OBITUARIES

Margaret “Bugget” Hancock Hutson

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2 years ago

09/13/2024

January 11, 1932 – September 10, 2024
BOWIE – Margaret “Bugget” Hancock Hutson, 92, went home to be with the Lord on Sept. 10, 2024.
The family will receive friends from 2 to 4 p.m. on Sept. 15 at the White Family Funeral Home in Bowie. A funeral service will take place at 2 p.m. on Sept. 16 at the First Baptist Church of Bowie with Mike Henson and Bill Cleveland officiating, and Kent Sanders speaking on behalf of the family. Burial will follow at Elmwood Cemetery in Bowie with Wayne Knox officiating.
Margaret was born Jan. 11, 1932 in Newport to Emmit and Jewel (McManus) Hancock, the oldest of four children, twin sisters June and Jean and baby sister Greta Gay. She graduated from Bowie High School in 1949 where she was elected Miss Personality her senior year and was a majorette for four years for the marching band. Bugget went on to Midwestern State University on a majorette scholarship for the Governer’s Band.
Bugget married her high school sweetheart, Dallas Hutson on Nov. 5, 1950 in Alvord and lived in Bowie where daughter, Tinka was born in 1952. Dallas’ job with Service Pipeline caused them to leave Bowie and after about a year in Ranger, TX, where son Greg was born, they returned to make their forever home in Bowie.
In 1959 they owned and operated DalHut Restaurant where Margaret worked as a waitress. When they sold DalHut and opened Hutsons Restaurant she went to work in the District Clerk’s office at the Montague County Courthouse.
She was the first person hired to work for the Haggar Company in Bowie, training in Temple, OK waiting for the plant to open. Among other duties, she ran Line 1 until 1964. After a one-year leave of absence to take care of Greg, she returned to work on Line 2 and took it to the “most improved” line in all of the Haggar plants in 1974. Both of her Lines 1 and 2 received “Line of the Year” awards. When she retired in 1974 from Haggar, she was known as a tough but caring boss.
Bugget, finding her true calling, went on to own and operate her own, very successful, business from 1976 to 1996, when she sold Margaret Hutson Realty. She continued to sell real estate until 2018. From 1976-2018 she held several offices with the Montague County Board of Realtors, including president in 1979. Margaret was voted Realtor of the Year in 1986 and served as a director of the Chamber of Commerce 1980-1983 and 1990-1992.
She was a Christian woman and a member of the Fist Baptist Church of Bowie for more than 75 years. Bugget was good at all she did, loved Bowie and was loved by all who knew her.
She is preceded in death by her parents; husband, Dallas; daughter, Tinka; sisters, Jean Crow, June Meece and Greta Hancock and niece, Angela Meece.
Margaret is survived by her son, Greg Hutson, Bowie; special friend, Carla Swofford; nephew, Richard Thomason; nieces Jeana Crow, Amy Crow and Kelly Crow; several cousins and a host of friends.
In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the Bowie Education Foundation, PO Box 992, Bowie, TX 76230.
Arrangements entrusted to the White Family Funeral Home of Bowie.

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OBITUARIES

Imogene Dalton Evans

Published

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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OBITUARIES

Mark Dean Hancock

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6 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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6 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.