Don R. Talley, 70, of Holliday died March 18, 2007 at Hospice of Wichita Falls.
Services will be held 2 p.m. Thursday, March 22, 2007 at First Baptist Church of Holliday, Texas, with Dr. David Hardage, Director of Missions for the Waco Baptist Association, officiating. Burial will be in Crestview Memorial Park under the direction of Lunn's Colonial Funeral Home.
Don was a lifetime resident of Wichita and Archer Counties. He was born on Oct. 19, 1936 to Hurst Benton and Zilla Zee Talley. He graduated from Valley View Public Schools and Midwestern State University. On April 10, 1959, he married Janett Bryans. Upon graduation from MSU, he went into the insurance business with his father. For the next 30 years, he ran Talley Insurance Agency. He also formed Don Talley Real Estate Agency. After a brief retirement, he ended his real estate career with Strategic Realty.
Don was a longtime member of the First Baptist Church of Holliday. He was active in the Democratic Party, serving as the Archer County Democratic Chairman. He was the longtime campaign treasurer for former State Representative Charles Finnell.
As a member of the Grand Lodge of Texas A.F. & A.M., he was a past Master of the Dundee Masonic Lodge No. 994 before becoming a member of the Iowa Park Masonic Lodge No. 713. He was a member of the Maskat Shrine Temple and served as past president of the Texas Shrine Horse Patrol Association. He was a member of the Wichita Falls Board of Realtors and served on the North Texas Rural Rail Transportation District. As a member of the MSU Alumni Association, he was active in the Kiowa Cooks, a group of Ex-MSU students that raise scholarship money for the university. His favorite times were spent telling stories with his friends and watching his grandchildren play sports.
He was preceded in death by his parents, a sister and brother-in-law, Valaree and Hudson Mace, a nephew, Gary Ford, and a granddaughter, Talley McClung.
He is survived by his wife, three daughters, Bridget Rogers and husband Kevin of Highland Village, Lisa Little, and husband John of Lakeside City, Rhonda McClung and husband Hank of San Angelo, a sister, Viola Ford of Wichita Falls, and seven grandchildren, Coleton Little of Granbury, Shane and Matt Rogers of Highland Village, Brayden and Brea Little of Lakeside City, and Ben and Isabell McClung of San Angelo.
The family will be at the funeral home Wednesday evening 6-7 p.m. for visitation.
In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the Kiowa Cook Scholarship Fund at Midwestern State University, 3410 Taft Blvd, Wichita Falls, TX 76308, or to Hospice of Wichita Falls, 4909 Johnson Rd. Wichita Falls, TX 76310.
Tributes may be sent to the family at www.lunnscolonial.com.
Services will be held 2 p.m. Thursday, March 22, 2007 at First Baptist Church of Holliday, Texas, with Dr. David Hardage, Director of Missions for the Waco Baptist Association, officiating. Burial will be in Crestview Memorial Park under the direction of Lunn's Colonial Funeral Home.
Don was a lifetime resident of Wichita and Archer Counties. He was born on Oct. 19, 1936 to Hurst Benton and Zilla Zee Talley. He graduated from Valley View Public Schools and Midwestern State University. On April 10, 1959, he married Janett Bryans. Upon graduation from MSU, he went into the insurance business with his father. For the next 30 years, he ran Talley Insurance Agency. He also formed Don Talley Real Estate Agency. After a brief retirement, he ended his real estate career with Strategic Realty.
Don was a longtime member of the First Baptist Church of Holliday. He was active in the Democratic Party, serving as the Archer County Democratic Chairman. He was the longtime campaign treasurer for former State Representative Charles Finnell.
As a member of the Grand Lodge of Texas A.F. & A.M., he was a past Master of the Dundee Masonic Lodge No. 994 before becoming a member of the Iowa Park Masonic Lodge No. 713. He was a member of the Maskat Shrine Temple and served as past president of the Texas Shrine Horse Patrol Association. He was a member of the Wichita Falls Board of Realtors and served on the North Texas Rural Rail Transportation District. As a member of the MSU Alumni Association, he was active in the Kiowa Cooks, a group of Ex-MSU students that raise scholarship money for the university. His favorite times were spent telling stories with his friends and watching his grandchildren play sports.
He was preceded in death by his parents, a sister and brother-in-law, Valaree and Hudson Mace, a nephew, Gary Ford, and a granddaughter, Talley McClung.
He is survived by his wife, three daughters, Bridget Rogers and husband Kevin of Highland Village, Lisa Little, and husband John of Lakeside City, Rhonda McClung and husband Hank of San Angelo, a sister, Viola Ford of Wichita Falls, and seven grandchildren, Coleton Little of Granbury, Shane and Matt Rogers of Highland Village, Brayden and Brea Little of Lakeside City, and Ben and Isabell McClung of San Angelo.
The family will be at the funeral home Wednesday evening 6-7 p.m. for visitation.
In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the Kiowa Cook Scholarship Fund at Midwestern State University, 3410 Taft Blvd, Wichita Falls, TX 76308, or to Hospice of Wichita Falls, 4909 Johnson Rd. Wichita Falls, TX 76310.
Tributes may be sent to the family at www.lunnscolonial.com.
Don R. Talley, 70, of Holliday died March 18, 2007 at Hospice of Wichita Falls.
Services will be held 2 p.m. Thursday, March 22, 2007 at First Baptist Church of Holliday, Texas, with Dr. David Hardage, Director of Missions for the Waco Baptist Association, officiating. Burial will be in Crestview Memorial Park under the direction of Lunn's Colonial Funeral Home.
Don was a lifetime resident of Wichita and Archer Counties. He was born on Oct. 19, 1936 to Hurst Benton and Zilla Zee Talley. He graduated from Valley View Public Schools and Midwestern State University. On April 10, 1959, he married Janett Bryans. Upon graduation from MSU, he went into the insurance business with his father. For the next 30 years, he ran Talley Insurance Agency. He also formed Don Talley Real Estate Agency. After a brief retirement, he ended his real estate career with Strategic Realty.
Don was a longtime member of the First Baptist Church of Holliday. He was active in the Democratic Party, serving as the Archer County Democratic Chairman. He was the longtime campaign treasurer for former State Representative Charles Finnell.
As a member of the Grand Lodge of Texas A.F. & A.M., he was a past Master of the Dundee Masonic Lodge No. 994 before becoming a member of the Iowa Park Masonic Lodge No. 713. He was a member of the Maskat Shrine Temple and served as past president of the Texas Shrine Horse Patrol Association. He was a member of the Wichita Falls Board of Realtors and served on the North Texas Rural Rail Transportation District. As a member of the MSU Alumni Association, he was active in the Kiowa Cooks, a group of Ex-MSU students that raise scholarship money for the university. His favorite times were spent telling stories with his friends and watching his grandchildren play sports.
He was preceded in death by his parents, a sister and brother-in-law, Valaree and Hudson Mace, a nephew, Gary Ford, and a granddaughter, Talley McClung.
He is survived by his wife, three daughters, Bridget Rogers and husband Kevin of Highland Village, Lisa Little, and husband John of Lakeside City, Rhonda McClung and husband Hank of San Angelo, a sister, Viola Ford of Wichita Falls, and seven grandchildren, Coleton Little of Granbury, Shane and Matt Rogers of Highland Village, Brayden and Brea Little of Lakeside City, and Ben and Isabell McClung of San Angelo.
The family will be at the funeral home Wednesday evening 6-7 p.m. for visitation.
In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the Kiowa Cook Scholarship Fund at Midwestern State University, 3410 Taft Blvd, Wichita Falls, TX 76308, or to Hospice of Wichita Falls, 4909 Johnson Rd. Wichita Falls, TX 76310.
Tributes may be sent to the family at www.lunnscolonial.com.
Services will be held 2 p.m. Thursday, March 22, 2007 at First Baptist Church of Holliday, Texas, with Dr. David Hardage, Director of Missions for the Waco Baptist Association, officiating. Burial will be in Crestview Memorial Park under the direction of Lunn's Colonial Funeral Home.
Don was a lifetime resident of Wichita and Archer Counties. He was born on Oct. 19, 1936 to Hurst Benton and Zilla Zee Talley. He graduated from Valley View Public Schools and Midwestern State University. On April 10, 1959, he married Janett Bryans. Upon graduation from MSU, he went into the insurance business with his father. For the next 30 years, he ran Talley Insurance Agency. He also formed Don Talley Real Estate Agency. After a brief retirement, he ended his real estate career with Strategic Realty.
Don was a longtime member of the First Baptist Church of Holliday. He was active in the Democratic Party, serving as the Archer County Democratic Chairman. He was the longtime campaign treasurer for former State Representative Charles Finnell.
As a member of the Grand Lodge of Texas A.F. & A.M., he was a past Master of the Dundee Masonic Lodge No. 994 before becoming a member of the Iowa Park Masonic Lodge No. 713. He was a member of the Maskat Shrine Temple and served as past president of the Texas Shrine Horse Patrol Association. He was a member of the Wichita Falls Board of Realtors and served on the North Texas Rural Rail Transportation District. As a member of the MSU Alumni Association, he was active in the Kiowa Cooks, a group of Ex-MSU students that raise scholarship money for the university. His favorite times were spent telling stories with his friends and watching his grandchildren play sports.
He was preceded in death by his parents, a sister and brother-in-law, Valaree and Hudson Mace, a nephew, Gary Ford, and a granddaughter, Talley McClung.
He is survived by his wife, three daughters, Bridget Rogers and husband Kevin of Highland Village, Lisa Little, and husband John of Lakeside City, Rhonda McClung and husband Hank of San Angelo, a sister, Viola Ford of Wichita Falls, and seven grandchildren, Coleton Little of Granbury, Shane and Matt Rogers of Highland Village, Brayden and Brea Little of Lakeside City, and Ben and Isabell McClung of San Angelo.
The family will be at the funeral home Wednesday evening 6-7 p.m. for visitation.
In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the Kiowa Cook Scholarship Fund at Midwestern State University, 3410 Taft Blvd, Wichita Falls, TX 76308, or to Hospice of Wichita Falls, 4909 Johnson Rd. Wichita Falls, TX 76310.
Tributes may be sent to the family at www.lunnscolonial.com.
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