OBITUARIES

Temple Lafayette Tucker

Published

6 months ago

12/13/2024

March 28, 1936 – December 7, 2024
CYPRESS, TX – Temple Lafayette Tucker was called home to be with the Lord Dec. 7, 2024.
Temple was born March 28, 1936 in Haskell, TX to Reverend Charles Andrew Tucker and Annie Adele Fincher Tucker.
His father was a Presbyterian minister who planted churches throughout Texas and who, along with his mother, planted the seeds of faith into their children. Temple grew up in South Texas (Mercedes and Corpus Christi) and moved back to North Texas, where he attended Bowie High School. There he led his basketball team to four state championships. He then attended Rice University and graduated with a bachelor of arts in economics. At Rice he had a very successful basketball career and was selected as a preseason All American. Temple was inducted into the Rice Athletics Hall of Fame in 1999. He was a fourth round pick (29th overall) by Philadelphia but opted to work for Northwestern National Life Insurance as a financial advisor where he had a successful career and was honored as a life member of the Million Dollar Round Table.
While attending Rice he was invited to attend the First Fellowship of Christian Athletes camp in Estes Park, CO where he was inspired to serve with the FCA for many years and became president of the FCA Greater Houston chapter. FCA inspired Temple and his wife Anita to set up an FCA scholarship fund for Rice athletic students, which continues to bear fruit. Temple invested his faith in Jesus Christ into the lives of students as a youth leader, teacher and elder at St. Andrews Presbyterian Church. He and his wife Anita taught young married couples at Metropolitan Baptist Church for many years.
His biggest legacy is the sharing of his faith in Jesus Christ with his immediate and extended family, as well as his friends and neighbors. His favorite place to invest his time and faith into the lives of family and friends was his small Deer Haven ranch in Fayette County. He instilled a strong work ethic and love of land and nature into his children, grandchildren and great grandchildren through land management, construction, fencing, forestry projects and many Rube Goldberg engineering creations. There were plenty of fishing, hunting, nature watching, astronomy lessons and star gazing events at his beloved Deer Haven. Many have enjoyed his compilation of nature stories, most of which were at the ranch.
Temple was preceded in death by parents, Charles and Adele Tucker; brother, Chuck Tucker and sister, Dorothy Winfield.
He is survived by his wife, Anita Tucker; first wife, Doris Neville; children, Kevin (daughter-in-law Lauren), Brian (daughter-in-law Cheryl) and Carol Kutzer (son-in-law Jack), and Rick Barnett (daughter-in-law Charlotte) and Marva Barnett Shelton (husband Rick Shelton); grandchildren, Matthew, Christine, Rachel, Kole, Andrew, Sarah, Carolyn, Benjamin, Abigail, Tucker, Wyatt, Ollie Mae, Lori, Melinda and Leslie; great grandchildren, Grace, Faith, Lily, William, Caroline, James, Skylar, Miles and Porter; brother-in-law, Charles Winfield; many cousins, nieces and nephews.
In lieu of flowers the family asks for donations to be made in care of the Rice University chapter (ricefca.org) and/or the Houston Christian University chapter (houstonfca.org) of the Fellowship of Christian Athletes.
One of his many life verses: 1 Peter 3:15 “But in your hearts revere Christ as Lord. Always be prepared to give an answer to everyone who asks you to give the reason for the hope that you have.”

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OBITUARIES

David Roy Jackson

Published

17 hours ago

06/11/2025

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August 12, 1941 – June 6, 2025
SUNSET – David Roy Jackson, 83, died on June 6, 2025.
The family received friends from 6-8 p.m. on June 9 at the White Family Funeral Home in Bowie.
A funeral service took place at 11 a.m. on June 10 at the White Family Funeral Home in Bowie with Doyle Wade officiating.
He was born on Aug. 12, 1941, in Decatur to Louis Connell and Cleo LaRue (Payne) Jackson. He graduated from Bowie High School in 1959 and soon later joined the National Guard to courageously service his country. All of his life he traveled all over the country as an independent truck driver.
He is preceded in death by his parents; brother, Rob Jackson; and nephews, Kent Jackson and Heath Jackson.
He is survived by his son, Kurt Jackson, Sunset; daughter, Cristi Bolton, Southlake; two grandchildren; one great-grandson; brother, Louie Jackson, Park Springs; three nephews and one niece.
Arrangements entrusted to the White Family Funeral Home of Bowie.

OBITUARIES

Worth Cornelius Clark

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17 hours ago

06/11/2025

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November 1, 1935 – June 5, 2025
BOWIE – Worth Cornelius Clark, 89, died on June 5, 2025.
A visitation took place from 6-8 p.m. on June 11, at White Family Funeral Home in Bowie.
A funeral service took place at 11 a.m. on June 12 at the White Family Funeral Home with Jimmy Davis officiating. Burial followed at Alvord Cemetery.
Clark was born in Fort Worth to Worth Douglas Clark and Violet Alvis Linley Clark. He was raised in Tater Hill (Arlington). He married to the love of his life, Adrin Gay Roberson in Fort Worth on Jan. 15, 1954. They raised their four daughters in Arlington. He played softball as a pitcher for Tate Springs Baptist Church, Tarrant Road Baptist Church, American Airlines and Ben E. Keith. He was a carpet installer for 40-plus years.
He is preceded in death by his parents, Worth Douglas Clark and Violet Alvus Linley Clark; sisters, Martha Linda Stevens and Cynthia Gay Pittman; brother, David Eugene Clark; sister-in-law, Lois Marie Clark; brother-in-law, Jean Francois Fehlbaum and grandson, Trace Lee Sexton.
He is survived by his wife, “Babe” of 71 years, Adrin Gay Roberson Clark; sister, Brenda Kay Fehlbaum; two brothers-in-law; daughters, Deborah Ann Martin, Valerie Lynn Bailes, Joni Gayle Clark and Tammy Renee Bolling; 11 grandchildren; seven great-grandchildren; and numerous nieces and nephews.
Arrangements entrusted to the White Family Funeral Home of Bowie.

OBITUARIES

Dean Allen Shaffer

Published

2 weeks ago

05/28/2025

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June 24, 1962 – May 18, 2025
BOWIE – Dean Allen Shaffer, 62, was escorted to the gates of heaven May 18, 2025 at 12:34 a.m. in the arms of his loving wife Christal Shaffer after complications of pneumonia
A celebration of life for Dean was held at 11 a.m. on May 31 at the First Baptist Church in Alvord followed by a meal for the family.
Dean was born June 24, 1962, in Lander, WY. While quiet and soft spoken, he had a mighty love for the Lord, his wife of 38 years and his family. Dean was an incredibly hard worker, but all who knew Dean also knew how generous he was. He enjoyed cooking outside, hosting get-togethers at their home, having a drink and listening to good music as well as spending time with his bees.
He is preceded in death by his mother-in-law, “Memom” Linda Stevens and loving sister-in-law, Terri Shaffer and sister-in-law, Linda Shaffer.
Dean is survived by his wife, Christal Shaffer; children, Justin Shaffer and wife Kayla, Miles Shaffer, and Ainsley Hernandez and husband Josue; his children in Christ, Chris Lovell, and Andrew Stevens and wife Sutton; grandchildren, Kayden Shaffer and fiancé Nathan Mac, Colton Shaffer and wife Payton, Jaid, Remi, Briggs, Watts, Hutch, Justice and Maverick; great-grandchild, Colter; his parents, James Oliver Shaffer and Alice Bethine; siblings, Randy Shaffer, Cheryl Shaffer and partner Mike Hoffman, Mike Shaffer and wife Kim, Cathey Tewes and husband Andy; numerous other nieces, nephews and family members.
Arrangements entrusted to the White Family Funeral Home of Bowie.
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