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Carrie Marie Denton Corrick

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5 years ago

12/17/2021

July 17, 1920 – November 24, 2021
DALLAS – Carrie Marie (Denton) Corrick passed away peacefully on Nov. 24, 2021, at the age of 101 in Dallas, TX.
A celebration of life service was Dec. 13, 2021, with Minister Charles Brazell officiating.
She was born July 17, 1920, to Cleta P. (Deering) Denton and C. C. “Lee” Denton on a farm near Bowie. She graduated valedictorian from Stoneburg High School in 1937. After high school, she attended Brantley-Draughon Business College in Fort Worth, TX. on a scholarship.
Upon completion of her studies, she moved to Shawnee, OK, where she lived with her aunt and uncle, Effie and Jim Worley, and their daughter, Faye. Carrie worked in a bank and had a second job at an ice cream parlor.
She was scooping ice cream on Dec. 7, 1941, when word came that Pearl Harbor was attacked. A little over a year later, in March 1943, the Douglas Aircraft Company would open a plant in Oklahoma City. She soon had a job there making parts for the C-47 “Skytrain.” She was “Rosie the Riveter” operating a drill press and would remain in this job until the plant closed in August 1945. More than half, 5,345 of the 10,000, C-47s were built at the Oklahoma City plant during the war.
During her time in Shawnee, she met and married Andrew J. “Andy” Corrick. Their wedding was on Nov. 17, 1945. They moved to Dallas in 1948 and Carrie began working as a secretary for Earl Hayes Chevrolet. By 1949, she was in her dream job at Magnolia Petroleum (which would later become Mobil Oil), in the building with the iconic “Flying Red Horse.”
Carrie took a three-year leave of absence beginning in November 1956 for the birth of her only child Karen. She would remain with Mobil until her retirement as a legal secretary in 1985. She made many life-long friendships from all her years there. She also made many more friends in all her years as a member at Elmwood Church of Christ and later at Cliffwood Church of Christ.
She was a quiet angel, going through this life doing her good deeds. She didn’t make a show of it; she just did what was needed. Most of us will never know about all of her good works, but those she helped know. And God Knows. She had a ready musical laugh. She enjoyed traveling across the U.S., Ireland and the United Kingdom.
She is preceded in death by her husband, Andrew J. Corrick; parents, Lee and Cleta Denton; sister Oneita “Nita’” Wallis; and brother, James Denton. She is survived by her daughter, Karen Corrick, of Lancaster; sister Beverly Stephens (J.C.) of Saint Jo; sister-in-law Norma Denton of Kingsland, and many nieces, nephews and cousins.
Carrie’s family has entrusted her final arrangements to Laurel Land Funeral Home and Memorial Park.
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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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Mark Dean Hancock

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7 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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7 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.