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Edna Merle McGee (Hill) Harvill

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Edna Merle McGee (Hill) Harvill
February 4, 1936 – January 11, 2020
BOWIE – Edna Merle McGee (Hill) Harvill, 83, passed away on Jan. 11, 2020 in Bowie TX.
The family received friends from 6-8 p.m. Jan. 14 at The White Family Funeral Home.
A funeral service will be at 2 p.m. on Jan. 15 at First Baptist Church of Bowie. Burial will follow at Elmwood Cemetery.
Edna Merle was born on Feb. 4, 1936 in Forestburg to Pryor and Vera Mae McGee. She graduated from Forestburg High School. She became a Christian at the age of 13. She was a member of First Baptist Church of Bowie. She served as a Sunday school teacher, a choir member, headed up the Intercessory Prayer Ministry, served as a pianist and numerous other ministries.
She worked for the Farm Service Agency for 32 years in Montague County, Nacogdoches County and Comanche County. She also worked as the church secretary at First Baptist Church in Bowie and First Baptist Church Comanche for eight years.
She worked with Hospice in Comanche County, taking courses to be certified at two different levels. She worked actively in the American Cancer Society in Comanche and was involved with the United Way for several years in Bowie. She was involved in a project called “State and County office Automation Process” for the U. S. Department of Agriculture. She won the award for superior service award in the category of support personnel. She also won the high quality performance award in 1983. She never met a stranger, she loved everyone and lived out her faith daily.
She was preceded in death by her parents, Pryor and Vera Mae Mcgee; her first husband, Gordon Loyd Hill; her brothers, Don, Dale, Mayo and Jan McGee; her sister, Jane Griffin; brother-in-law, Don Campbell and sister-in-law, Sharon Campbell.
Edna Merle is survived by her husband, Bert Harvill; her brother, Chris McGee and wife Betty; her sister, Virginia Wilkirson and husband Kenneth; her sons, Shannon Loyd Hill and his wife Kathaleen Hill, and Gordon Matthew Hill and his wife Brenda; her stepsons, Riley Harvill and his wife Rebecca, Kevin Harvill and his wife Becky; grandchildren, Amy Puchaty and her husband Ethan, Molly Lee and her husband Daren, Aaron Hill and his wife Marlee, Gordon Hill, Cadon Hill, Jake Harvill, Lizzie Blaising, Kate Blaising, Justin Whitlock, Emily Wheat; great grandchildren, Lexi Lee and Lincoln Lee; many nieces, nephews, cousins and friends.
Arrangements entrusted to The White Family Funeral Home of Bowie.
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Amanda Ellisa Horton

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August 7, 1992 – March 20, 2024
NOCONA – Amanda Ellisa Horton, 31, died March 20, 2024 in Wichita Falls, TX.
A visitation was from 2 – 4 p.m. on March 23 at Jerry Woods Funeral Home Chapel in Nocona. A funeral service was at 2 p.m. on March 24 at The Veranda Inn officiated by Karen McCord. Interment followed in Nocona Cemetery.
She was born to David Wade and Brandy Horton on Aug. 7, 1992 in Gainesville.
She is preceded in death by her grandfather.
She is survived by her parents, Brandy Horton, Nocona and David Wade, Moore, OK; her grandmother; children, Devon Killen and Brielle Hernandez, both of Nocona and sister, Cally Wade, Denton.
Memorial donations may be made to strayevol.org/donate or Lucky Paws Animal Shelter, 653 Airport Rd., Nocona, TX 76255.
Arrangements entrusted to Jerry Woods Funeral Home of Nocona.

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Sherman Clay Edwards

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December 12, 1951 – March 13, 2024
BOWIE – Sherman Clay Edwards, 72, died March 13, 2024.
The family will receive friends from 6 to 8 p.m. on March 20, at the White Family Funeral Home in Bowie. A funeral service will take place at 11 a.m. on March 21 at the White Family Funeral Home. Burial will follow at Briar Creek Cemetery in Bowie.
He was born Dec. 12, 1951, in Shamrock, TX to Cecil and Mary Edwards. A 1970 graduate of Boswell High School in Saginaw, he also served in the United States Air Force.
He married Marilyn Apala on May 30, 1980 and they were together close to 44 years. He dedicated his working years to the family-owned E&S floor company in Saginaw, alongside his parents and brother. In his retirement he was a bus driver for Bowie Independent School District.
He is preceded in death by his son, Jaime Edwards; parents, Cecil Edwards and Mary Edwards and his brother, William Edwards.
He is survived by his wife, Marilyn Edwards; sons, Casey Edwards and Cody Edwards; daughter, Kimberly Wagner; his brother and sister-in-law; eight grandchildren and three great-grandchildren as well as numerous nieces, nephews, aunts, uncles and cousins.
Arrangements entrusted to the White Family Funeral Home of Bowie.

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Nelda Virginia Howard

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August 28, 1949 – March 14, 2024
NOCONA – Nelda Virginia Howard, 74, died March 14, 2024.
Visitation was from 5 -7 p.m. on March 17 at Jerry Woods Funeral Home Chapel in Nocona. A funeral service was at 2 p.m. on March 18 at Valley View Baptist Church in Spanish Fort, officiated by Pastor Cameron Whitley. Interment followed at Liberty Chapel Cemetery in Montague County.
She was born Aug. 28, 1949 in Hondo, TX to Bill and Bernice Brown, and lived in Devine, TX for the duration of her childhood. She graduated from Devine High School in 1967. Pursuing career opportunities, she moved to San Antonio, where in 1969 she met Steven Thad Howard, and the two married on April 14, 1970. They then moved to Fort Leonard Wood, MO and in early 1972, they returned to Spanish Fort.
While living in Spanish Fort, she was an active Valley View Baptist Church leader and Sunday school teacher. She also was president of the Prairie Valley 4-H and a Texas Foster Care and Adoptive Services certified foster parent. She returned to Devine from 1990-1992, where she received treatment for and overcame stage four ovarian cancer. After returning from Devine in 1992, her family has since called Nocona home.
She was preceded in death by her parents and brothers, Bill Brown, Mike Brown, Roy Brown, Dusty Brown and Bob Brown.
She is survived by her husband, Steve Howard, Nocona; children, Heath Howard, Krum, Heather Porter, Elk City, OK, Hank Howard, Nocona and Hannah Whitley, Humble, TX; 13 grandchildren; one great-grandchild and siblings, Milton Brown, Karen Kohlleppel, Dana Palmquist, Mark Brown and Gaye Matthews.
Memorial donations may be made to Valley View Baptist Church, 6159 Hwy 103, Nocona, TX 76255.
Arrangements entrusted to Jerry Woods Funeral Home of Nocona.

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