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Peggy Kresse

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4 years ago

06/30/2022

February 5, 1929 – June 23, 2022
KEMPNER, TX – Peggy Kresse, 93, passed away on June 23, 2022.
A graveside service will take place at 10:15 a.m. on July 1 at Dallas Fort Worth National Cemetery.
Peggy was born Feb. 5, 1929 in Ringold, OK to Harry and Velma Storie Swafford. In 1947 Peggy graduated from Bowie High School. After high school she attended Austin College in Sherman. She became a majorette with the school band and this is where she met the halfback football player, Milton Kresse Jr. They married on June 1, 1949 and were married for 61 years before his passing on June 28, 2010.
When Milton joined the U.S. Army, Peggy became the military wife who made a home for the family at each location they were stationed. Those places include: Fort Stewart, GA, a one year tour in Vietnam, Fort Ord, CA, a one year tour in Korea, Scoffield Barracks, HI, Fort Knox, KY AND Fort Hood, TX, where they retired then made Fort Worth their home.
Peggy is preceded in death by her parents and husband.
She is survived by her three children, Susan Kerr, Fort Worth, Vickii and Ron Chance, Kempner and Joe Kresse, Bowie; grandchildren, Justin and Cathy Kerr, Corpus Christi and Jake and Kristina Kresse, Aledo and great grandchildren, Jordan Kresse, Kayla Kresse and Jagger Kresse, all of Aledo.
Arrangements entrusted to Thompson’s Harveson & Cole Funeral Home and Crematory of Fort Worth.

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OBITUARIES

Steven Douglas Drury

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7 days ago

07/15/2026

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February 9, 1968 – July 4, 2026
BOWIE – Steven Douglas Drury, 58 died on July 4, 2026.
A private celebration of life for the family was on July 10.
He was an entrepreneur and created his business Drill Rig Depot.
He is survived by his wife, Christina Drury; four children, Sydney, Ben, Bailey and Josie; six grandchildren; parents, Don and Lois Drury; and brothers, David, Danny and Christopher.
Arrangements entrusted to the White Family Funeral Home of Bowie.

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John Wayne Shelton

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7 days ago

07/15/2026

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December 22, 1959 – July 1, 2026
SUNSET – John Wayne Shelton, 66, died on July 1, 2026.
There was a celebration of life for him from 5 – 7 p.m. on July 10 at Nocona Brewery.
He was born on Dec. 22, 1959 to Wade and Thelma Shelton in Nocona. He worked in the oilfield most of his life. He married Stephanie Burleson on Dec. 13, 1984 in Nocona.
He is preceded in death by his parents.
He is survived by his children, Jared Shelton, Bowie and Stacia Lorenz, Tennessee; sister, Serina Thomas, Bowie; four grandchildren and one great-grandchild.
Memorial donations made to the American Heart Association, www.heart.org.
Arrangements entrusted to the Jerry Woods Funeral Home of Nocona.

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Weldon Ray Duff

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7 days ago

07/15/2026

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March 3, 1962 – July 6, 2026
WICHITA FALLS – Weldon Ray Duff, 64, died on July 6, 2026.
There was a visitation from 6 – 7 p.m. on July 10 at Jerry Woods Chapel in Nocona. A graveside service was at 10 a.m. on July 11 at Ringgold Cemetery with Richard Allen officiating. Pallbearers will be Mike Bonham, Jimmy Smith, Hatch Womack, Lynn Bugsy Allen, Blake Allen, Marlin Franklin, Joe Barnhill and Butch Matthews.
Duff was born on March 3, 1962 in Henrietta to Benjamin Franklin Duff Jr. and Myra Durham Duff. He worked as a machinist and was known as a “Jack-Of-All-Trades.”
Duff was a member of Bowie Masonic Lodge 578. He married Jowana Bussey on Aug. 8, 1980 in Ringgold.
He is preceded in death by his parents.
He is survived by his wife, Jowana Duff, Ringgold; daughter, Jessica Lierly, Collinsville; sister, Becky Case, Stoneburg; brother, Benjamin Franklin Duff III, Lonegrove, OK and three grandchildren.
Memorial donations may be made to Hospice of Wichita Falls, 440 Cypress Ave., Wichita Falls or Ringgold Cemetery Association, 1108 Hanson Rd., Ringgold.
Arrangements entrusted to the Jerry Woods Funeral Home in Nocona.