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James Martin Carelock

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6 years ago

09/11/2020

June 28, 1927 – September 6, 2020
BOWIE – James Martin Carelock, 93, Bowie, TX, went home to be with the Lord on Sept. 6, 2020 in Decatur, TX.
A graveside service will take place at 2 p.m. on Sept. 23 at Montague Cemetery in Montague with the Rev. Mike Henson officiating.
James was born June 28, 1927 in Douglas, GA to Claude L. and Ola (Baker) Carelock. James loved airplanes since he was a boy. As a young man he joined the United States Navy, then the Army Air Corps, followed by a 20-year service in the United States Air Force. All together he spent 30 years doing what he loved, flying airplanes. After retirement from the military, James worked for American Airlines training pilots for 10 years, until his retirement in 1996. James will be remembered as a very generous and a positive Christian man.
He is preceded in death by his parents; sisters, Edith Gaskin, Kay Sorenson, Rachel McLain and Mildred Keen; brother, C.L. Carelock; niece, Susan Keen Hoffman; nephews, Wayne Gaskin, Carroll Floyd and Wendell Carelock and his sweetheart, Nell Carelock.
Jim is survived by his son, Wayne Carelock and wife Stephanie, Littleton, CO; step-sons, Jimmy Hickman and wife Liudmyla, Wichita Falls and Doug Hickman and wife Leah, Bowie, TX; grandchildren, Ben Carelock and wife Ashley, Cortez, CO, Katherine Meese and husband Mac, Birmingham, AL, Taylor Hickman, Denton, TX and Katelyn Hickman, San Antonio, TX; two great-grandchildren Miriam and Ethan Meese, Birmingham, AL; nephews Ted Carelock and wife Ann, Dallas, TX and Steve Keen and wife Betty, Colorado; niece Deborah Tobin and husband Albert, VA.
Arrangements entrusted to the White Family Funeral Home of Bowie.
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Wildfire prompts evacuation efforts

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4 days ago

08/21/2026

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Posted around 12:30 p.m. on Aug. 21 – The Montague County Sheriff’s Office is currently evacuating residences in the path of the wildfire in the 1800 block area of Starkey Road. If told you need to leave, please do so immediately. If you don’t live in the area, please stay out of the area to give responders room to work. (Information from the Emergency Communications Team for Montague County)

According to Saint Jo VFD – 11:30 (update) A brush truck and a tender has been requested by every department in the county to the scene of a large grass fire on Starkey Road, which is closed at this time.

Saint Jo Fire Department is assisting Nocona Rural Fire Department on a grass fire on Starkey Road near the Starkey Cemetery. Please avoid the area.

Companies on scene:

Saint Jo: Brush-341, Brush-241, Tender-141

Nocona Rural: Chief-131, Brush-231, Brush, 531, Tender-131.

Nocona City: Chief-130, Brush-130

Montague: Brush-151

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Sunglow brightens the landscape and containers

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5 days ago

08/20/2026

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Perfect Score, Director’s Select, Best of the Best and Leader of the Pack are just a few of the awards for Superlophus. I’m also reasonably sure you are thinking: What is a Superlophus?
Superlophus Sunglow is the official name botanically known as an Oenothera commonly called Texas Primrose. That’s right: This golden yellow flower that is a non-stop bloomer and tough-as-nails is a native selection and winner of 15 awards from Canada to Mississippi.

Read the full Garden Guy feature in the Thursday Bowie News.

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Heat continues its assault this week

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1 week ago

08/17/2026

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Get ready for more hot and mostly dry weather conditions this week! Outside of some very low rain/storm chances late this afternoon (and maybe tomorrow afternoon), the heat will be the main story for us! We’re almost there…fall is coming at some point!