Opal Dell Armstrong

1929 - 2012

SHERMAN - Opal Dell Armstrong, 83, passed away Saturday November 10, at the Homestead of Sherman. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m., Monday November 12, at Waldo Funeral Home. Visitation will be held from 1 -2 p.m., prior to the service. Rev. Rob Shepherd of the East Sherman Baptist Church will officiate with Steve Klas, Phil Klas, Richard Hill, Dale Hill, Dennis Hill, and Justin Hatch serving as pallbearers. Burial will be at West Hill Cemetery.

Opal was born March 31, 1929 in Van Alstyne to the late Alfred and Nellie (Hunter) Hill. She married Joseph Edward Armstrong on May 15, 1954 in Sherman. Mr. Armstrong preceded her in death on June 12, 1964. Opal was a devoted homemaker and a longtime member of the East Sherman Baptist Church.

Mrs. Armstrong is survived by two sons, Mark Edward Armstrong and wife Deborah of Pottsboro and William Blair Armstrong of Sherman; granddaughter, Alician Hatch and husband Justin of Sherman; grandson, Colton Joseph Armstrong of Pottsboro; granddaughter, Jodi Weatherread and husband Charles of Whitesboro; two great-grandchildren, Madyson and Cooper Landers of Whitesboro; sister, Robbie Tellman of Irving; brother, Ted Hill of Sherman; two sisters-in-law, Marjorie Hill and Joyce Hill, both of Sherman; and brother-in-law, Buster Klas of Sherman.

She was preceded in death by her parents; husband; five sisters, Ova Sue Hopper, Kate Arledge, Bonnie Hill, Geneva Carter, and Evelyn Klas; and four brothers, Roland Hill, LC Hill, Dalton Hill, and Jack Hill.

In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to Challenger Baseball c/o Paul Martin at PO Box 336 Gunter, TX 75058. The register book can be signed online at waldofuneralhome.com.