OBITUARIES
Larry Tim Hargrove
March 21, 1939 – January 9, 2021
BOWIE – Larry Tim Hargrove, a true and faithful servant of the Lord, was called to his heavenly home on Jan. 9, 2021.
A funeral service was at 11 a.m. on Jan. 15 at the First Baptist Church of Bowie, with Pastor Mike Henson and Dr. Matthew Harding officiating. There was an open visitation at 1 p.m. on Jan. 13.
Born on March 21, 1939 to Leonard Timothy and Abbie Leta May Hargrove in Effingham, IL, the life of a truly extraordinary human being began. His zest for life, genuine interest in others, contagious laugh and commitment to his Lord and Savior are but a few of the qualities to be mentioned.
Larry graduated from Natrona County High School in Casper, WY and from there attended Casper Junior College. Later he attended Arlington State College and then transferred to North Texas State College where he received his degree in education and was a member of the Kappa Alpha Order. Being an outstanding baseball, football, basketball and track athlete all through his youth and young adulthood, coaching was a natural calling for him. Following in his Dad’s footsteps, baseball was always a special interest but he found himself employed as a head coach in football and athletic director for the majority of his career in education.
His first teaching and coaching job was in Fabens, TX in 1962. From there he moved to Corpus Christi where he met the love of his life, Jackie. The birth of their daughter, Marci, completed their family. His teaching and coaching career took him to various other communities in Texas for 32 years including Gregory-Portland, Buna, Paradise, Little Elm, Hubbard, Pilot Point and Mineral Wells. Wherever he went, Larry was always an inspirational coach and leader, not only in the school but in the community as well.
With every new job, he was an integral part of starting and encouraging participation in the Fellowship of Christian Athletes and The Fifth Quarter to his players. Larry received numerous accolades in establishing and developing successful programs and leading those programs into the state playoff competitions in football, basketball, baseball, and track, but his true passion was developing young men into the kind of men that they themselves became leaders in their homes, their schools, their churches, and their communities.
Retiring from Mineral Wells Independent School District, he and Jackie moved to Bowie to be close and of assistance to his deserving mother. As with each new location they called home, they took an active and vital role in the community and church.
Larry was an ordained deacon in the Baptist church and accepted many roles in each church he and Jackie joined. Wherever he and Jackie lived, they were always role models and mentors in the school, church and community and were an encouragement and steadfast support to all who knew them.
Larry was a beloved son, brother, husband, father, uncle and friend of which the greatest role being a father.
He is preceded in death by his parents, wife, Jackie and brothers, Don and Jon.
Larry is survived by his daughter, Marci, Keller; brother, Ron and Tom; sister-in-law, Barbara, Richardson, Lora; nephews, Josh, Lafayette, LA and Matt, Dallas; niece, Megan, Wichita Falls and Lexi, Chico.
Should friends desire, memorials can be made in honor of Larry to the Fellowship of Christian Athletes at FCA.org.
Arrangements entrusted to the White Family Funeral Home of Bowie.
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OBITUARIES
Minnie Mae Duchaine
November 8, 1932 – April 18, 2024
BOWIE – Minnie Mae Duchaine, 91, passed away on April 18, 2024 after a brief illness.
A graveside service took place at 10 a.m. on April 23 at the Montague Cemetery with Chaplin Phillip Weitner officiating.
Minnie was born on Nov. 8, 1932 to Johnie and Ethel (Hise) Dalton in Montague County. She lived the majority of her life in Bowie. On Dec. 17, 1949 Minnie married Joseph G. Duchaine. The couple went on to have three children, Connie J. (Molly), Norma J. (Nunn) and David R. Duchaine. She had five grandchildren and 10 great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her parents; husband; daughter, Connie; two brothers, Hershel and Johnny and her sister, Colleen LaMascus.
Please make a donation to St. Judes or Shriners Hospital in lieu of flowers.
Arrangements entrusted to the White Family Funeral Home of Bowie.
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Nancy Karen Stine Stewart
June 20, 1948 – April 21, 2024
FORT WORTH – Nancy Karen Stine Stewart, 75, died April 21, 2024.
The family will receive friends at noon on April 24 at the White Family Funeral Home in Bowie. A funeral service will follow at 2 p.m. A private interment will follow in Ringgold.
She was born June 20, 1948 in Wichita Falls to Mary Nelle (Hawkins) and the late Ward L. Stine of Bowie. She lived in Ringgold for her childhood years and attended a one-room primary school in Stoneburg.
Her family relocated to Bowie when she was 12 years old and she was active in many forms of music throughout high school including leading and directing the Bowie Jackrabbit Marching Band as the Drum Majorette. She participated in baton twirling and classical dance and played the piano along the pageant circuit. She was awarded Miss Fort Worth, Texas First Runner-Up in 1966 and crowned the first Miss Jim Bowie in 1967 for the Jim Bowie Days Rodeo festivities.
Her alma mater was Texas Christian University where she focused on her passion for music, including piano and oboe studies. After graduation in 1970, she developed a studio of private piano students and was the organist for many years at Azle Christian Church. She was part of the Delta Gamma Sorority and later chaired several phenomenal Delta Gamma Alumnae charity fundraisers. She also hosted international piano students from every corner of the world, including Australia, Germany and England and would offer them insight to the Fort Worth cultural life.
She is preceded in death by her paternal grandparents; her maternal grandparents; father, Ward L. Stine and her son, William Wade Stewart.
She is survived by her mother, Mary Nelle Stine, Bowie; brother, Herb H. Stine, Wichita Falls; son, H. Laine Stewart, Weatherford; daughter, Laura Kay Hughes, Newton, MA; seven grandchildren; one niece and two great nieces.
Arrangements entrusted to the White Family Funeral Home of Bowie.
OBITUARIES
Allen Dale “Rocky” Williams
SAINT JO – Allen Dale “Rocky” Williams, 75, died April 20, 2024.
A visitation will be at 10 a.m. on April 27 at the Saint Jo Church of Christ followed by a funeral service at 11 a.m. Burial will follow at Mountain Park Cemetery.
Williams was a football coach, educator and administrator for 43 years prior to his retirement in 2014. He earned a bachelor’s degree in secondary education from the University of North Texas in 1971 and a master’s degree in educational administration from Texas A&M Commerce in 1974. He received numerous accolades throughout his career including multiple Teacher of the Year awards and coached two football teams to the State Championship in New Mexico.
He was preceded in death by his father, Irb Cofer Williams and mother, Minda Allen Williams.
He married his wife of 53 years, Ann Williams, in Saint Jo in 1971 and they had two children, Amber and Scott Williams, as well as seven grandchildren. He also had three brothers Pete, Jimmy and Don Williams and one sister, Bobbie, all of whom grew up in Saint Jo.
Arrangements entrusted to Scott Funeral Home of Saint Jo.
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