Obituaries

Steven Lynn Jackson, 58, of De Leon, passed from this life Tuesday, December 20, 2022. He was born August 20, 1964, in Arlington, Texas.

Mary Rochelle Claunch, 24 of Stephenville, Tx, passed away on December 18, 2022 in Ft. Worth, Tx with her family by her side. Mary Claunch was born on February 5, 1998 in Cleburne, Texas to Jamie Jo White. Mary was a 2016 graduate of Glen Rose High School where shefound a deep love for theater, choir and band. She was a 2020 graduate of Tarleton State University where sheearned a Bachelor’s Degree in Fine Arts. She was a member of Tarleton Players and of the Alpa PSI Omega fraternity. Mary was a light that lit this world up. She was a happy, loving, carefree soul that lit up every room she walked into and made everyone smile.Mary loved her family and friends like no one could’ve ever done. She was the best big sister to her sister, Karah, and her brother, Wesley. She loved her nephew, Tyler Jo, to the ends of the Earth. Although the love of her life, Brendon, held her heart,she loved so many and was loved by so many. Mary was preceded in death by her maternal grandparents Marvin and Mary Watson; her paternal grandparents Perry and Rochelle Claunch. She is survived by her mother, Jamie White; her sister, Karah; brother, Wesley; her uncle Michael White, Sr. (Jessica) of Meridian;aunt Felice Abbott (Norman) of Burleson, Tx: Donna Kruetz (Larry) of Stephenville, Tx,Cindy Farr of Arlington, TX,Becky Hutchison of Joshua, Tx; Susan Claunch of Santo, Tx,Teresa Claunch of Weatherford, Tx,Laurie Wallace of Joshua, Tx and Carolyn Wanamaker of Tennessee;her love, Brendon Allen of Stephenville, Tx;one great grandmother, Katherine White of Clifton, Tx. She is also survived by a slew of cousins and many friends. A memorial service for Mary will be held in Glen Rose, Tx on December 30th, 2022 at 2pm in the First Baptist Church. Arrangements were entrusted to Lawson Funeral Home, Meridian, Texas 254-435-792.

John Thomas Wilson III, “Tommy” a “True Cowboy” was born in Abilene, Texas on March 21, 1938, to John Thomas “Hoss” Wilson and Christine Ballard (Wilson) Scott. After graduating from Wylie High School Tommy began his lifelong career working for Southwestern Bell as a cable splicer.

Dixie Louise Godfrey, 88, went to be with the Lord on December 10, 2022, at her home in Tucson, Arizona. She was born in Stephenville, Texas on November 16, 1934, to M.

Phillip Edward Egdorf, 87 of Abilene, passed away on Sunday, December 4, 2022. A visitation will be held on Thursday, December 8, 2022, from 5:00 7:00 p.m. at Piersall Funeral Directors, 733 Butternut Street. A graveside service will be on Friday, December 9th at 1:00 p.m. at the West End Cemetery in Stephenville, Texas. Phillip was born on September 3, 1935, in Jacksonville, Illinois to McDonald Frederick and Julia Sarah Egdorf. In 1958, Phil left his home in New York and moved south to Ft. Benning, Georgia. While completing O.C.S., he met a young Auburn student named Patricia Walter. It was love at first sight and that love lasted 62 years. They married in June 1960, and he became an avid Auburn fan. If you ever heard his phone ring, you heard the Auburn fight song! His loving wife, children, grandchildren and greatgrandchildren are the joy of his life, whether coaching YMCA football, screaming at umpires at basketball games, packing up drinks for the tennis tournaments or driving a preteen girls gymnastics team all over Alabama for meets. He completed his M.B.A. at the University of Alabama at Birmingham and his Ph. D. at the University of Alabama. He found his passion in teaching, first at Birmingham Southern University, then at Tarleton State University in Stephenville in 1980. Eight years later, the family made their final move to Abilene where Phil accepted the position of Department Head of Business at McMurry College, and later became the Dean of the School of Business at McMurry University. He loved teaching, loved McMurry, and cared immensely about his students. He was generous, funny, tender hearted and blessed with a good German temper (mostly directed at himself or a few politician). He loved golf, but in the wisdom of Benny Turney, “what goes on at the golf course, stays at the golf course.” He was a man with a deep belief in God and devoted to his family and friends. We will miss him dearly. Phillip was preceded in death by his parents, McDonald

Dana Strickland, 57, of De Leon, passed away at her home Friday December 2, 2022. Arrangements are with Heartland Funeral Home of Comanche.

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