Bobbie "Jean" Courtney

Bobbie “Jean” Courtney, age 83 of Gatesville, passed away on Friday, January 22, 2010 at a local hospital. Funeral services are scheduled for 10:00 A.M. on Monday, January 25, 2010 at the First United Methodist Church of Gatesville. Burial will follow at 1:00 P.M. at the Oakwood Cemetery in Hamilton. The family will receive visitors from 2-4:00 P.M. on Sunday at the funeral home. Mrs. Courtney was born on February 1, 1926 in Star, TX to the late James Robert and Charlene Emily House Moore. She attended school in Evant and Star. She attended college in Ft. Worth. She married Kenneth Sparks of Evant. They moved to Hamilton and raised their family there. She later moved to Waco. She met and married Frank Courtney of Jonesboro in 1978. They made their home together in Jonesboro, moving to Gatesville in the ‘80’s. Frank preceded her in death in 1993. She worked at one of the local banks in town and was a volunteer at the hospital. She was an active member of the First United Methodist Church of Gatesville. She is preceded in death by her husband, her parents, a sister, Norma Evetts, and a brother, Charles Moore. She is survived by her children, Dale Sparks and wife Liz of Granbury, Danny Sparks and wife Vickie of Lorena, and Deborah Sparks of Hamilton; 4 step children; 5 grandchildren; 13 step grandchildren; I great grandchild; and numerous step great grandchildren. Memorials may be made to the First United Methodist Church of Gatesville or to the American Cancer Society.