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Cy (Cecil V) Young

Cy (Cecil V) Young
October 2, 1919 – March 24, 2017
BOWIE – Cy (Cecil V) Young, 98, died on March 24, 2017.
A funeral service will be at 2 p.m. March 31 in the chapel of The White Family Funeral Home.
A visitation will be one hour prior to the service on Friday.
He was born Oct. 2, 1919 in Bowie. Graduating from Bowie High School as the first recipient of a fully funded football and academic scholarship to Abilene Christian University.
After receiving his degree in 1941, he coached and taught at Saint Jo Texas High School for one year before enlisting in the Navy after Pearl Harbor. Following boot camp in Virginia, he was attached to Allied Head Quarters planning the invasion of Italy in Algiers, North Africa. Young received a promotion to Lieutenant and returned to the U.S. for training in New York and California.
Assigned to the USS Carteret, A.P.A. 70 as a boat officer, he served throughout the Pacific including Iwo Jima and Okinawa. Always grateful for the GI Bill, Cy began work on his master’s at the University of Texas in Austin, receiving his degree in 1952 at the University of North Texas.
Following his service, he resumed his coaching and teaching carrier. He coached in Highland Park, Dallas, Graham and Decatur.
He was the founder of the longest continually running track meet in the State of Texas, The Possum Kingdom Relays. He served as chairman of the Texas High School Coaching Association. Throughout his career, and into retirement, Cy remained active in many organizations.
He was founder and president of the Bowie Education Foundation, and the Montague County Retired Teacher Association, where he served as president and legislative chairman.
In 1991, he founded The Iwo Jima Survivors Association, a national organization including all branches of the service. He also worked with Rosa Ogawa of Tokyo and the Japanese survivors of Iwo Jima to join in the 1999 reunion in Wichita Falls.
Cy married Evelyn Cohron (1923-1973) in 1946 and Estelle Donald in 1981.
He is survived by his son, Randy Young, Dallas; daughter, Jan Reddick and husband Richard, Ada, OK, daughter, Kay Lyon and husband Rick, Dallas; grandchildren, Brandon Reddick and wife Keiko, Plano, Matt Reddick and wife Emily, Dallas, Katie Reddick, Norman, OK; step-granddaughter, Angie Grimes and husband Todd, children Riley and Jake; great grandchildren, Kai, Noa and Allen Reddick both of Plano, and MacKinnon Reddick, Dallas; and numerous nieces, nephews and many loving friends.
Memorials may be made to The Bowie Education Foundation in care of Legend Bank, 101 W. Tarrant St., Bowie Texas 76230 or a charity of choice.
Arrangements entrusted to The White Family Funeral Home in Bowie.
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OBITUARIES
David Roy Jackson

August 12, 1941 – June 6, 2025
SUNSET – David Roy Jackson, 83, died on June 6, 2025.
The family received friends from 6-8 p.m. on June 9 at the White Family Funeral Home in Bowie.
A funeral service took place at 11 a.m. on June 10 at the White Family Funeral Home in Bowie with Doyle Wade officiating.
He was born on Aug. 12, 1941, in Decatur to Louis Connell and Cleo LaRue (Payne) Jackson. He graduated from Bowie High School in 1959 and soon later joined the National Guard to courageously service his country. All of his life he traveled all over the country as an independent truck driver.
He is preceded in death by his parents; brother, Rob Jackson; and nephews, Kent Jackson and Heath Jackson.
He is survived by his son, Kurt Jackson, Sunset; daughter, Cristi Bolton, Southlake; two grandchildren; one great-grandson; brother, Louie Jackson, Park Springs; three nephews and one niece.
Arrangements entrusted to the White Family Funeral Home of Bowie.
OBITUARIES
Worth Cornelius Clark

November 1, 1935 – June 5, 2025
BOWIE – Worth Cornelius Clark, 89, died on June 5, 2025.
A visitation took place from 6-8 p.m. on June 11, at White Family Funeral Home in Bowie.
A funeral service took place at 11 a.m. on June 12 at the White Family Funeral Home with Jimmy Davis officiating. Burial followed at Alvord Cemetery.
Clark was born in Fort Worth to Worth Douglas Clark and Violet Alvis Linley Clark. He was raised in Tater Hill (Arlington). He married to the love of his life, Adrin Gay Roberson in Fort Worth on Jan. 15, 1954. They raised their four daughters in Arlington. He played softball as a pitcher for Tate Springs Baptist Church, Tarrant Road Baptist Church, American Airlines and Ben E. Keith. He was a carpet installer for 40-plus years.
He is preceded in death by his parents, Worth Douglas Clark and Violet Alvus Linley Clark; sisters, Martha Linda Stevens and Cynthia Gay Pittman; brother, David Eugene Clark; sister-in-law, Lois Marie Clark; brother-in-law, Jean Francois Fehlbaum and grandson, Trace Lee Sexton.
He is survived by his wife, “Babe” of 71 years, Adrin Gay Roberson Clark; sister, Brenda Kay Fehlbaum; two brothers-in-law; daughters, Deborah Ann Martin, Valerie Lynn Bailes, Joni Gayle Clark and Tammy Renee Bolling; 11 grandchildren; seven great-grandchildren; and numerous nieces and nephews.
Arrangements entrusted to the White Family Funeral Home of Bowie.
OBITUARIES
Dean Allen Shaffer

June 24, 1962 – May 18, 2025
BOWIE – Dean Allen Shaffer, 62, was escorted to the gates of heaven May 18, 2025 at 12:34 a.m. in the arms of his loving wife Christal Shaffer after complications of pneumonia
A celebration of life for Dean was held at 11 a.m. on May 31 at the First Baptist Church in Alvord followed by a meal for the family.
Dean was born June 24, 1962, in Lander, WY. While quiet and soft spoken, he had a mighty love for the Lord, his wife of 38 years and his family. Dean was an incredibly hard worker, but all who knew Dean also knew how generous he was. He enjoyed cooking outside, hosting get-togethers at their home, having a drink and listening to good music as well as spending time with his bees.
He is preceded in death by his mother-in-law, “Memom” Linda Stevens and loving sister-in-law, Terri Shaffer and sister-in-law, Linda Shaffer.
Dean is survived by his wife, Christal Shaffer; children, Justin Shaffer and wife Kayla, Miles Shaffer, and Ainsley Hernandez and husband Josue; his children in Christ, Chris Lovell, and Andrew Stevens and wife Sutton; grandchildren, Kayden Shaffer and fiancé Nathan Mac, Colton Shaffer and wife Payton, Jaid, Remi, Briggs, Watts, Hutch, Justice and Maverick; great-grandchild, Colter; his parents, James Oliver Shaffer and Alice Bethine; siblings, Randy Shaffer, Cheryl Shaffer and partner Mike Hoffman, Mike Shaffer and wife Kim, Cathey Tewes and husband Andy; numerous other nieces, nephews and family members.
Arrangements entrusted to the White Family Funeral Home of Bowie.
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