OBITUARIES
Evelyn Lee Fox
Evelyn Lee Fox
March 25, 1920 – January 21, 2014
WICHITA FALLS – Evelyn Lee Fox, 94, her light was extinguished Jan. 21, 2015 in Wichita Falls, TX.
The family received friends from 5-7 p.m. Jan. 23 at The White Family Funeral Home.
Funeral service will be at 2 p.m. Jan. 24 at First Freewill Baptist Church in Bowie. Burial will follow at Buffalo Springs Cemetery.
Evelyn was born March 25, 1920 in Post, TX to John and Jennie (Winslow) Lawson. She married Bob Fox on Feb. 28, 1942 in Henrietta and resided in Buffalo Springs for more than 50 years before moving to Bowie.
Evelyn and Bob enjoyed 61 wonderful years together. She worked as a seamstress for Levi Strauss, Howard Wolfe Dress Factory and Haggar Slack Company. Evelyn later worked for Sheppard Air Force Base doing alterations for officers. She was a member of First Freewill Baptist Church of Buffalo Springs. Evelyn enjoyed gardening, crafts, quilting, reading and cooking. She was a homemaker and a cat lover.
She is preceded in death by her parents, John and Jennie Lawson; husband, Bob Fox; five brothers and five sisters.
She is survived by her daughter, Bettye Ingram, Grandfield, OK; son, Bobby Fox and Lee Mitchell, Aurora, CO; three grandchildren, Kelly Ingram, Dallas, Kimberley Ingram, Fruita, CO and John Ingram, Rockville, MD; and numerous nieces and nephews.
In lieu of flowers donations may be made to Hospice of Wichita Falls at 4909 Johnson Road, Wichita Falls, TX 76310; First Freewill Baptist Church God’s Table at 505 Strong Street, Bowie, TX 76230; and Buffalo Springs Cemetery Association at 4465 Liberty Road, Bellevue, TX 76228.
The family would like to express their appreciation to the staff at Texhoma Christian Care Center and Hospice of Wichita Falls.
Arrangements have been entrusted to The White Family Funeral Home of Bowie.
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February 9, 1968 – July 4, 2026
BOWIE – Steven Douglas Drury, 58 died on July 4, 2026.
A private celebration of life for the family was on July 10.
He was an entrepreneur and created his business Drill Rig Depot.
He is survived by his wife, Christina Drury; four children, Sydney, Ben, Bailey and Josie; six grandchildren; parents, Don and Lois Drury; and brothers, David, Danny and Christopher.
Arrangements entrusted to the White Family Funeral Home of Bowie.
December 22, 1959 – July 1, 2026
SUNSET – John Wayne Shelton, 66, died on July 1, 2026.
There was a celebration of life for him from 5 – 7 p.m. on July 10 at Nocona Brewery.
He was born on Dec. 22, 1959 to Wade and Thelma Shelton in Nocona. He worked in the oilfield most of his life. He married Stephanie Burleson on Dec. 13, 1984 in Nocona.
He is preceded in death by his parents.
He is survived by his children, Jared Shelton, Bowie and Stacia Lorenz, Tennessee; sister, Serina Thomas, Bowie; four grandchildren and one great-grandchild.
Memorial donations made to the American Heart Association, www.heart.org.
Arrangements entrusted to the Jerry Woods Funeral Home of Nocona.
March 3, 1962 – July 6, 2026
WICHITA FALLS – Weldon Ray Duff, 64, died on July 6, 2026.
There was a visitation from 6 – 7 p.m. on July 10 at Jerry Woods Chapel in Nocona. A graveside service was at 10 a.m. on July 11 at Ringgold Cemetery with Richard Allen officiating. Pallbearers will be Mike Bonham, Jimmy Smith, Hatch Womack, Lynn Bugsy Allen, Blake Allen, Marlin Franklin, Joe Barnhill and Butch Matthews.
Duff was born on March 3, 1962 in Henrietta to Benjamin Franklin Duff Jr. and Myra Durham Duff. He worked as a machinist and was known as a “Jack-Of-All-Trades.”
Duff was a member of Bowie Masonic Lodge 578. He married Jowana Bussey on Aug. 8, 1980 in Ringgold.
He is preceded in death by his parents.
He is survived by his wife, Jowana Duff, Ringgold; daughter, Jessica Lierly, Collinsville; sister, Becky Case, Stoneburg; brother, Benjamin Franklin Duff III, Lonegrove, OK and three grandchildren.
Memorial donations may be made to Hospice of Wichita Falls, 440 Cypress Ave., Wichita Falls or Ringgold Cemetery Association, 1108 Hanson Rd., Ringgold.
Arrangements entrusted to the Jerry Woods Funeral Home in Nocona.
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