Weldon Leon Pipkin

Obituary For Weldon Leon Pipkin

Weldon Leon Pipkin, 95, lifelong resident of Bowie, Texas went home to be with the Lord on November 25th, 2023.

Funeral services will take place at 2:00 p.m. on Thursday, November 30th, at the White Family Funeral Home in Bowie.

Burial will follow at Hopewell Cemetery in Stoneburg, Texas.

Family will receive friends 1 hour prior to the service at the funeral home on Thursday.

Weldon was born on August 6, 1928 in Bowie, Texas to Lonnie Archer Pipkin and Myrtie Ann Engleburger Pipkin. On June 8, 1957 he married Patricia Elaine Stover. After Elaine’s death in 1996, Weldon married Wanda Jean Nored on December 16, 2000.

Weldon enjoyed gardening, especially growing tomatoes. He liked watching bull riding, playing the fiddle and even took lessons in his 80s. He enjoyed making ice cream for senior citizens gatherings for many years. He also enjoyed listening to music. He loved mowing his yard and did up until he was 93. Weldon was a caretaker for a few years mowing the cemetery where his parent’s resting place was. He enjoyed cracking pecans and sitting for hours whittling in his rocking chair.

Christmas was his favorite time of year. Weldon enjoyed lighting his Christmas star in his garden for everyone to see.

Weldon was a proud veteran. He was drafted to the army, December 14, 1950, in Fort Hood, Texas. He served time in Germany with the 2 nd Armored Division Third Battalion and was honorably discharged on December 2, 1952.

Weldon was a hard worker and worked for the Texas Highway Department, Gary Nees Lumber, Shamburger Lumber Company, Home Builders and Howard Wolf Dress Factory, all in Bowie, Texas.

In Weldon’s younger days, he loved to travel with his wife Elaine, his sister Edith and her daughter, Carroll Ann. After Elaine passed away in 1996, years later he married Wanda and continued his travels with her. They went on a cruise to the Caribbean. They also traveled to New Orleans, Hawaii and took a bus trip to British Columbia.

He is preceded in death by his parents, Lonnie Archer Pipkin, Myrtie Ann Engleburger, his wife, Patricia Elaine Stover Pipkin and wife, Wanda Jean Nored Pipkin.

Weldon is survived by his sister Edith Johnson of Bowie, Texas; his brother, Dee Pipkin and wife, Carol of Granbury, Texas; his stepchildren, Marilyn McWilliams and husband Greg, of Mead, Oklahoma, Billie Jean Johnson and husband Gary of Vashti, Texas, Rhonda Stephens and husband Richard of Highland Village, Texas, Laverne Richardson and husband Jerry of Stroud, Oklahoma, and Dewayne Nored and Beth of Bowie, Texas; numerous nieces and nephews, grandchildren, and great grandchildren.

Arrangements entrusted to the White Family Funeral Home of Bowie, TX.