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Betty Lucille Reid Greenwood
Betty Lucille Reid Greenwood
December 1, 1941 – July 10, 2015
FORESTBURG – Betty Lucille Reid Greenwood, 73, passed away July 10, 2015 in Denton, TX.
The family received friends from 6-8 p.m. July 13 at The White Family Funeral Home.
A funeral service was at 10 a.m. July 14 at County Line Cowboy Church in Sunset. Burial followed at Smyrna Cemetery in Sunset.
Pallbearers were Christopher Gootee, Curtis Jones, Garrett McCleskey, Bryan McDowell, Tracy Lanier, and David “Red” Cross. Honorary pallbearers were Jon Reid, Terry McMahan and Michael Lemley.
Betty was born Dec. 1, 1941 in Saint Jo as the fourth child of Ambers Columbus and Bonnie Ruth (Wilson) Reid. She grew up in her young years on a farm helping her dad do chores.
Betty loved being outdoors and singing to potatoes and flag hills to hear her echo. She loved to go to Saint Jo on Saturdays and attend church on Sundays. Betty attended Bonita Baptist Church until the age of 17 when her dad passed away. Her sister Shirley and her sang specials at Bonita Baptist.
In later years she attended The Methodist Church in Forestburg and The Assembly of God Church in Saint Jo and Terrell, OK. She attended school at Saint Jo and Nocona. In 1960 she graduated 20th in her class of 40 from Nocona High School.
During her younger working years she worked at a department store in Wichita Falls, Russell Newman in Saint Jo, Haggar Slacks of Bowie, Linda Jo Shoe Factory in Forestburg as a hand lacer and home health.
Betty married Delbert Wayne Greenwood of Forestburg on June 27, 1965 in Nocona. They raised cattle, hogs and truck crops for Dallas Farmers Market.
She is preceded in death by her parents, Ambers and Bonnie Reid; sister, Ruthie Rojean; son, Lance Reid; daughter, Sherry Gay; brother, A.C. Reid and her husband, Delbert Wayne Greenwood.
Betty is survived by her children, Tracy Greenwood and wife Michelle, Forestburg, Kristie Del, Gainesville, and Bonnie Belinda and husband Curtis, Ardmore, OK; four grandchildren, Garrett McCleskey, Bryan McDowell, Morgan McDowell and Gabriella Hellinger; sister, Shirley McMahan and husband Archie, Bowie; sister-in-laws, Priscilla Sue Sewell Reid, Wichita Falls Hazel Echols Greenwood, Forestburg Wanda McGee and Wyonna Riddles; numerous nieces, nephews, cousins and a host of friends.
In lieu of flowers donations may be made to Meals on Wheels of Bowie at 501 Pelham Street, Bowie, TX 76230 or God’s Table First Freewill Baptist Church at 505 Strong Street, Bowie, TX 76230.
Arrangements were entrusted to The White Family Funeral Home of Bowie.
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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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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.
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.
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