Obituary (from the Turrentine-Jackson-Morrow funeral home website):
Bobby Lee Decker, age 67, of Princeton, Texas, passed away August 28, 2011, in Princeton. Bobby was born September 10, 1943, in Allen, Texas, to James Wesley and Lillie Washington (Davis) Decker. He married Joyce O'Neill on October 26, 1990. Bobby worked for Lone Star Gas for thirty years as a meter installer. Following retirement, he drove a school bus for the McKinney ISD. Bobby attended Grace Community Church in Princeton, but held a membership at Waddill Street Baptist Church in McKinney. He is survived by his brother, Gene Decker of Allen, Texas; sisters, Faye Taylor of Blue Ridge, Texas and Martha Ellsworth of McKinney, Texas; step-daughters, Carla Swearingen of Princeton, Texas, Connie Auritt of Garland, Texas, and Carrie King of Sanger, Texas; grandchildren, Jeremy, Jeff, Randy, Kristie, Courtney, Cody, and Cory; five great-grandchildren; and numerous other loving family and friends. He was preceded in death by his parents, wife, Joyce, sisters, Mary Frances Wilbanks, Dorothy Johnson, and Sarah Decker, and brothers, George Decker and Carl Decker. Funeral services will be held at 10:00 a.m., Wednesday, August 31, 2011, at Turrentine-Jackson-Morrow Chapel in Allen, Texas. Interment will follow at Ridgeview Memorial Park in Allen. The family will receive friends during a visitation beginning at 7:00 p.m., Tuesday evening at the funeral home.
Bobby Lee Decker, age 67, of Princeton, Texas, passed away August 28, 2011, in Princeton. Bobby was born September 10, 1943, in Allen, Texas, to James Wesley and Lillie Washington (Davis) Decker. He married Joyce O'Neill on October 26, 1990. Bobby worked for Lone Star Gas for thirty years as a meter installer. Following retirement, he drove a school bus for the McKinney ISD. Bobby attended Grace Community Church in Princeton, but held a membership at Waddill Street Baptist Church in McKinney. He is survived by his brother, Gene Decker of Allen, Texas; sisters, Faye Taylor of Blue Ridge, Texas and Martha Ellsworth of McKinney, Texas; step-daughters, Carla Swearingen of Princeton, Texas, Connie Auritt of Garland, Texas, and Carrie King of Sanger, Texas; grandchildren, Jeremy, Jeff, Randy, Kristie, Courtney, Cody, and Cory; five great-grandchildren; and numerous other loving family and friends. He was preceded in death by his parents, wife, Joyce, sisters, Mary Frances Wilbanks, Dorothy Johnson, and Sarah Decker, and brothers, George Decker and Carl Decker. Funeral services will be held at 10:00 a.m., Wednesday, August 31, 2011, at Turrentine-Jackson-Morrow Chapel in Allen, Texas. Interment will follow at Ridgeview Memorial Park in Allen. The family will receive friends during a visitation beginning at 7:00 p.m., Tuesday evening at the funeral home.
Obituary (from the Turrentine-Jackson-Morrow funeral home website):
Bobby Lee Decker, age 67, of Princeton, Texas, passed away August 28, 2011, in Princeton. Bobby was born September 10, 1943, in Allen, Texas, to James Wesley and Lillie Washington (Davis) Decker. He married Joyce O'Neill on October 26, 1990. Bobby worked for Lone Star Gas for thirty years as a meter installer. Following retirement, he drove a school bus for the McKinney ISD. Bobby attended Grace Community Church in Princeton, but held a membership at Waddill Street Baptist Church in McKinney. He is survived by his brother, Gene Decker of Allen, Texas; sisters, Faye Taylor of Blue Ridge, Texas and Martha Ellsworth of McKinney, Texas; step-daughters, Carla Swearingen of Princeton, Texas, Connie Auritt of Garland, Texas, and Carrie King of Sanger, Texas; grandchildren, Jeremy, Jeff, Randy, Kristie, Courtney, Cody, and Cory; five great-grandchildren; and numerous other loving family and friends. He was preceded in death by his parents, wife, Joyce, sisters, Mary Frances Wilbanks, Dorothy Johnson, and Sarah Decker, and brothers, George Decker and Carl Decker. Funeral services will be held at 10:00 a.m., Wednesday, August 31, 2011, at Turrentine-Jackson-Morrow Chapel in Allen, Texas. Interment will follow at Ridgeview Memorial Park in Allen. The family will receive friends during a visitation beginning at 7:00 p.m., Tuesday evening at the funeral home.
Bobby Lee Decker, age 67, of Princeton, Texas, passed away August 28, 2011, in Princeton. Bobby was born September 10, 1943, in Allen, Texas, to James Wesley and Lillie Washington (Davis) Decker. He married Joyce O'Neill on October 26, 1990. Bobby worked for Lone Star Gas for thirty years as a meter installer. Following retirement, he drove a school bus for the McKinney ISD. Bobby attended Grace Community Church in Princeton, but held a membership at Waddill Street Baptist Church in McKinney. He is survived by his brother, Gene Decker of Allen, Texas; sisters, Faye Taylor of Blue Ridge, Texas and Martha Ellsworth of McKinney, Texas; step-daughters, Carla Swearingen of Princeton, Texas, Connie Auritt of Garland, Texas, and Carrie King of Sanger, Texas; grandchildren, Jeremy, Jeff, Randy, Kristie, Courtney, Cody, and Cory; five great-grandchildren; and numerous other loving family and friends. He was preceded in death by his parents, wife, Joyce, sisters, Mary Frances Wilbanks, Dorothy Johnson, and Sarah Decker, and brothers, George Decker and Carl Decker. Funeral services will be held at 10:00 a.m., Wednesday, August 31, 2011, at Turrentine-Jackson-Morrow Chapel in Allen, Texas. Interment will follow at Ridgeview Memorial Park in Allen. The family will receive friends during a visitation beginning at 7:00 p.m., Tuesday evening at the funeral home.
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