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Beatrice Lilian Proctor
Beatrice Lilian Proctor
April 5, 1925 – March 2, 2016
BOWIE – Beatrice Lilian Proctor, 90, “Our English Rose” went to the arms of her Lord on March 2, 2016 in Bowie, TX.
The family will receive friends from 6-8 p.m. March 5 at The White Family Funeral Home.
A funeral service will be at 2 p.m. March 6 at the First Baptist Church of Sunset. Burial will follow at Sunset Cemetery.
Beatrice was born April 5, 1925 in Chelveston, England to Doris Mae and George Arthur Tilley. She was a gracious and devoted wife, mother, grandmother, friend, poet and author.
Beatrice was an angel to all who knew her and would win your heart if you knew her for a day or a lifetime.
She touched countless lives as an active member and Sunday School teacher at Sunset Baptist Church for 65 years. Her faith never wavered.
Beatrice married Homer Wilson Proctor on Sept. 16, 1944 in Higham Ferrers, England. As a World War II bride, she rode the Queen Mary in 1946 to join her husband in Sunset to continue their timeless love story.
She wrote several books to chronicle her transformation from English girl to Texas matriarch. Beatrice considered her four children her greatest joy and blessing, and showered them with never ending love, support and guidance.
After her many years as an accomplished mother and homemaker, she enjoyed working at Griffin’s Drug Store, volunteering as a “Pink Lady” for Memorial Hospital and for Hospice Thrift Store as a cashier. She enjoyed her last days talking and playing cards at the Independence Hall.
She is preceded in death by her beloved husband Homer Proctor in 1999; and sister, Hazel.
Beatrice is survived by her children, Roy Proctor and wife Linda, Bowie, Donnie Proctor, Sunset, Jeanie Stark and husband Ralph, Bowie, and Mary Anne Holmes and husband Judson, Bloomington, IN; sister, Gill Papworth, England; brother, Ronald Tilley, Florida; grandchildren, Sheila, Randy, Rowdy, Amber, Mari, Dylan, Chelsea, Hannah, Hayden and Houston; 18 great-grandchildren; and numerous nieces and nephews.
Arrangements have been entrusted to The White Family Funeral Home of Bowie.
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Oct. 7 is the last day to register to vote in the Nov. 5 general election.
Voters also should double check their voter registration to make sure all the information is up-to-date. Go to votetexas.gov on the Texas Secretary of State’s website to make any address changes.
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Fill in the required information, print and sign the complete application. At this late date it may be best to deliver the registration form in person to the election office in the courthouse annex at Montague.
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Marty Hilton and his crew with City of Saint Jo Public Works pulled an all nighter repairing an eight-inch water main break along U.S. 82 and Boggess Street. The break was reported around noon on Wednesday. City officials said one of the hardest parts was digging on U.S. 82 and when large trucks would go by the vibrations kept making the walls fall down causing them to be dug out again. The repair was completed at 10:30 a.m. Thursday and the water turned back on. The city is under a boil order until the water tests are complete, which can’t happen until Monday when the lab reopens. (Courtesy photo)
Tawni Jones Ledbetter was arrested on July 10 by law officers in Hood County on a warrant for making a false statement to the Texas Alcohol Beverage Commission.
Ledbetter was released from jail on $10,000 bond. While the former owner of The Rack lists Bowie as where she lives, she also remarried earlier this year to a man who resides in Granbury.
The TABC complaint could be handled as a misdemeanor according to the public information office, but additional details were unavailable as of presstime. The PIO indicated it depends on the specific type of case and he did not have the warrant information at the time of the call.
Read the full story in the mid-week Bowie News.
CORRECTION – In the Wednesday Bowie News this article in the print edition stated Ledbetter was the owner of The Rack, this is incorrect. She is no longer owner of this business. We apologize for this error.
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