OBITUARIES
Bobbie Jo Wylie
February 1, 1933 – February 4, 2023
NOCONA – Bobbie Jo Wylie, 90, transitioned to her heavenly home on Feb. 4, 2023 in Nocona.
Bobbie’s family will receive friends from 6 – 8 p.m. on Feb. 8 at Scott-Morris Funeral Home Chapel in Nocona. Her service will be at 2 p.m. on Feb. 9 at First United Methodist Church in Forestburg with interment following at Perryman Cemetery.
Bobbie Jo Wylie was born on Feb. 1, 1933 to Ollie Lloyd Tipton and Izora (McCool) Tipton in Forestburg on the site where Decie Ellzey’s home stood. She spent most of her early years living in Nocona, Benjamin and Sanger. Receiving a strong dose of the McCool/Mitchell genes, she was a very strong-willed person. In school she excelled in basketball, winning all district honors while playing for Sanger High School.
While living in Benjamin, she started working for the local telephone company and transferred to Saint Jo as a telephone operator. There through lifelong friends Clifford and Dorothy Richardson, she met George Ditzler (Red) Wylie Jr. They were married in February 1954. These friendships lasted a lifetime. On more Sunday afternoons than not, you could find them with these friends and sometimes more at Clifford and Dorothy’s home where the game was 42.
She traveled all over Texas with 4-H kids and also traveled the state going to Longhorn cattle shows. Until Red’s death the two owned and operated the local grocery, market, gas and feed store called Wylie’s Grocery. Her long-time treasured friend Catherine Willis would say, “You can get everything from barbed wire to cucumbers there.” They also raised cattle.
Bobbie is preceded in death by her husband; her parents; sister and brother-in-law, Louise and Junior Wade; two brothers, Thomas Eugene Tipton and Samuel Lloyd Tipton; brother-in-law, Merwyn Tucker, and sister-in-law, Thelma Josephine Wylie.
She is survived by one daughter, Sheree Roberts and husband Jim Bob, Forestburg; two grandchildren, Kimberly Collins and husband Jim, Sadler and Jy Roberts, Denton; one great-grandchild, Wylie Collin, Sadler; sister, Polly Ann Tucker, Sanger; sisters-in-law Miyoko (Jeanie) Tipton, Pilot Point and Clara Tipton, Sanger; many nieces, nephews and a host of loved and cherished friends.
An Online Guestbook is available at scottmorrisfh.com.
Arrangements entrusted to Scott Morris Funeral Home in Nocona.
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November 5, 1938 – April 18, 2026
WICHITA FALLS – Maggie Killen, 87, died on April 18, 2026.
A graveside service took place at 1 p.m. on April 27 at Salona Cemetery near Bowie.
She was born on Nov. 5, 1938 in Bowie to Bertha Irene (Brewer) and Emmett Franklin Thompson. She was a graduate of Bowie High School. She was an oil information secretary and later in life as a business office manager in a skilled nursing home.
She was preceded in death by her parents, Bertha Irene and Emmett Franklin Thompson: sisters; Gracie McNatt, Berneice Oliver, Ola Mae Deeton, Ernestine Ray and Dorothy Woolf: brothers; Kelly Thompson, John Thompson, Lonnie Thompson, Wayne Thompson and Tommy Thompson; son, Ricky Wallace and daughter, Vicki Cullens.
She is survived by two grandchildren and six great-grandchildren
In lieu of flowers, the family requests donations be made to University Park Nursing and Rehab.
June 4, 1947 – April 19, 2026
SPAINSH FORT – Sammy Joe Mitchell, 78, died on April 19, 2026.
There was a visitation from 5-6 p.m. on April 24 at Jerry Woods Funeral Home Chapel in Nocona.
A graveside service will be at 10 a.m. on April 25 at Spanish Fort Cemetery in Spanish Fort.
He was born on June 4, 1947 in Nocona to Bonnie O. Mitchell Jr. & Mary Lou Cross Mitchell. He grew up in the Spanish Fort area and went to school at Prairie Valley Schools. He was a hard-working farmer, rancher and mechanic all of his life and served his nation in the Airforce. He was a member of First United Methodist Church in Spanish Fort. He married the love of his life Robbie Hawthorne on May 8, 1971 in Nocona.
He is preceded in death by his parents and brother, Steven Chris Mitchell.
He is survived by his wife, Robbie Mitchell, Spanish Fort; children, Joe Chris Mitchell, Spanish Fort and Kasie Hamilton, Bowie; sister, Bonnie Robertson, Spanish Fort; six grandchildren and several great-grandchildren.
Memorial donations may be made to The Montague County Youth Fair, c/o Kenton Holloway, 5549 F.M. 1758, Bowie, TX 76230.
November 8, 1958 – April 20, 2026
NOCONA – Lesli Jan Phipps, 67, died on April 20, 2026.
There was a funeral service at 2 p.m. on April 23 at Bethel Baptist Church in Nocona with Pastor David Rogers officiating. The interment followed in Hope Cemetery, Henrietta. Pallbearers were Will Johnson, Ben Johnson, Ryan Johnson, Kevin Johnson, Kaye Rhoades, Tom Skinner and Bill Holcomb.
She was born in Nocona on Nov. 8, 1958 to Gerald “Jerry” and Lucia Painter Johnson. She grew up in Nocona and graduated Nocona High School in 1977. She attended Bethel Baptist Church. She later attended college at Midwestern State University and was a member of the Gamma Phi Beta Sorority. She worked mostly in accounting for Northrop Grumman. She married Curtis Phipps on June 3 2021 in Henrietta.
She is preceded in death by her parents.
She is survived by her husband, Curtis Phipps, Nocona; children, Blake Gantz, Euless, Emily Gantz Hicks, Hoover, AL and Garrett Palla, Denton; brother, Craig Johnson; and one grandson.
Memorial donations may be made to the Susan G. Komen Foundation at www.komen.org.
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