DENISON - Steven Craig Alley, 55, passed from this life into eternal life on Monday, April 5, 2010 in Denison.
Visitation will be from 10 -11 a.m. Friday, April 9, 2010 at Bratcher Funeral Home, 401 W. Woodard St., Denison.
Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Friday, April 9, 2010 at Bratcher Funeral Home Chapel, with Rev. Alan Mattingly officiating. Pallbearers will be Mike Pike, Nate Pike, Robert Sylvester, Bob Dye, Sale Omohundro and Anthony Ciaccio. Burial will follow at Fairview Cemetery, 1501 Hwy. 91 N, Denison.
Steve was born on Oct. 18, 1954 in Mooresville, N.C., the son of Robert Moore Alley and Florence Isenhour Alley. He graduated from North Mecklenburg High School and received his BA in education from Pfeiffer College in North Carolina. He received his master of technology degree from SOSU in Durant, Okla.
He moved to Texas in 1982 with Custom Products. He then made Texas his home after marrying Nancy Wester on June 18, 1983. Steve enjoyed his friends and family and was especially proud of daughter, Lacey and grandson, Peyton.
Steve worked for Oscar Mayer, KXII-TV, First National Bank of Whitewright and was an assistant golf pro and a member of the Men's Golf Association at Woodlawn Country Club for many years. He was active on the football and wrestling teams in high school, was on the tennis team in college and became an avid golfer later in life.
He is survived by his wife Nancy Alley of Denison; daughter Lacey Alley, Dave Smith and grandson Peyton Connor Smith, all of Denison; mother Florence Alley of Mooresville, N.C.; sisters Kaye Mode of Mooresville, N.C. and Dianne Robinson of Oakton, Va.; nephews Mark Mode, Michael Mode and John "Tripp" Boyter, all of Mooresville, N.C.
He was preceded in death by his father, Robert Moore Alley and father and mother-in-law, Truman and Edna Wester.