OBITUARIES
Imogene Brewer
April 22, 1932 – October 2, 2022
FORESTBURG – Imogene Brewer, 90, passed away on Oct. 2nd, 2022.
The family will receive friends from 6 – 8 p.m. on Oct. 6, at the White Family Funeral Home in Bowie. A funeral service will take place at 10 a.m. on Oct. 7, at the First Baptist Church of Bowie, with Pastor Mike Henson officiating. Burial will follow at Salona Cemetery.
Imogene was born April 22, 1932 in Mallard, TX to John and Nina Holland. She married Elmo Brewer on Feb. 10, 1951 in Norman, OK. Together they raised three children and ranched on the land where her husband was raised. Imogene loved to sew and made most of her family’s clothes.
After they finished raising their family, she and Elmo enjoyed square dancing and traveling with her brothers and sisters. She was a member of the First Baptist Church in Bowie and the Eastern Star. Imogene’s grandchildren, great-grandchildren and great-great-granddaughter were the light of her life and what she lived for.
She is preceded in death by her parents; husband, Elmo Brewer; daughter, Channa Brewer; sisters, Anna Belle Clement, Ola Faye Jones, Lucille Hogan, Ilene Cunningham and Nina Mae Henderson and brother, Weldon Holland.
Imogene is survived by her sons, Gary Brewer and wife Arlene, Bowie and Terry Brewer and wife Cindy, Forestburg; brothers, Kenneth Holland, Nocona and James Holland and wife Barbara, Mansfield; grandchildren, Elesha Green and husband Guy, Carissa Hopson and husband Rowdy, Andrea Green and husband Brandon, Todd Brewer and wife Rachel and Evan Brewer and wife Randi; 12 great-grandchildren, Tristen Padgett and husband Jeffrey, Lane Hopson and wife Brooklyn, Brylie and Brenley Green, Lileigh Brewer, Ainsley Green, G. W. Brewer, Brayten Green, Isaac Brewer, Nathan Brewer, Chanten Green and Lydia Brewer and one great-great-granddaughter, Hazel Padgett.
The family requests memorials be made to the First Baptist Church of Bowie Building Fund at 307 Lindsey St. Bowie, TX 76230; the Bowie Mission, P.O. Box 691 Bowie, TX 76230; Christ Can or Montague County Cowboy Church Youth Building Fund, P.O. Box 4 Montague, TX 76251.
Arrangements entrusted to the White Family Funeral Home in Bowie.
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February 9, 1968 – July 4, 2026
BOWIE – Steven Douglas Drury, 58 died on July 4, 2026.
A private celebration of life for the family was on July 10.
He was an entrepreneur and created his business Drill Rig Depot.
He is survived by his wife, Christina Drury; four children, Sydney, Ben, Bailey and Josie; six grandchildren; parents, Don and Lois Drury; and brothers, David, Danny and Christopher.
Arrangements entrusted to the White Family Funeral Home of Bowie.
December 22, 1959 – July 1, 2026
SUNSET – John Wayne Shelton, 66, died on July 1, 2026.
There was a celebration of life for him from 5 – 7 p.m. on July 10 at Nocona Brewery.
He was born on Dec. 22, 1959 to Wade and Thelma Shelton in Nocona. He worked in the oilfield most of his life. He married Stephanie Burleson on Dec. 13, 1984 in Nocona.
He is preceded in death by his parents.
He is survived by his children, Jared Shelton, Bowie and Stacia Lorenz, Tennessee; sister, Serina Thomas, Bowie; four grandchildren and one great-grandchild.
Memorial donations made to the American Heart Association, www.heart.org.
Arrangements entrusted to the Jerry Woods Funeral Home of Nocona.
March 3, 1962 – July 6, 2026
WICHITA FALLS – Weldon Ray Duff, 64, died on July 6, 2026.
There was a visitation from 6 – 7 p.m. on July 10 at Jerry Woods Chapel in Nocona. A graveside service was at 10 a.m. on July 11 at Ringgold Cemetery with Richard Allen officiating. Pallbearers will be Mike Bonham, Jimmy Smith, Hatch Womack, Lynn Bugsy Allen, Blake Allen, Marlin Franklin, Joe Barnhill and Butch Matthews.
Duff was born on March 3, 1962 in Henrietta to Benjamin Franklin Duff Jr. and Myra Durham Duff. He worked as a machinist and was known as a “Jack-Of-All-Trades.”
Duff was a member of Bowie Masonic Lodge 578. He married Jowana Bussey on Aug. 8, 1980 in Ringgold.
He is preceded in death by his parents.
He is survived by his wife, Jowana Duff, Ringgold; daughter, Jessica Lierly, Collinsville; sister, Becky Case, Stoneburg; brother, Benjamin Franklin Duff III, Lonegrove, OK and three grandchildren.
Memorial donations may be made to Hospice of Wichita Falls, 440 Cypress Ave., Wichita Falls or Ringgold Cemetery Association, 1108 Hanson Rd., Ringgold.
Arrangements entrusted to the Jerry Woods Funeral Home in Nocona.
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