OBITUARIES
Bobbie Jo Wylie
February 1, 1933 – February 4, 2023
NOCONA – Bobbie Jo Wylie, 90, transitioned to her heavenly home on Feb. 4, 2023 in Nocona.
Bobbie’s family will receive friends from 6 – 8 p.m. on Feb. 8 at Scott-Morris Funeral Home Chapel in Nocona. Her service will be at 2 p.m. on Feb. 9 at First United Methodist Church in Forestburg with interment following at Perryman Cemetery.
Bobbie Jo Wylie was born on Feb. 1, 1933 to Ollie Lloyd Tipton and Izora (McCool) Tipton in Forestburg on the site where Decie Ellzey’s home stood. She spent most of her early years living in Nocona, Benjamin and Sanger. Receiving a strong dose of the McCool/Mitchell genes, she was a very strong-willed person. In school she excelled in basketball, winning all district honors while playing for Sanger High School.
While living in Benjamin, she started working for the local telephone company and transferred to Saint Jo as a telephone operator. There through lifelong friends Clifford and Dorothy Richardson, she met George Ditzler (Red) Wylie Jr. They were married in February 1954. These friendships lasted a lifetime. On more Sunday afternoons than not, you could find them with these friends and sometimes more at Clifford and Dorothy’s home where the game was 42.
She traveled all over Texas with 4-H kids and also traveled the state going to Longhorn cattle shows. Until Red’s death the two owned and operated the local grocery, market, gas and feed store called Wylie’s Grocery. Her long-time treasured friend Catherine Willis would say, “You can get everything from barbed wire to cucumbers there.” They also raised cattle.
Bobbie is preceded in death by her husband; her parents; sister and brother-in-law, Louise and Junior Wade; two brothers, Thomas Eugene Tipton and Samuel Lloyd Tipton; brother-in-law, Merwyn Tucker, and sister-in-law, Thelma Josephine Wylie.
She is survived by one daughter, Sheree Roberts and husband Jim Bob, Forestburg; two grandchildren, Kimberly Collins and husband Jim, Sadler and Jy Roberts, Denton; one great-grandchild, Wylie Collin, Sadler; sister, Polly Ann Tucker, Sanger; sisters-in-law Miyoko (Jeanie) Tipton, Pilot Point and Clara Tipton, Sanger; many nieces, nephews and a host of loved and cherished friends.
An Online Guestbook is available at scottmorrisfh.com.
Arrangements entrusted to Scott Morris Funeral Home in Nocona.
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September 5, 1945 – March 9, 2025
BOWIE – Glyn Ann Beck, 79, died on March 9, 2025.
Beck was born on Sept. 5, 1945, in Saint Louis, MO to Les and Glyn Ann Frailey. She worked as a flight attendant for American Airlines.
She was married to Glenn Beck her husband and best friend. She was known for her love of horses, and raised a world champion quarter horse, Quick Going and was a certified show secretary for horse shows all over the United States. She was a loyal member of AQHA, NCHA Association, The Cowboy Church and the Montague County 4H chapter.
She was preceded in death by her parents, Les and Glyn Frailey; and her brother; Bruce Frailey.
She is survived by her husband, Glenn Beck, Bowie; son, Danny Beck, Bowie and her brother, Steve Frailey, Hawaii.
Arrangements entrusted to the White Family Funeral Home of Bowie, TX.
November 20, 1934 – March 13, 2025
OKLAHOMA- Sarah Blasingame, 90, died on March 13, 2025 in Tulsa, OK.
A visitation was at 1 p.m. on March 22 at Jerry Woods Funeral Home Chapel.
A funeral service was at 2 p.m. on March 22 at Jerry Woods Chapel with Bryan Boothe officiating. Interment followed in Dye Mound Cemetery, Montague County Texas. Pallbearers were Scott Dixon, Clayton Fellows, Hunter Climer, Mark Means, Kash Means, Michael Blasingame and Scott Blasingame. Honorary pallbearers were Jim Blasingame and Kelly Hall.
She was born on Nov. 20, 1934 in Corinth, MS.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Neal Jay Blasingame; parents, Jack Akin, Luther and Ethel Wilkins; brother, Jeri Wilkins; son, Wayne Blasingame; daughters, Barbara Harell and Inez Crain; grandchildren, Christine, Charles and Travis; and great grandchildren, Randy, Taci and Kaylee.
She is survived by her sister, Shirley Chileski; children, Harold, Larry, Roy, Mike and Kay Blasingame; 24 grandchildren; 44 great grandchildren; 19 great-great grandchildren and three great-great-great grandchildren, along with many nieces and nephews.
A special thank you to Church on the Move, Sonny Ozuna and Rob Means.
July 23, 1931 – March 4, 2025
NOCONA – Gloria Ann Stone, 93, died on March 4, 2025 in Nocona.
There will be a memorial service at 11 a.m. on March 29 at Nocona Hills Community Church with Pastor Paul Coronado officiating. A private family interment will take place at a later date.
She was born on July 23, 1931 in Oakland, CA to Robert and Laura Frace Van Cleave. Stone was a hard-worker all of her life, working as a dental assistant. She was a member of Nocona Hills Community Church, The Delphians and The ARC’s.
She is preceded in death by her parents; son-in-law, Henry “Hank” Starke, and brothers, Robert and Edward Van Cleave.
She is survived by her children, Laura Starke, Nocona and James H. Stone, Fort Meyers, FL; brother, Phillip Van Cleave, Midlothian, VA and grandson, Christian Johnson, Austin.
Memorial donations may be made to The Stanley Fulton Memorial Veteran’s Fund at Nocona Hills Community Church, 104 Nocona Dr., Nocona, TX 76255.
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