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James Sterling Medley USA Major (Ret.)
James Sterling Medley
USA Major (Ret.)
March 31, 1930 – December 7, 2018
BOWIE – James Sterling Medley USA Major (Ret.), 88, was called by God to join His eternal regiment on Dec. 7, 2018 in Bowie, TX.
A funeral service will be at 1 p.m. on Dec. 15 at the First United Methodist Church of Vashti with the Rev. Tom Medley officiating.
Burial will follow at Post Oak Cemetery in Post Oak.
Jim was born March 31, 1930 to James Harvey and Alta Mae (Bowman) Medley in Quanah. He met his wife of 66 years, Helen Ruth (Fox) Medley in 1952 and married her five days later, to her parent’s great dismay. Jim and Helen raised two sons, James C. Medley and Tommy R. Medley.
Jim had three great passions in life— his faith, his family, and the U.S. Army. Jim was raised Assembly of God under the firm hand of his father the Rev. James Harvey Medley, but finally graduated from the denomination as an alumnus of the Christian faith.
He had a great love of debating Christian theology and listening to gospel music, but his final theological treatise is “Christ risen for the salvation of humanity.”
Jim had a great love for his family and afforded them opportunities through his military career that few families have the opportunity to experience places and cultures in which we lived. Jim always offered wisdom and hope to his family.
He watched his children grow as every father does with the hope of their tomorrow and joy in life. The week God called him to His side, Jim while looking at pictures of his sons and grand/great grandchildren and said to Helen, “look, they look just like me.”
Major (Ret.) Medley served more than 25 years in the United States Army as an Infantryman, an Armored Cavalry Officer and as a finance and accounting officer. He completed his time in the military as the Comptroller for Far East Command.
During his service MAJ. (Ret.) Medley was awarded: The Purple Heart, Army Good Conduct Medal, Army Occupation Medal (Japan), National Defense Medal with two stars, Korean Service Medal, Armed Forces Reserve Medal, Army Overseas Service Medal, United Nations Medal, Combat Infantry Badge, ROK Presidential Unit Citation and Presidential Unit Citation.
Jim is preceded in death by his mother and father; brother, Bobby Medley and sister, Louise Hoffman.
Jim is survived by his beloved wife, Helen; son, James and his wife Daniella, Port Arthur, son, Tom and his wife Cynthia, Wichita Falls; two grandchildren, Jenni Medley, Homer, Alaska and Sarah Dale and husband Kaleb, Fredericksburg; two great grandchildren, Adley Wren Dale and Ellis Boone Dale, Fredericksburg; his sister, Marie Ellis, Bellevue; and numerous nieces and nephews.
Arrangements entrusted to The White Family Funeral Home of Bowie.
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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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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.
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.
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