FORT WORTH - Barney F. Bedford, 82, a retired custom home builder, died Monday, Nov. 23, 1998, at home.
Funeral: 10 a.m. Wednesday at Lucas Funeral Home. Burial: Laurel Land Memorial Park of Fort Worth. Visitation: 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Tuesday at the funeral home; the family will receive friends from 6:30 to 8 p.m. Memorials: Barney Bedford Scholarship Fund at Boswell High School in Saginaw for a graduating senior golfer. Contributions will be accepted by Southwest Bank, 740 Saginaw Blvd., Saginaw, Texas 76179.
Barney F. Bedford was born Jan. 6, 1916, in Springtown. He was a member of Saginaw Church of Christ and the Lake Country Golf Association. He was a 1935 graduate of Springtown High School, where he made all-district and all-state basketball honors. He attended John Tarleton Agricultural College on a basketball scholarship and also attended North Texas State University on a basketball scholarship. He was a licensed aircraft pilot. He was a former president of a life insurance company and owned an automobile dealership. He was a former director for York Christian College. He was an avid golfer with a hole in one to his credit. He consistently shot his age.
Survivors: Daughters, Carolyn Robbins and her husband, Joe, of Irving and Marolyn McCreery and her husband, Bob, of Fort Worth; sister, Ruth Vandiver of Sulphur Springs; five grandchildren; one great-granddaughter; and an extended family and a host of friends.
Fort Worth Star-Telegram (TX)
Date: November 24, 1998
Funeral: 10 a.m. Wednesday at Lucas Funeral Home. Burial: Laurel Land Memorial Park of Fort Worth. Visitation: 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Tuesday at the funeral home; the family will receive friends from 6:30 to 8 p.m. Memorials: Barney Bedford Scholarship Fund at Boswell High School in Saginaw for a graduating senior golfer. Contributions will be accepted by Southwest Bank, 740 Saginaw Blvd., Saginaw, Texas 76179.
Barney F. Bedford was born Jan. 6, 1916, in Springtown. He was a member of Saginaw Church of Christ and the Lake Country Golf Association. He was a 1935 graduate of Springtown High School, where he made all-district and all-state basketball honors. He attended John Tarleton Agricultural College on a basketball scholarship and also attended North Texas State University on a basketball scholarship. He was a licensed aircraft pilot. He was a former president of a life insurance company and owned an automobile dealership. He was a former director for York Christian College. He was an avid golfer with a hole in one to his credit. He consistently shot his age.
Survivors: Daughters, Carolyn Robbins and her husband, Joe, of Irving and Marolyn McCreery and her husband, Bob, of Fort Worth; sister, Ruth Vandiver of Sulphur Springs; five grandchildren; one great-granddaughter; and an extended family and a host of friends.
Fort Worth Star-Telegram (TX)
Date: November 24, 1998
FORT WORTH - Barney F. Bedford, 82, a retired custom home builder, died Monday, Nov. 23, 1998, at home.
Funeral: 10 a.m. Wednesday at Lucas Funeral Home. Burial: Laurel Land Memorial Park of Fort Worth. Visitation: 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Tuesday at the funeral home; the family will receive friends from 6:30 to 8 p.m. Memorials: Barney Bedford Scholarship Fund at Boswell High School in Saginaw for a graduating senior golfer. Contributions will be accepted by Southwest Bank, 740 Saginaw Blvd., Saginaw, Texas 76179.
Barney F. Bedford was born Jan. 6, 1916, in Springtown. He was a member of Saginaw Church of Christ and the Lake Country Golf Association. He was a 1935 graduate of Springtown High School, where he made all-district and all-state basketball honors. He attended John Tarleton Agricultural College on a basketball scholarship and also attended North Texas State University on a basketball scholarship. He was a licensed aircraft pilot. He was a former president of a life insurance company and owned an automobile dealership. He was a former director for York Christian College. He was an avid golfer with a hole in one to his credit. He consistently shot his age.
Survivors: Daughters, Carolyn Robbins and her husband, Joe, of Irving and Marolyn McCreery and her husband, Bob, of Fort Worth; sister, Ruth Vandiver of Sulphur Springs; five grandchildren; one great-granddaughter; and an extended family and a host of friends.
Fort Worth Star-Telegram (TX)
Date: November 24, 1998
Funeral: 10 a.m. Wednesday at Lucas Funeral Home. Burial: Laurel Land Memorial Park of Fort Worth. Visitation: 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Tuesday at the funeral home; the family will receive friends from 6:30 to 8 p.m. Memorials: Barney Bedford Scholarship Fund at Boswell High School in Saginaw for a graduating senior golfer. Contributions will be accepted by Southwest Bank, 740 Saginaw Blvd., Saginaw, Texas 76179.
Barney F. Bedford was born Jan. 6, 1916, in Springtown. He was a member of Saginaw Church of Christ and the Lake Country Golf Association. He was a 1935 graduate of Springtown High School, where he made all-district and all-state basketball honors. He attended John Tarleton Agricultural College on a basketball scholarship and also attended North Texas State University on a basketball scholarship. He was a licensed aircraft pilot. He was a former president of a life insurance company and owned an automobile dealership. He was a former director for York Christian College. He was an avid golfer with a hole in one to his credit. He consistently shot his age.
Survivors: Daughters, Carolyn Robbins and her husband, Joe, of Irving and Marolyn McCreery and her husband, Bob, of Fort Worth; sister, Ruth Vandiver of Sulphur Springs; five grandchildren; one great-granddaughter; and an extended family and a host of friends.
Fort Worth Star-Telegram (TX)
Date: November 24, 1998
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