OBITUARIES
Alvin Charles Talley
March 5, 1932 – November 16, 2024
MIDLAND – Alvin Charles Talley, 92, died Nov. 16, 2024.
A funeral service will take place at 2 p.m. on Nov. 25 at the White Family Funeral Home in Bowie, with Pastor Doyle Wade officiating. Burial will follow at Smyrna Cemetery in Sunset. The family will receive friends from 1-2 p.m., prior to the service at the funeral home.
Alvin was born March 5, 1932 in Saint Jo to Orville and Ethel (Dickerson) Talley. He was raised on a farm and graduated from Saint Jo High School. He left to attend Midwestern State University for two years before being drafted into the Army during the Korean War. He returned to Wichita Falls where he met and married his wife, Barbara Ann Eavenson, and graduated with an agricultural degree from Midwestern State University.
He began work at feed stores and an egg farm before working 30 years and retiring as a state health inspector while owning and maintaining rental property. He then went back to raise cattle and hay in Sunset for 10 years. The last 24 years he has lived at Manor Park in Midland.
He is preceded in death by his wife of 59 years, Barbara Ann Eavenson; parents, Orville and Ethel Talley and brothers, Alford Talley, Clinton Talley and Ronnie Talley.
He is survived by his daughter, Peggy Sorenson, Grand Saline and son, Joel, Midland; three grandchildren; two great grandchildren; brothers, Gerald Talley, Bonita and Jerry Talley, Nocona; sister, Catherine Nail, Fayetteville, AR and many nieces, nephews and cousins.
In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to Midwestern State University Donor Services for the Ann and Alvin Talley Scholarship at giving.msutexas.edu/campaigns/ann-and-alvin-talley-scholarship-endowment.
Arrangements entrusted to White Family Funeral Home of Bowie.
September 5, 1945 – March 9, 2025
BOWIE – Glyn Ann Beck, 79, died on March 9, 2025.
Beck was born on Sept. 5, 1945, in Saint Louis, MO to Les and Glyn Ann Frailey. She worked as a flight attendant for American Airlines.
She was married to Glenn Beck her husband and best friend. She was known for her love of horses, and raised a world champion quarter horse, Quick Going and was a certified show secretary for horse shows all over the United States. She was a loyal member of AQHA, NCHA Association, The Cowboy Church and the Montague County 4H chapter.
She was preceded in death by her parents, Les and Glyn Frailey; and her brother; Bruce Frailey.
She is survived by her husband, Glenn Beck, Bowie; son, Danny Beck, Bowie and her brother, Steve Frailey, Hawaii.
Arrangements entrusted to the White Family Funeral Home of Bowie, TX.
November 20, 1934 – March 13, 2025
OKLAHOMA- Sarah Blasingame, 90, died on March 13, 2025 in Tulsa, OK.
A visitation was at 1 p.m. on March 22 at Jerry Woods Funeral Home Chapel.
A funeral service was at 2 p.m. on March 22 at Jerry Woods Chapel with Bryan Boothe officiating. Interment followed in Dye Mound Cemetery, Montague County Texas. Pallbearers were Scott Dixon, Clayton Fellows, Hunter Climer, Mark Means, Kash Means, Michael Blasingame and Scott Blasingame. Honorary pallbearers were Jim Blasingame and Kelly Hall.
She was born on Nov. 20, 1934 in Corinth, MS.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Neal Jay Blasingame; parents, Jack Akin, Luther and Ethel Wilkins; brother, Jeri Wilkins; son, Wayne Blasingame; daughters, Barbara Harell and Inez Crain; grandchildren, Christine, Charles and Travis; and great grandchildren, Randy, Taci and Kaylee.
She is survived by her sister, Shirley Chileski; children, Harold, Larry, Roy, Mike and Kay Blasingame; 24 grandchildren; 44 great grandchildren; 19 great-great grandchildren and three great-great-great grandchildren, along with many nieces and nephews.
A special thank you to Church on the Move, Sonny Ozuna and Rob Means.
July 23, 1931 – March 4, 2025
NOCONA – Gloria Ann Stone, 93, died on March 4, 2025 in Nocona.
There will be a memorial service at 11 a.m. on March 29 at Nocona Hills Community Church with Pastor Paul Coronado officiating. A private family interment will take place at a later date.
She was born on July 23, 1931 in Oakland, CA to Robert and Laura Frace Van Cleave. Stone was a hard-worker all of her life, working as a dental assistant. She was a member of Nocona Hills Community Church, The Delphians and The ARC’s.
She is preceded in death by her parents; son-in-law, Henry “Hank” Starke, and brothers, Robert and Edward Van Cleave.
She is survived by her children, Laura Starke, Nocona and James H. Stone, Fort Meyers, FL; brother, Phillip Van Cleave, Midlothian, VA and grandson, Christian Johnson, Austin.
Memorial donations may be made to The Stanley Fulton Memorial Veteran’s Fund at Nocona Hills Community Church, 104 Nocona Dr., Nocona, TX 76255.
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