  Donald H. "Don" Whitlock 4 September 1940 - 3 January 2011 Jean Kay Brantley Whitlock 19 June 1939 wed 29 June 1936  The Herald Democrat January 5, 2011 Don H. Whitlock lost his battle with cancer and passed into the greater life on Jan. 3, 2011. Don was born on Sept. 4, 1940 in Ambrose to Marshall and Irene Whitlock. Don was the oldest of seven children and attended Ambrose schools and Bells High School. He married the love of his life, Jean Brantley, on June 29, 1963. They lived many places throughout their marriage but spent many years in Wichita Falls where Don worked for White's Home and Auto. Don and Jean opened their own business in 1989, Whitlock's Pawn, in Bonham. He had the time of his life making deals and making so many friends through the business. Don and Jean sold the business and retired in 2005. He spent the past five years traveling around the country, visiting the casinos, having coffee with his friends, tending his cows and vegetable garden on the ranch, fishing and watching sunsets on the lake. Don is survived by his wife of 47 years, Jean Whitlock; his daughter and son-in-law Stephanie and Kevin Biggs of Iowa Park; his daughter and son-in-law Jeanna and Brian Crow of Austin; and five grandchildren, Lindsay and Sean Biggs and Brantley, Carlyn and Lawson Crow. He is also survived by his mother, Irene Whitlock Freeman of Paris; sister, Martha Sue Russell and husband Jim of Little Elm; brother Tom Whitlock of Denton; sister Sharon Nowell and husband Eddie of Paris; brother David Whitlock and wife Dianna of Bells; and brother Gary Whitlock and wife Laura of Bonham; and a host of nieces, nephews, cousins and friends. He was preceded in death by a brother James Arthur Whitlock in 1965 and his father Marshall Wayne (Fat) Whitlock in 1987. Family and friends are invited to the funeral home at their convenience on Wednesday, Jan. 5 to pay their respects and to sign the register book at Mullican-Little Funeral Home, State Highway 56, Bells/ Savoy. The family will be at the residence in Bonham. There will be no formal family visitation. A celebration of Don's life will be at 1 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 6, 2011 at Holy Trinity Episcopal Church, 623 Star Ave. in Bonham, where he was a member. Fr. David Kraus and Father Bill Dalton will officiate. Internment will follow at Hebron Cemetery, north of Bells. In lieu of flowers, the family asks that memorials be made to Holy Trinity Episcopal Church, P.O. Box 81 Bonham, TX 75418 or The American Cancer Society , 2433 Ridgepoing Drive-A, Austin, TX 78754.   Hebron Cemetery Susan Hawkins © 2024 If you find any of Grayson County TXGenWeb links inoperable, please send me a message. |