Oscar Leroy Tarpley

1928 - 2015

BONHAM - Funeral services for Oscar Leroy Tarpley, age 86, of Bonham, will be held at 10 a.m. Monday, January 26, 2015 in Wise Funeral Home Chapel. Rev. Roy Spore will officiate. Burial will follow in Arledge Ridge Cemetery. Leroy passed away Friday, January 23, 2015 at his residence.

Leroy was born November 20, 1928 in the Edhube Community of Fannin County, Texas, the son of Oscar Washington Tarpley and Mallie Mae Grimes Tarpley. He attended school in Edhube and was a graduate of Bonham High School. Leroy was a US Army veteran of the Korean War. He married Betty Jean Harper on Sept. 4, 1952. He was a longtime member of First United Methodist Church in Bonham and one of his favorite bible scriptures was the comforting 23rd Psalm. Leroy was a self-employed electrician and enjoyed teaching computer classes at Grayson County College and Vocational Electronics at Bonham High School. He also enjoyed playing Country & Western music on a steel guitar, fishing and farming. He loved western movies and TV shows and even filmed a western locally. He was preceded in death by his parents and 3 sisters, Gertrude Scroggins, Edith Hollis and Grace Logan.

Leroy is survived by

Wife, Betty Tarpley of Bonham, TX

Sons, Wayne Tarpley and wife, Alice of Bonham

Dr. Jim Tarpley and wife, Valerie of Denison

Sister, Katy Stone of Dallas

Grandchildren, Dori & Travis Howery, Aja & Micah Parks, John Tarpley, Claire Tarpley, Bryce Tarpley and Leigh Tarpley

Great Grandchildren, Austin Leatherwood, Alex Leatherwood, Ayden Leatherwood and Koen Parks

Pallbearers will be Austin Leatherwood, Kelly Kemp, Travis Howery, Micah Parks, Edward Lowe and Richard McBride. Honorary pallbearers will be Lowery Stone, Bret Simpson, Roy Paul Kemp and John Tarpley.

Memorials may be made to Camp Sweeney, P. O. Box 918, Gainesville, TX 76241.

The family will receive friends at Wise Funeral Home from 6:30 – 8:00 P.M. on Sunday, Jan. 25, 2015. Online guest register www.wisefuneralhome.com