OBITUARIES

Jimmie Sue Foster

Published

3 years ago

08/08/2023

March 5, 1932 – July 26, 2023
ROUND ROCK – Jimmie Sue Foster, 91, passed away on July 26, 2023.
Visitation was from 7-8 p.m. Aug. 2 at Jerry Woods Funeral Home in Nocona. A celebration of life was at 10 a.m. on Aug. 3 at Nocona’s First Baptist Church with Pastors Lory Hunt and Dave Woodbury officiating. Interment will follow immediately after the service in Montague Cemetery.
She was born March 5, 1932 in a camp house on an oil lease two miles south of Burkburnett to Clarence and Lottie Taylor Richardson. During her childhood, the family lived in Holiday, Olney, Nocona and the oil-rich North Fields. She transferred to Prairie Valley Schools in the fifth grade, graduating in 1949. She married Thomas L. Foster in 1949. To this union, a daughter, Gloria Sue Foster was born. In 1952, she married W.W. (Buddy) Bell. They welcomed two sons, Wesley Scott Bell and Yancy J. Bell. The family made their home in Nocona the entire 45 years they were married. She would work as a lab technician at the
Major Clinic Hospital for 27 years. She was a member of Nocona’s First Baptist Church. She served as an adviser to the girls’ auxiliary group for four years. After the deaths of their respective spouses, she and Tom Foster were reunited in marriage in Nocona on March 2001. They made their home in Georgetown until 2022 when they relocated to an assisted living facility in Round Rock.
She was preceded in death by her parents, Buddy Bell, and grandchildren John Carver and Lucy Carver.
She is survived by her husband, Tom Foster, Round Rock: daughter, Gloria Foster, Montague; sons, Scott Bell, New Braunfels and Yancy Bell, Nocona; bonus daughter, Marla Young, Dripping Springs; five grandchildren; nine great-grandchildren and two greatgreat-
grandchildren.
Memorial donations may be made to Lucky Paw’s Animal Shelter in Nocona, Nocona’s Senior Citizen’s Center, The Carpenter’s Shop, or Nocona’s Tales ’N’ Trails Museum.

OBITUARIES

Steven Douglas Drury

Published

6 days ago

07/15/2026

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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.

OBITUARIES

John Wayne Shelton

Published

6 days ago

07/15/2026

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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.

OBITUARIES

Weldon Ray Duff

Published

6 days ago

07/15/2026

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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.