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Robert Shawn McCash
Robert Shawn McCash
August 23, 1962 – August 18, 2017
HASLET — Robert Shawn McCash, 54, passed away Aug. 18, 2017 in Dallas, TX.
The family received friends from 6 to 8 p.m. Aug. 21 at The White Family Funeral Home.
A funeral service was at 10 a.m. Aug. 22 at the First Baptist Church of Bowie. Burial followed at Elmwood Cemetery.
Shawn was born Aug. 23, 1962 in Fort Worth to James and Linda (Darter) McCash. He graduated from Bowie High School in 1980 and then graduated from Texas Tech University in 1987 with a bachelor of science in civil engineering. He started out on the USA Junior Pistol Shooting team in 1980. He continued that love for shooting into his mid 30s and has been an avid hunter through out his life.
Shawn married Cynthia Peterson on Oct. 16, 1999 in Fort Worth. He retired as vice president of engineering for Waste Connections Inc. and he served as vice president of Environmental Management and Technology for Progressive Waste Solutions Ldt. and senior vice president of Landfill Operations and Engineering at Waste Services Inc from 2004 until its merger with PWS in 2010.
Shawn started his career at Chemical Waste Management in 1987 before joining Chambers Development Company as a region construction engineer in Georgia. Shawn joined Laidlaw as a regional construction manager before going to Allied Corporate after the merger of those two companies in 1996. During Shawn’s 30 year career in the waste industry, he has served on many technical advisory boards including EREF, GWMS, and NWRA and is well known throughout the solid waste industry.
He is preceded in death by his father, James McCash.
Shawn is survived by his wife, Cindy McCash, Haslet; sons, Robert Ian McCash and William Aidan McCash both of Haslet; mother, Linda McCash, Bowie; brother, Scott McCash and wife Deborah, New Braunfels; sister, Shelly Taylor and husband Frank, Bowie; and numerous nieces and nephews.
In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to a Cancer Society of your choice.
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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