Bobby Lane Stephens was born September 10, 1939 at his childhood home in Mt. Hermon, Louisiana, the first of 6 children to parents,Curtis Stephens and Ollie Mae Lambert Stephens. Bobby passed away at his home in Sherman, Texas surrounded in love by family and friends.  Bobby always had a smile and a helping hand. Farming was his passion. He could make anything grow bigger and better.  If your garden was not at least a football field long and wide, you were doing it wrong!  After farming, he hung overhead doors for Lunsford Doors in Houston, Texas.  He later started his own door company.  No matter how hard the task or how long the journey, he never stopped being the strong hard working man that God created him to be.  "No" was not a word used by Bobby when it came to his family and friends.  He was deeply loved and cherished by many in life, and he is already very desperately missed.
He is nsurvived by his wife of 51 years, Earlene Stephens; daughters, Stacey Stephens McDaniel and Deborah Stephens Irvine; son, Terry Stephens and wife, Sarah; sister, Dorothy McKenzie; brother, Thomas Stephens and wife, Vickie; sister, Genelle Vaughn and husband, Dennis; granddaughter,Courtney Burleson-Fussell and husband, Shawn; granddaughter, Jennifer Barrett and husband, Jonathan; grandsons, Jason Brown and Blake McDaniel; great-grandchildren: Hunter Barrett, Madison Barrett; Jaxson Barrett; William Darwin and Kennedy Brown; and numerous nieces and nephews.
Bobby was preceded in death by his parents; brother, Curtis Stephens, Jr.; sister, Patricia Millison; daughters, Sherry Stephens Byrd and Wendy Burleson; son-in-law, Brent Burleson; nephew, Jimmy Stephens; and niece, Lisa Millison.
Funeral service was held Saturday morning at Waldo Funeral Home Chapel.  Chaplin Dennis Noblett officiated.   Serving as pallbearers were Shawn Fussell, Tommy Stephens, Jason Brown, Blake McDaniel; Jon Barrett; and Terry Stephens.  Burial was at Cedarlawn Memorial Park, Sherman, Texas. - - -Waldo Funeral Home