing boxes from old wooden Coke and Dr. Pepper cases. Every year he would plant a large vegetable garden and give the produce to family and friends.
He is preceded in death by his parents; six siblings; previous wife, Wanda Ruth Richardson.
He is survived by his wife, Edith Richardson of Montague; four children, Betty Earlene Saunders of Bowie, Pearlene Eldred and husband, Bobby of Nocona, Gayle Harris and husband, Ron of Terrel, and Gwynna Six and husband, Jay of Arlington; two sisters, Jewel Miles of Fort Worth and Catherine Mitchell of San Antonio; ten grandchildren; eleven great grandchildren; four step children; fifteen step grandchildren; nineteen step great-grandchildren; two step great-great grandchildren; numerous nieces, nephews, and a host of friends.
Pallbearers were Eddie Fenoglio, Tommy Fenoglio, Royce Corado, Lynn Nobile, Jerry Bonham, Dean Spearling.
Honorary Pallbearers were Montague Volunteer Fire Department Past and Present Paid publication