OBITUARIES

Odis A. Davis

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8 years ago

07/14/2017

Odis A. Davis
January 10, 1927 – July 14, 2017
NOCONA – Odis A. Davis, 90, died on July 14 in Nocona.
The funeral was at 10 a.m. on July 15 at Bethel Baptist Church in Nocona. Family visitation took place from 6 to 7 p.m. on July 14 at Jerry Woods Funeral Home Chapel.
Burial followed at Nocona Cemetery with Brian Spivey officiating.
Davis was born Jan. 10, 1927, in Courtney, OK to the late Ben and Mattie (Norvell) Davis. He married Mary Lou Robinson on June 2, 1944, at Marietta.
Odis and Mary Lou are the parents of three children: Twin sons Ronnie and Donnie, and another son Jerry Dan. Ronnie lives in Nocona, as do Donnie with wife Carrie, and Jerry Dan with wife LaDonna. Odis and Marylou are the grandparents of six grandchildren: Shawn Davis, Jarret Davis, Branda McEwen, Erica Patton, Zachary Smith, and Kristyn Starnes. They also are proud great-grandparents of 16 great grandchildren: Henley and Samuel Davis, Jase, Bodie, and Ava Davis, Kaden, Mattie, Gabby, and John McEwen, Ayden, Corbyn, and Dani Patton, Skyler and Bayler Smith, and Ryker Starnes to whom he is survived by, along with his wife of 73 year MaryLou and sister Lawana Forsythe of Wilson, OK.
Odis was preceded in death by his parents Ben and Mattie, siblings Jim Davis, Edith Davis Watkins, Lillian Davis Houge, Stanford Davis, Eldon ‘Bud’ Davis and beloved daughter-in-law Mary Beckman Davis.
In their younger years, Odis and Marylou lived in Courtney, where they farmed cotton until boll weevils demolished their livelihood. They then took all the money they had and moved to San Jose, CA, where they worked in an onion processing plant.
Although they had some family living there in California, the couple was unhappy being so far from the majority of their family in southern Oklahoma. They stayed in California just long enough to earn enough money to move back to Oklahoma.
In 1950, they moved across the Red River from Courtney to Nocona, where Odis secured a job with Union Tank Company. He worked for this company until 1959.
Working for “Union Tank” meant good pay; but when the company decided to move its headquarters, Odis knew he would be transferred. He and Mary Lou were very satisfied living in Nocona and had no desire to leave. So in 1959, they sold their new home and car and invested the money in their own business, LP. Gas Company, which is still in operation today under the management of their youngest son Jerry Dan and grandson Jarret.
Odis and Mary Lou also bought and operated another business, Nocona Hot Oil Service, which they sold in 1987. Throughout the years, Odis has always been a staunch backer of his children’s endeavors, many community activities, functions of the Bethel Baptist Church, and Odis was a Mason for over 50 years.
Odis semi-retired in the early 1990s to enjoy life in Nocona, where he kept busy with cattle, baling hay, oil properties and restoring tractors. Retirement was really never a word he understood, but the closest he found himself to that was in 2007 when he sold out his oil property, cattle, and hay implements at the age of 80.
After that day until his death Odis would be found daily at 4 a.m. at L.P. Gas Co from force of habit after 58 years opening the gates and front door to welcome his customers. When asked by Odis how to tell his legacy and life story he was known to say “My funeral has already been preached and story written by the life I have lived here in Nocona, and the things I have always stood for.”
In lieu of flowers Odis requested donation be made to the Mary Beckman Downtown Park Fund that is located at Wells Fargo Bank in Nocona or the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation.
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OBITUARIES

Clifton Carl Robbins

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4 days ago

03/12/2025

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September 16, 1938 – March 5, 2025
BOWIE- Clifton Carl Robbins, 86, passed away on March 5, 2025 in Crowley.
A graveside service was at 2 p.m. on March 8, at Eastside Cemetery in Bridgeport with Pastor Ronnie Lawson officiating.
Clifton Robbins was born on Sept. 16, 1938 to Elvin and Loise (Pipkin) Robbins, at home in the southern part of Montague County. He grew up and graduated from Bowie High School and worked as a flagman before marrying his sweetheart of 40 years, Lois Jeannine Byrd. They moved to Wichita Falls where he worked for Parker Food Stores and Piggly Wiggly’s ShopRite foods as a produce manager and later produce supervisor. An opportunity arose and he changed employers to Bolner’s Fiesta Products of San Antonio. The family moved to Dallas and then Grapevine, before retiring after 25 years with Bolner. He graciously took care of his wife, Jeannine, until her death in 1997.
Clifton was fortunate to reunite with his childhood friend, Carla Johnson, after returning to Bowie, and they were married in 2008. He stood by her side until her death in 2024.
Clifton is preceded in death by his parents, Elvin and Loise Robbins; first wife, Jeannine Robbins; second wife, Carla Robbins; grandparents, Lee and Dora Ada Pipkin; son-in-law, Rick Mewbourn; brother, Windol Robbins and sister-in-law, Lupe Robbins.
Clifton is survived by his children, Kent Robbins and wife Susan, Crowley, Lisa Mewbourn, Grapevine and Mark Robbins and wife Karen, Waco; grandchildren, Chrystine Wilder (Brett), Sarah Henderson (Kirk), Stephanie Renfro (Eric), Risa Oberbeck (DJ) and Emilye Robbins; great-grandchildren, Elise and William Henderson, Julia and Meredith Wilder, Ethan, Owen, Abigail, Benjamin and Charlotte Renfro and Easton and Rylan Oberbeck; sister, Phyllis Hudson and husband Elton; along with many nieces and nephews.
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Joseph “Joe” Burt Dial

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4 days ago

03/12/2025

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April 27, 1936 – December 18, 2024
SAINT JO – Joseph “Joe” Burt Dial, 88, passed away on Dec. 18, 2024.
Joe was born in Kilgore on April 27, 1936 to parents, William Andrew Dial and Grace (Spaudling) Dial. Joe graduated high school from Texas Military Institute in San Antonio. He went on to the University of Texas in Austin, later getting his degree from the University of Maryland.
In his younger years he was a rancher in South Texas and was involoved in raising and promoting the Brahman breed in the United States and in other countries. Agriculture was a way of life for him in many ways.
In 1991 George H.W. Bush appointed Joe a commissioner of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission. He was confirmed by the Senate. Joe chose a cornfield in South Texas to be the place where he was officially sworn into office. On April 17, 1993 Joe married Marilyn Scoptt Smith in Alexandria, VA.
When Joe’s term at C.F.T.C. ended, he accepted a fellowship at Harvard University at the Institute of Politics, Kennedy School of Government. Joe and Marilyn moved to Cambridge, MA for the spring semester.
In 2000, after completing his fellowship, Joe and Marilyn moved to Dallas. Joe became active in the former Texas ranger Association in honor of his father who was a Texas Ranger. In 2004, Joe and Marilyn moved to Saint Jo. Joe served well as around the county. He was a founding member of Leadership Montague County. After returning to Texas, Joe also began consulting work with other countries, assisting them in creating or upgrading regulatory agencies for commodity markets. Joe was a lifelong member of the Episcopal Church. Heas the epitome of a “good and faithful servant.”
Joe is survived by his wife, Marilyn Dial and Walter Smith, Saint Jo; four children from a previous marriage, Joseph A. Dial, Catherine Dial Easly, Emily Dial Heard and Peggy Dial; five grandchildren and one great grandchild.
Memorials may be made to Easy Street Animal Shelter in Saint Jo or Cal Farley’s Boy’s Ranch in Amarillo.
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Edward Arnold Fenoglio Jr.

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4 days ago

03/12/2025

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April 5, 1970 – March 4, 2025
NOCONA – Edward Arnold Fenoglio Jr.,54, died on March 4 in Montague County Texas.
There was a visitation from 4-5 p.m. March 8 at Jerry Woods Funeral Home Chapel. A funeral service was at 2 p.m. March 9 at Montague County Cowboy Church, Montague with Pastors Joe Caballero, Paul Coronado and Father Albert Francis officiating. Interment followed in Montague Catholic Cemetery.
He was born April 5, 1970, in Graham to Kathy Maisen Fenoglio and Edward Arnold Fenoglio Sr. He was raised in Montague County farming, ranching, and attending school in Montague and Nocona.
Throughout his early years, he earned many accolades, from All-State spitting champion at age 13 to Mr. NHS, Best Looking and Most Athletic at Nocona High School. He participated in FFA, football, track, basketball and baseball. Fenoglio was a state qualifier in debate and livestock judging, regional record holder in pole vault, and a state qualifier in 440/mile relay. Fenoglio was a member of the Nocona Masonic Lodge#753, Bowie Masonic Lodge#578, Royal Order of Jesters Ct. 85, Maskat Shrine, Scottish Rite and Knights of Columbus.
After high school, he attended Cooke County College, Midwestern State University and Southwestern Texas State University where he earned a bachelor of science in business administration in management and finance along with his long-term care administration degree. During the past 30 years, Fenoglio worked in long-term care, 20 years with Brookdale Living.
He was preceded in death by his parents and grandparents.
He is survived by his wife, Chris; sons, Benjamin Baker, Hunter and Chandler; two grandsons; sisters, Becky Fenoglio Hankamer and Jennifer Fenoglio Langer; two nephews and two nieces.
Memorials may be made to Wichita Maskat Shrined, Montague Independent School District or Nocona Independent School District.