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Patricia “Pat” Reynolds

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March 20, 1943 – September 12, 2022
BOWIE – Patricia “Pat” Reynolds, 79, passed away on Sept. 12, 2022.
The family received friends from 6 – 8 p.m. on Sept. 15, at the White Family Funeral Home in Bowie. A funeral service was at 11 a.m. on Sept. 16, at the First Free Will Baptist Church in Bowie, officiated by Pastor Glenn Neff. Burial followed at Elmwood Cemetery in Bowie.
Pat was born March 20, 1943 in Nocona to Tip and Rosa Lee Worley Jimerson. She married Calvin Wayne Reynolds on Dec. 18, 1970. The couple were married 52 years with many of those days enjoying each other’s time fishing together, as well as traveling throughout the country. Pat was an avid sports fan, whether it was in her younger years playing softball with the Cats team or watching her grandchildren’s sporting events. Pat was a longtime member of First Free Will Baptist Church where she loved getting together with friends, quilting and bragging about her grandchildren.
She is preceded in death by her parents; son, Ricky Wayne Reynolds; brothers, Bill, Tip and Tommy Jimerson; sister, Shirley Mullens; parents, Melvin and Louis Weedin; brothers-in-law, J.L. Reynolds and wife Jeraldine, Everett Reynolds and wife Katherine and Travis Reynolds.
Pat is survived by her husband, Calvin Reynolds; children, Marla Reynolds, Tammy Reynolds, Brian Reynolds and wife Robin and LeeAnn Vasquez and husband John; 11 grandchildren and 17 great-grandchildren.
Arrangements entrusted to the White Family Funeral Home in Bowie.
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Wanda Louise Trotter Wood

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Wanda Louise Trotter Wood
August 31, 1931 – November 29, 2023
BOWIE – Wanda Louise Trotter Wood, 92, died on Nov. 29, 2023.
The family will receive friends from from 2 to 4 p.m. on Dec. 3 at the White Family Funeral Home.
A funeral service will be at 10 a.m. on Dec. 4 at the White Family Funeral Home in Bowie with Randall Templin officiating. Burial will follow at Elmwood Cemetery in Bowie.
She was born on Aug. 31, 1931 in Vashti to William Lester and Lula Elizabeth (Williams) Trotter. On March 7, 1947 she married John Henry Wood Jr. in Henrietta. The couple were together just shy of 65 years, before his passing in 2012. She worked as a lifelong seamstress, sold Avon products and dedicated more than 10 years to Haggar-Slack Company making jeans.
She is preceded in death by her sisters, Lenora Trotter and Nell Jones; brothers, Odis Harold and Darrell Trotter; her husband, John Henry Wood Jr.; son, Roger Dale Wood; and grandsons, John Charles Wood and Joseph Chance Wood.
She is survived by her three sons, Clifton Wood, Riverside, CA, Kenneth Wood, Crafton and Alan Wood, Bowie; a daughter-in-law; sisters, Elaine Scruggs, Frances Richey and Margie Turnbow; brother, Carol Trotter; 10 grandchildren; 22 great-grandchildren; one great-great grandchild; and numerous nieces, nephews, and cousins.
Arrangements entrusted to the White Family Funeral Home of Bowie.

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Jackie Michelle Bowers

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Jackie Michelle Bowers
August 23, 1980 – November 23, 2023
CHICO – Jackie Michelle Bowers, 43, died on Nov. 23, 2023.
A graveside service took place at 2 p.m. on Dec. 1 at Rest Haven Cemetery in Barnhart, TX.
She was born Aug. 23, 1980 in Fort Stockton to Carl Gene Bowers and Greta Frances Smith. She attended Sonora High School, where she was active in the marching band, but later moved to Bowie and attended high school there. Bowers then graduated from Grand Junction Trade Institute with a certified nurse’s aide license. She later returned home to Big Lake before settling in Bowie.
She is preceded in death by her grandmother, Leona Snodgrass and grandfathers, Jackie Smith and Wesley Bowers.
She is survived by her mother, Greta St. John, Chico; father, Carl Bowers, San Angelo; brother, Randy Quick, Whitesboro; sister, Hope Hehn, Puryear, TN and grandmother, Dorothy Bowers, San Angelo.
Arrangements entrusted to the White Family Funeral Home of Bowie.

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Ernest Earl “Turk” Largent

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Ernest Earl “Turk” Largent
March 20, 1940 – November 24, 2023
BOWIE – Ernest Earl “Turk” Largent, 83, died surrounded by his family on Nov. 24, 2023 in Bowie.
The family received friends from 6-8 p.m. on Nov. 28 at the White Family Funeral Home in Bowie.
A funeral service will take place at 2 p.m. on Nov. 29 at the First Baptist Church of Bowie with the Rev. Mike Henson officiating. Burial will follow at Elmwood Cemetery in Bowie.
Turk was born March 20, 1940 in Bridgeport to Ernest and Grace Largent. From 1963 to 1966, he served as an MP in the Army and was stationed in Germany for most of his deployment. Turk retired as a car hauler and truck driver after 33 years of service with Auto Convoy in Mesquite where he held the position of Union Steward. He served the City of Bowie on the city council for several years.
Turk was an active member of First Baptist Church of Bowie and for more than 30 years and maintained the buses as well as drove for the Enerjetics department on out of town trips. For more than a decade, he was the head cook at Falls Creek for the FBC youth department and also cooked on mission trips to New Mexico. He loved serving his church and God.
Turk had a commercial pilot license and flew as a hobby. He thoroughly enjoyed motorcycle rides on his Gold Wing with friends all over Texas and occasionally across the USA.
While Turk had a successful career, was an active member of the community, and cherished his church family, his greatest honor was being a husband to wife Martha and Papaw to his grandchildren and great grandchildren. Turk considered family his most valuable asset.
He is preceded in death by his parents and brothers, Bob Largent and Alvin Largent.
Turk is survived by his wife of 44 years, Martha Largent, Bowie; daughters, Angelia Dean, Bowie, Taylor Short, McKinney and April Burney, Waco; four grandchildren, Malleri McGee, College Station, Miranda Stringer, Petty, Hunter Thymes, Waco and Adriana Turcu, Wichita Falls; and four great-grandchildren, Jaydon Burnett, Jackson Robertson, Kaia Short and Emerson Turcu.
Arrangements entrusted to the White Family Funeral Home of Bowie.
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