OBITUARIES
Nancy Karen Stine Stewart
June 20, 1948 – April 21, 2024
FORT WORTH – Nancy Karen Stine Stewart, 75, died April 21, 2024.
The family will receive friends at noon on April 24 at the White Family Funeral Home in Bowie. A funeral service will follow at 2 p.m. A private interment will follow in Ringgold.
She was born June 20, 1948 in Wichita Falls to Mary Nelle (Hawkins) and the late Ward L. Stine of Bowie. She lived in Ringgold for her childhood years and attended a one-room primary school in Stoneburg.
Her family relocated to Bowie when she was 12 years old and she was active in many forms of music throughout high school including leading and directing the Bowie Jackrabbit Marching Band as the Drum Majorette. She participated in baton twirling and classical dance and played the piano along the pageant circuit. She was awarded Miss Fort Worth, Texas First Runner-Up in 1966 and crowned the first Miss Jim Bowie in 1967 for the Jim Bowie Days Rodeo festivities.
Her alma mater was Texas Christian University where she focused on her passion for music, including piano and oboe studies. After graduation in 1970, she developed a studio of private piano students and was the organist for many years at Azle Christian Church. She was part of the Delta Gamma Sorority and later chaired several phenomenal Delta Gamma Alumnae charity fundraisers. She also hosted international piano students from every corner of the world, including Australia, Germany and England and would offer them insight to the Fort Worth cultural life.
She is preceded in death by her paternal grandparents; her maternal grandparents; father, Ward L. Stine and her son, William Wade Stewart.
She is survived by her mother, Mary Nelle Stine, Bowie; brother, Herb H. Stine, Wichita Falls; son, H. Laine Stewart, Weatherford; daughter, Laura Kay Hughes, Newton, MA; seven grandchildren; one niece and two great nieces.
Arrangements entrusted to the White Family Funeral Home of Bowie.
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.
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.
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.
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