This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.texas.counties.montague/695.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: He died in 2006! William Clarence Fowler NOCONA, Texas - William Clarence Fowler, 84, died on March 22. Funeral services were March 25 at 11 a.m. at the church of the Nazarene, with the Revs. Hillis Herrin and Charles Wylie officiating. Burial followed at Nocona Cemetery, with arrangements under the direction of the Jerry Woods Funeral Home. Fowler was born on Oct. 9, 1921 in Bonita, to Emerson Ottis Fowler and Beulah Thompson. He married Evelene Essie Grant on Aug. 13, 1944 in Grandfield, OK. He was in the U.S. Army during WWII, was a member of the Church of the Nazarene and served many years on the Nocona Volunteer Fire Department. He worked as a school bus driver for Nocona ISD. He is preceded in death by his parents; his sister, Gladys Skinner and great-grandson, Alex. Survivors include his wife, Essie Fowler, Nocona; one son, Willie Fowler, Gainesville; one daughter, Georgia Maier, Nocona; two sisters, Lucy Woods, Bowie and Ethel Grant, Gainesville; two brothers, Roy Fowler, California and Emerson Fowler, Dickenson; seven grandchildren and 10 great-grandchildren. Pallbearers were Ricky Fowler, Randy Fowler, Clint Ealson, Todd Brown, Fred Wright, Anthony Lopez and Jimmy Hill. Honorary pallbearers were Pete Langford, Wilton Underwood and Bill Pratt. Memorials may be made to the Nocona Volunteer Fire Department.