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Funeral services for Gene M. Walsh, 84, of Whitesboro were held Monday, February 15, 2016 at Meador Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Mike Flanagan officiating. Interment followed at Oakwood Cemetery, Whitesboro. He passed away Friday, February 12, 2016 at Wilson N. Jones Hospital in Sherman.
He was born to C.T. and Emily Jeannette Locke Walsh on July 10, 1931 in Collinsville, Texas. He married Loreta Maye "Rita" Walden on November 25, 1950 in Whitesboro. He owned and operated Walsh's Texaco Station on Main Street, Whitesboro. He was a member of First Baptist Church, Whitesboro and Whitesboro Masonic Lodge #263 A.F. & A.M. Gene loved to play dominoes, cards and go fishing.
He is survived by his wife; son, Brad Walsh and wife, Brenda, of Whitesboro; daughters, Karen Elvington and husband, Billy, of Whitesboro; Donna Walsh of Plano; grandchildren, Paige Elvington, Jeremy Elvington, Whitney Seitz, Weston Walsh, Wiley Walsh; 4 great-grandchildren, Tyler, Gage, Austin and Brantlee; 2 sisters, Dorothy Click of Modesto, California and Mary Lynch of Vicksburg, Mississippi.
He was preceded in death by his parents; brothers, J.C. and Royce Walsh; and 2 sisters, JoAnn Wunderlich and Naomi Flynn. - - - Meador Funeral Home.