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Janet Faye Whitecotton
June 20, 1966 – November 3, 2021
JUSTIN – Janet Faye Whitecotton, 55, passed away on Nov. 3, 2021 in Justin, TX.
Her family is planning a memorial service for a later date.
Janet was born on June 20, 1966 in Bowie to Robbie and Dorthy Whitecotton. She graduated from Nocona High School as valedictorian in 1984. She married Roger Smith that same year and while married, they had their only child, a son, Fayde Hunter Smith in 1988. She attended the University of North Texas and Midwestern State University between the years of 1984-1988. She enjoyed working in the greenhouse and spent most of her years locally with her last years being spent caring for her mother.
Janet is survived by her son, Fayde Smith; parents, Robbie and Dorthy Whitecotton, Montague; brothers, Robert Whitecotton and David Whitecotton, Montague and several nieces and nephews.
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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.
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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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