Carroll "C.Q."-Spiller-Obituary

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Carroll "C.Q." Quentin Spiller

Feb 10, 1941 - Sep 20, 2025

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I’m so very sorry for your loss. He will be missed.

Your family is in our thoughts and prayers

May God bless you and your family in this time of sorrow.

Linda, our prayers are with you and your family.
Richard & Gail Ownby

I’m so sorry for your loss.. I am so thankful to have known him he was such a wise and thoughtful man .. I have so many good memories at the Spiller house .. thoughts and prayers for you all !!!

I am so sorry for your loss. He was a wonderful person, who will be greatly missed. Many prayers for each of you.

Linda, I am so sorry for your loss. I thought the world of Carroll and will always remember him. Prayers for you and your family. Love, Carolyn Ray Jolly.

CQ was always kind and generous with us, extending that to our sons when we visited. His family is a wonderful testimony of his character and love of Christ.
Our love to the family.

Sorry for you loss Shannon you are in my prayers

Obituary

Carroll "C.Q."'s Obituary

Carroll Quentin Spiller, 84, of Bonham passed away Saturday, September 20, 2025. Services will be held at Wise Funeral Home on Thursday, September 25, at 12:00 pm. Visitation takes place from 6 pm to 8 pm on Wednesday, September 24 at Wise Funeral Home. Burial will follow at Willow Wild Cemetery. 

C.Q. was the second of seven children, born on February 10, 1941 to Joseph Quentin and Velva Pauline Spiller in Dodd City, Texas. He attended Dodd City schools, graduating in 1959. He volunteered for the US Army and became a paratrooper in the 82nd Airborne. When he returned from the Army, he met Linda Kay Priddy. They married on June 4, 1966 at Clark Memorial Methodist Church. Their union lasted 59 years, 3 months, and 16 days. 

C.Q. worked on the Union Pacific Railroad for 29 years. He became a knife maker and a master engraver, and enjoyed working on his '57 Corvette. He loved maintaining his place north of Bonham, which gave wonderful memories to three generations of Spiller children. 

He joined Trinity Baptist Church to give his children a firm grounding in the Christian faith. After the children were grown, he and Linda attended First United Methodist Church. As the decades passed, C.Q.'s devotion to Christ grew deeper. In his latter years, he took solace in the fact that his entire family knew and loved the Lord. 

C.Q. is preceded in death by his parents; his sisters, Velva Delight Reisanuer and Pamela Jean Justice; and his brother, James Michael Spiller. 

He is survived by his loving wife, Linda Spiller; his siblings Joan Adeline Knight, Doss Randall Spiller (Dorothy), and Danny Lynn Spiller; his daughter Shannon Lynn Craft (Clint) of Lake Dallas; and his sons Jeffrey Quentin Spiller (Jonna) of Gober, and John Clifton Spiller of Bonham. His grandchildren are Ryan, Kyle (Ali), and Ty (Shanelle) Craft and Nik (Rachel), Jake, and Luke Spiller. His great-grandchildren are Wes, Kai, Ben, and Leo Craft. He is survived by generations of loving nieces and nephews. 

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