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Obituaries
Gwetings . . .
•John vc Stowe
Johnye Estell (Buck)
Stowe, 94, passed away from
this life on March 29, 2014,
in Bowie.
A memorial service will
be held on Friday, April 4,
2014, at 2 p.m. at the First
United Methodist Church in
Nocona, conducted by Rev.
Scott Melton.
Johnye, the youngest of
seven children, was bom Oct
3, 1919, to Ridley Milton
Buck and Magnolia
(Burrows) Buck on a farm
north of Bonita. She married
George Clifford Stowe on
Sept. 4, 1938. They lived in
Shawnee, Okla., for many
years before moving back to
Bonita and then to Nocona.
She worked at the
Nocona Boot Company for
several years, was a 50+ year
member of Eastern Star, and
a member of the Nocona
First United Methodist
Church.
Johnye was preceded in
death by her husband; their
son, George Clifford “Cliff’
Stowe II; her parents; four
brothers, Raymond Buck,
Baylous Buck, Bernice
Buck, and Oral Buck; and a
sister, Odell Orcutt.
Surviving relatives
include one sister, Rnell
Chapman of Nocona; two
granddaughters; Keisha
Jones and husband, David of
Oklahoma City, and Fucia
Walker and husband, Britt
of Moore, Okla.; five great
grandchildren; Gabriel,
Vivian, Fyla, Halle, and
Nash; a sister-in-law, Fily
Buck of Enola, Ark.; and
many nieces, nephews and
friends.
In lieu of flowers, dona-
tions can be made to the First
United Methodist Church in
Nocona.
Mary Nelson
Mary E. Nelson, 80,
passed away due to brain
cancer Wednesday, March
26, 2014, at Oak Shores.
A graveside service was
held on Wednesday, April 2,
at Crestview Memorial Park,
Wichita Falls at 1 p.m. with
Chaplain Phillip Weitner
officiating.
Mary Eva Reed was bom
on the Ferguson homestead
12 miles south of Boise City,
Okla., on Feb. 3, 1934. The
land was settled by her
grandparents during the last
open U.S. land msh in
1906. Her parents, Futher
Reed and Flossie (Ferguson)
Reed, ran the city drag serv-
ice, but moved to California
in the mid thirties to escape
the dust bowl. Futher
worked in the shipyard and
after the death of his sister
her two youngest daughters
Willila & Favena came to
live with them and grew up
as sisters to Mary.
Ten days after they met in
October 1952 Mary and Jim
Nelson entered into a mar-
riage that lasted 61 years, 4
months, and 28 days until
Mary’s death. They had five
children.
Jim was in the U.S. Air
Force when they married and
all five children were bom
and grew up as they were
living on bases stationed in
Texas, Ohio, New York,
New Hampshire, Maine, and
Hawaii.
They retired from the Air
Force in 1972, and Mary
continued to work in the
nursing field as she had
always done until the mid
80’s when she became inter-
ested in the retail grocery
business and worked as
Deli/Market Manager until
she retired in 1994 at the age
of 60 to care for her parents.
Because of their interest
in the hobby of family
genealogy Mary became a
member of the Daughters of
the Confederacy, Colonial
Dames, and the DAR.
Jim had always worked in
residential constmction and
rental property which
allowed them time for travel
to research the family back-
ground. Mary & Jim enjoyed
family & company for many
years and when retired
bought a large motor home
to travel the country until
Jim’s health started to fail in
2007. They spent most of
their time at the retirement
home they had built on the
shoreline of Nocona.
Mary’s illness was very
sudden and death came in
less than two months.
Mary is survived by her
husband Jim; daughter Janet,
son Jon and wife Doris,
daughter JoAnn and husband
Alex, daughter Kyle and
husband Dean, 13 grandchil-
dren, and 13 great-grandchil-
dren.
She was preceded in
death by her parents, moth-
er-in-law Vera Nelson, and
oldest child Philip who died
of congestive heart failure at
age 52 in Jan. of 2006, plus a
host of family and friends.
Bob Phelan
GAINESVIFFE
Robert James (Bob) Phelan
age 88 passed from this life
on March 28, 2014, in
Gainesville. Bob was bom
on March 5, 1926, in
Bloomington, 111., to Joseph
Phelan and Margaret Gillen
Phelan. He was married to
Fola Shelton Hamilton on
Jan. 2, 1975, until she pre-
ceded him in death on April
12, 2010. Bob had most
recently resided at the Pecan
Tree Nursing Facility in
Gainesville.
Bob lived for many years
in the Wichita Falls area
while working as a welder
for Burgess Industries and
driving race cars on the dirt
track circuit throughout the
Texhoma region. He was a
standing member of the
Texhoma Racers Hall of
Fame, being inducted to that
honor on Oct. 22, 2010.
Bob and Fola had also
operated their Phelan lunch
truck business before retiring
and moving to Edmond
Okla. to be near his son and
granddaughter. They
enjoyed travel to many desti-
nations throughout the
world, visiting family and
friends, including the cama-
raderie of old racing bud-
dies. Bob and Fola later
returned to Texas and
resided at Walnut Bend close
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by her son, daughter and
extended family in the sur-
rounding area.
Bob is survived by one
daughter Finda Ballinger
and husband Rick of
Callisburg; son Bobby
Hamilton and wife Vicky of
Walnut Bend, son David
Hamilton and wife Patty of
Bonham, son Jerry Gamer
and wife Foni of Edmond
Okla.; grandchildren Josh
Ballinger and Garra, Matt
Ballinger and Stephanie,
Crystal Johnson, Bobby
Dale Hamilton and Kristina,
Dania Pieper and Bobby all
of Texas, Rachel Gamer and
Susan Gentry of Oklahoma,
Matthew Garner, Steve
Hamilton and Jen of Florida
and Nick Gamer of Virginia.
Bob also took great pride in
his many nephews, nieces,
great grandchildren and
numerous friends. Bob thor-
oughly enjoyed being around
his family and friends while
discussing racing sports,
football or any current topics
of the day.
Bob was also preceded in
death by a sister Patricia
Talley of Denver Colorado,
a brother Donnie Phelan of
Wichita Falls, his parents
and his first wife Marcel
Gamer of Okla. City.
Family visitation was on
Sunday afternoon Mar. 30
from 2-3 p.m. at the Geo. J.
Carroll & Son Funeral Home
in Gainesville. Chapel serv-
ices following the visitation
with Mitchell Martin offici-
ating, and burial taking place
at the Callisburg Cemetery.
A celebration of Bob’s mem-
ory at the Callisburg
Community Center will fol-
low the graveside. Serving
pallbearers will be grandsons
and great-grandsons, with all
Texhoma Racing Hall of
Fame members as honorary
bearers.
In lieu of flowers, memo-
rials should be directed to
Texhoma Racers Hall of
Fame in Wichita Falls Texas
or Pecan Tree Residents
Activity fund in Gainesville.
You may sign the online
registry at www.geojcar-
roll, com.
— Photo by Tracy Mesler
Noah Hendrix, Forestburg student, as he is being introduced to Quanah Parker’s own
great-grand daughter by Mary Francis Cox.
Course helps teachers blend
ag concepts into curriculum
BOWIE —Montague
County teachers who are
interested in exploring how
entomology and plant and
soil science can be included
in math, social studies and
language arts lessons are
invited to apply now for this
year’s Summer Agriculture
(Ag) Institute at Tarleton
State University in
Stephenville.
“Many children are now
at least three generations
removed from the farm.
They may not understand
how their food is grown or
where it comes from,” said
Montague County Farm
Bureau President Dwight
Siebman. “Our goal is to
help teachers integrate les-
sons about agriculture into
their curriculum to help
bridge that gap for their stu-
dents.”
The Summer Ag Institute
doesn’t give teachers some-
thing additional to teach.
Instead it offers a way to
incorporate aspects of agri-
culture into their normal cur-
riculum. Teachers who
attend the week-long course,
held June 9-13, are eligible
for 45 clock hours of profes-
sional development.
“We value our area teach-
ers. So we’re offering schol-
arships to help send them to
the Summer Ag Institute,”
Siebman said. “We encour-
age any teacher who is inter-
ested to apply as soon as
possible.”
Applications for the
Summer Ag Institute can be
found on TexasFarm-
Bureau.org under the “Youth
& Education” tab. The dead-
line to apply is Wednesday,
April 30.
Nocona Casket
Company
Quality pine & cedar
caskets available thru
your funeral home or
call 940-872-7552
Jonathan Brown
“It was a combination
screwball and a change-up.
I call it a screw-up.”
—Red Sox pitcher Bill
Lee, on what kind of pitch
he threw resulting in
prodigious home run
“The Spirit of Sports: The
spirit of sports gives each
of us who participate an
opportunity to be cre-
ative. Sports knows no
sex, age, race or religion.
Sports gives us all the
ability to test ourselves
mentally, physically and
emotionally in a way no
other aspect of life can.
For many of us who strug-
gle with ‘fitting in’ or own
identity - sports gives us
first face of confidence.
That fir bit of confidence
can be a gateway to many
other great things!”
—Dan O’Brien
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Your Local Places of Worship
Bethel Baptist Church
310 7th St. - 825-3577
Sunday School 9:45 a.m.
Morning Worship 11 a.m.
Evening Service 6 p.m.
Church of Christ
311 Cooke - 825-3136
Bible School 9:30 a.m.
Morning Assm. 10:30 a.m.
Evening Assm. 5:30 p.m.
Wednesday Assm. 7 p.m.
First Baptist Church
511 Cooke St. - 825-3885
Sunday School 9:30 a.m.
Worship Service 10:45 a.m.
Evening Worship 6 p.m.
Wednesday Service 6 p.m.
Nueva Vida Bautista
609 Montague - 825-3924
Bible Study 10 a.m.
Worship Service 11 a.m.
Valiev View Baptist
Church
FM 103 North of Nocona
966-3318
Sunday School 10 a.m.
Morning Worship 11 a.m.
Evening Worship 6 p.m.
Bible Baptist Temple
700 E. Willow - 825-4940
Sunday School 10 a.m.
Morning Worship 11 a.m.
Northside Landmark
Missionary Baptist Church
Corner of Grayson &
Mimosa
Sunday School 10 a.m.
Morning Worship 11 a.m.
Evening Worship 6:30 p.m.
Christ Community Church
101 Bois D’Arc St.
825-3791
Sunday Worship 10 a.m.
Wednesday Study:6:30 p.m.
Nocona Hills
Community Church
Nocona Drive 825-5285
Sunday School — 9:00 a.m.
Sun. Workship — 10:00 a.m.
Mon. Bible Study —2:00 p.m.
Bible Wav Mission
Cherry & Henrietta Sts.
Sunday School 10 a.m.
Morning Worship 11 a.m.
Evening Service 7 p.m.
Church of the Nazarene
300 E. Elm St. - 825-6031
Sunday School 9:45 a.m.
Morning Worship 10:45 a.m.
Evening Worship 6 p.m.
Shady Grove
Community Church
Worship Service 11 a.m.
First Presbyterian Church
406 11th St.
Worship Service 9:00 a.m.
United Methodist Church
Montague
Worship Service 9 a.m.
Sunday School 10 a.m.
Central Christian Church
300 Cooke St. - 825-3794
Sunday School 9:45 a.m.
Morning Worship 11 a.m.
First Assembly of God
West Pine Street - 825-4742
Sunday School 9:30 a.m.
Morning Worship 10:30 a.m.
Evening Worship 6 p.m.
First Baptist of Montague
Sunday School 9:45 a.m.
Morning Worship 11 a.m.
Evening Worship 6 p.m.
United Methodist Church
202 Grayson - 825-3785
Sunday Worship 9:45 a.m.
Morning Worship 11 a.m.
Illinois Bend Church
Sunday School 10 a.m.
Morning Worship 11 a.m.
Evening Worship 6 p.m.
Wednesday Service 7 p.m.
Molsbee Chapel Church
Molsbee Chapel Rd.
825-4580
Jean’s Men’s Bible Class
105 Main St. - 825-3432
Sunday Morning 9:30 a.m.
Sunday School 10:00 a.m.
Morning Worshipl 1:00 a.m.
Evening Worship 6:00 p.m.
Wednesday 6:00 p.m.
Montague Holiness Church
Sunday School 9:45 a.m.
Worship Service 11 a.m.
Sunday Evening 6:30 p.m.
Ringgold Methodist
Church
Sunday School 10:30 a.m.
Morning Service 11 a.m.
Shepherd of the
Hills Baptist Church
FM 1956 at FM 3301
Sunday School 9:45 a.m.
Church 10:55 a.m.
Evening 6:30 p.m.
Bonita Baptist Church
Sunday School 10 a.m.
Worship Service 11 a.m.
Evening Worship 6 p.m.
Abundant Life Church
7th at Pecan Sts. - 825-6549
Sunday School 9:45 a.m.
Worship Service 11 a.m.
Evangelic Service 6 p.m.
First Presbyterian Church
406 11th St. - 825-4168
Sunday School 9:30 a.m.
Worship Service 10:30 a.m.
Ringgold Baptist Church
Sunday School 10 a.m.
Morning Worship 11 a.m.
Evening Worship 6 p.m.
St. Joseph’s Catholic
109 Denison - 825-6331
Feb., May, Aug., Nov. - Sat. 5 p.m.
Sun 10:40 a.m. - Mar., Jun., Sept.,
Dec.
Sun. 11:45 a.m. - Jan., Apr., July,
Oct.
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Mesler, Tracy & Mesler, Linda. The Nocona News (Nocona, Tex.), Vol. 109, No. 42, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 3, 2014, newspaper, April 3, 2014; Nocona, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth703665/m1/4/: accessed July 8, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Friends of the Nocona Public Library.