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Garlin Glenn Scoggins
Garlin Glenn Scoggins
October 22, 1923 – April 11, 2017
DENTON – Garlin Glenn Scroggins, 93 passed away April 11, 2017 in Denton, TX.
A funeral service will be at 11 a.m. April 15 in the chapel of The White Family Funeral Home of Bowie. Burial will follow at Salona Cemetery.
Garlin was born Oct. 22,1923 in Bellevue to Floyd and Maud (Perry) Scroggins. He graduated from Bowie High School and then attended North Texas Agriculture College in Arlington.
Garlin served his country in the United States Army during WWII. He moved back to Bowie where he met and married Bonnie Williams on Aug. 21, 1946 in Henrietta. They moved to College Station to finish his bachelors degree in agriculture education and then back to Bowie where he taught veteran ag classes.
In 1951 he went to work for Paradise School District as an ag teacher. While in Paradise, he took summer classes at Texas A&M and earned his masters degree. He also taught ag for Northwest School District in 1959.
From 1960-1964 he was an ag teacher at Bridgeport School District and in 1964 they moved to Denton and he worked as an area five supervisor for Ag education. In 1968, they moved to Austin and he became executive secretary for the Future Farmers Association and eventually became director of ag education for the Texas Education Agency.
Garlin retired in 1983 and moved to Montague while building their home in Bowie. After his retirement, he raised cattle in the Bowie area.
He is preceded in death by his parents, Floyd and Maud Scroggins; four brothers; one sister; daughter, Caron Martin and granddaughter, Paige Nicole Martin.
Garlin is survived by his wife, Bonnie Scroggins, Denton; children, Gary Scroggins and wife Becky, Decatur, and Cathy Browning and husband Bob, Keller; son-in-law, Terry Martin, Denton; grandchildren, Michelle Hickox and husband Rob, Plano, Chris Martin and wife Karmen, Denton, Matthew Browning and wife Jennifer, Proster, Justan Browning and wife Joelle, Lantana, Nathan Martin and wife Jaime, Fort Worth, Todd Scroggins and wife Danielle, Decatur, Colin Martin, Denton, and Alyse Corbin and husband Neil, Lake Dallas; 14 great grandchildren; and numerous nieces and nephews.
Arrangements have been entrusted to The White Family Funeral Home of Bowie.
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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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