OBITUARIES

Ronald Tarver Bailey

Published

9 years ago

11/10/2017

Ronald Tarver Bailey
July 2, 1931 – November 8, 2017
FORESTBURG – Ronald Tarver Bailey, 86, passed away Nov. 8, 2017 in Bowie, TX.
The family will receive friends from 5-7 p.m. Nov. 11 at The White Family Funeral Home.
A funeral service will be at 2 p.m. Nov. 12 at Carter Lake Road Church of Christ in Bowie. Burial will follow at Perryman Cemetery in Forestburg.
Ron was born July 2, 1931 in Wheeler County to John Henry (Jack) Bailey and Juanita Idelle Bonner Bailey. His family moved to his grandfather’s place in Forestburg in 1933. He married Betty Jean Anderson in 1956 in Lubbock.
Ron graduated from Forestburg School in 1948. He played basketball four years and was selected as all district guard his senior year. He earned a bachelor of science degree in agriculture from Abilene Christian College. He was employed by the Soil Conservation Service in Lubbock and then the Lubbock Children’s Home as campus manager.
In 1962 Ron and his wife purchased Sentinel (Bailey’s) Bookstore in Lubbock. During the 38 years they owned and operated the bookstore, Ron was elected to the board of directors, vice president and president of Christian Booksellers International, also serving as chairman of the ethics committee.
He was a member of Southwest Rotary Club of Lubbock where he received the William H. Tinney Ethics Award and was also named a Paul Harris Fellow, an international Rotary award. As a small business owner, he tirelessly promoted entrepreneurship, teaching and developing multiple education programs for elementary school through college.
He served two years in the U.S. Army as a sergeant during the Korean War, where he taught anti-aircraft and guided missile school. He was an instructor for Dale Carnegie Courses.
What many family deeply appreciate about Ron is his 40 year practice of daily Bible reading. He loved God’s word. He taught Bible class from his 20s through his 70s, teaching children through adults. Having an avid interest in training Bible teachers, Ron had more than 500 Bible teacher training and workshops and directed more than 40 vacation bible schools. He served more than ten years as the volunteer education director for the Sunset Church of Christ in Lubbock.
After retiring to his home place in Forestburg in 2001, Ron developed an enthusiasm for purple martin birds; he conducted more than a dozen purple martin workshops. He collected a display of 30 horse-drawn farm equipment implements. Ron enjoyed helping with community activities such as the Watermelon Festival, Education Foundation, the Spring Banquet, Forestburg Community Watch and opening their home for fellowship gatherings.
Ron is survived by his wife, Betty; three children, Becky Jean Bailey Hankins, Roger Lee Bailey and Bonnie Jean Bailey Holleman; 10 grandsons and two great grandchildren.
Arrangements have been entrusted to The White Family Funeral Home of Bowie.
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OBITUARIES

Imogene Dalton Evans

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5 days ago

06/19/2026

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November 28,1928 – June 9, 2026
DENTON – Imogene Dalton Evans, 97, passed away on June 9, 2026.
A visitation will begin at 1 p.m. on June 20 at DeBerry Funeral Home and at 2 p.m. the funeral service will follow. A grave side service will immediately follow at Roselawn Memorial Park 3801 Roselawn Dr., Denton.
Imogene Dalton Evans was born on Nov. 28, 1928 in Coleman County Texas to Samuel and Effie Clara Dalton. She was raised on the family farm and ranch near Gouldbusk attending local schools and graduating high school from Mozelle High School.
Growing up she worked in the fields and with the cattle and sheep alongside her brothers. She gained a great work ethic that stayed with her throughout her life. She felt blessed to have three careers. She worked with her husband Joe Evans in their plumbing, heating and air conditioning business. After it was sold because of Joe’s health, she returned to college to finish her education, receiving a BS degree from North Texas State University (now UNT) and a master’s degree from Texas Woman’s University. She began work as a county extension agent in Montague County, retiring in 1991. She moved back to Denton and began a career in real estate in 1993.
Family was extremely important to her. After working all day she would work at night canning and freezing food from the family’s garden. One of her sayings she will be remembered for is a quote “waste not, want not.”
She was proceeded in death by her husband, Joe B. Evans in 1991; daughter, Regina Pitt in 2011; son, Joe B. Evans Jr. in 2015; daughter, Sharon Griffith in 2023; parents and three brothers.
She is survived by her grandsons, Scott Griffith, Fort Worth, Chad (Milly) Griffith, Dallas and “Trey” (Julie) Joe B. Evans III, Bowie; granddaughters, Lindsay (Kyle) Coker, Dallas, Shannon (James) Mares, Krum, and Lydia Evans, Bowie; great-grandchildren, Case Janopoulos, Krum, Emarie Evans, Bowie, Harper and Ellis Griffith, Dallas, Jack Griffith, Fort Worth, Berkleigh and Reagan Mares, Krum, and Collins and Myer Coker, Dallas; sister, Anna Walker, Saginaw; and nieces and nephews.
Arrangements entrust to DeBerry Funeral Home, Denton.
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OBITUARIES

Mark Dean Hancock

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6 days ago

06/18/2026

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June 21, 1958 – June 10, 2026
NOCONA – Mark Dean Hancock, 67, died on June 10, 2026.
A memorial service will be from 2-4 p.m. on June 28 at the Turquoise Owl in Nocona.
He and his twin, Mike, were born on June 21, 1958, in Gainesville to Harvey F. Hancock and Jean (Hancock) Shears. He graduated from Nocona High School in 1976. He also attended North Texas University. He had several careers in his lifetime—the Boys’ State School in Gainesville, Tucker Rocky Distributing and numerous oilfield companies.
He is preceded in death by his parents; a half-sister and grandparents.
He is survived by two sons, Ben Hancock and Sam Hancock; brothers, Harvey Hancock and Mike Hancock; sisters, Kathy Tomlinson and Patty Crabtree; two grandchildren; numerous nieces, nephews; and great-nieces and nephews.
Arrangements entrusted to Jerry Woods Funeral Home, Nocona.

OBITUARIES

Minnie Allen Walker

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6 days ago

06/18/2026

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January 20, 1938 – June 12, 2026
BOWIE – Minnie Allen Walker, 88 years, 4 months, and 23 days old died June 12, 2026.
There was a visitation from 5-6 p.m. on June 14 at Jerry Woods Funeral Home Chapel.
A funeral service took place at 2 p.m. at Bethel Baptist Church on June 15. Interment followed in Ringgold Cemetery.
She was born Jan. 20, 1938, to Clarence and Eunice Allen in Ardmore, OK on what had once been reservation land. She was the only one of nine children to be born in a hospital. She graduated from Prairie Valley High School, where she played basketball and volleyball.
In 1959, she married her soulmate, Jerry Walker, and they built their extended family over the next 56 years. She worked for Dude’s Duds briefly, and at the Ford dealership in Nocona for many years. She served as Nocona City secretary and then as Nocona City manager, retiring in 2005 after a total of 23 years. The Walkers lost Jerry in 2018, and she moved to Independence Hall in Bowie a few years ago.
She is preceded in death by her husband, Jerry Walker; parents; and siblings, Alice Harper, Sam, Doie and David Allen.
She is survived by her three daughters, Karen Walker, Linda Wickersham and Kathy Sayers; three step-daughters; six grandchildren; five great-grandchildren; sisters, Joan Tettleton and Barbara Ice; and many nieces and nephews.
She had a lifelong love of flowers, so flowers to remember her are welcome or donate to the Carpenter Shop, 400 Boston St., Nocona, TX 76255.
Arrangements entrusted to Jerry Woods Funeral Home, Nocona.