Collin Co., - Obituaries - Desota O’Dell Bilderback *********************************************** This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by: Karen Beda Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm *********************************************** Desota O’Dell Bilderback Obituary Services for Desota O’Dell Bilderback of Route 1, Aubrey, Texas, a 68 year old retired tax assessor for McKinney Independent School were held Monday at First Baptist Church of Celina, Texas. Rev. John Bledsoe and Rev. Ron Hathcoat officiated. Burial was in Cottage Hill Cemetery. He died Saturday in a McKinney hospital. Mr. Bilderback was born in Celina, Texas; son of the late Omer and Maude McGuire Bilderback. He married Opal Peebles on April 29, 1939 in Celina, Texas. He was a member of the New Hope Baptist Church, Masonic Lodge, Hella Temple Shrine, past president of the McKinney Rotary Club and Lions Club and had worked for the McKinney Independent School District for 17 years before his retirement. Surviving relatives include his wife of Aubrey, Texas; son, Bill Bilderback of Winnsboro, Texas; four brothers, Roy Bilderback of California, Eldon Bilderback of Celina, Texas; Velvie Bilderback of Gordonville, Texas and Glynn Bilderback of Lubbock, Texas; one sister, Mrs. Ora Perry of California, and two grandsons. (From the Courier Gazette, McKinney, Texas, December 15, 1980).