Dallas Co, Tx Obituary, D'Angelo, Joe Bill *********************************************************** Submitted by: Sharon Wilson Date: 7 Sep 2004 Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/tx/dallas/obits.html *********************************************************** As appeared in THE DALLAS MORNING NEWS, Wednesday, February 25, 1987, page 25A. Joe Bill D'Angelo Obituary Services Thursday for Joe Bill D’Angelo Services for Joe Bill D’Angelo host of Joe Bill’s Country Picnic in the 1950’s and 1960’s on KRLD-TC (now KDFW, Channel 4), will be at 11:30 a.m. Thursday in Sparkman-Hillcrest Funeral Home on Garland Road in Dallas. D’Angelo died of a heart attack Monday in Crandall, Kaufman County. He was 59. D’Angelo was the host of the Picnic from 1952 to 1960. Singer Trini Lopez made his television debut on the show. While serving s talent coordinator for the Big D Jamboree radio show in Dallas during the 1950’s and 1960’s, D’Angelo signed Elvis Presley to appear in the programs talent search segment. Last fall he hosted the reunion of the Big D Jamboree at the State Fair of Texas. D’Angelo was owner of American Rebuilders, a truck parts rebuilding shop in Crandall, at the time of his death. He was a member of Masonic Blue Lodge No. 928. D’Angelo is survived by his wife Rebecca Ann Arledge D’Angelo, his mother Catherine Pounds of Killeen, Texas; a daughter, Karen Aldridge of Rockwall; four sons, Paul and Joe D’Angelo, both of Crandall, John D’Angelo of Dallas; a sister, Jane Ruth Toliner of Killeen; his step-mother, Catherine Pounds of Killeen and three grandchildren. Burial will be in Grove Hill Cemetery, Dallas. Death and Funeral Announcement D’ANGELO, Joe Bill, Rt. 2, Crandall, Tx Survived by wife, Rebecca Ann D’Angelo; daughter Daren Elaine Aldridge Rockwall; sons, Robert Paul D’Angelo both of Crandall, John Anthony D’Angelo, Kenneth G. D’Angelo, both of Dallas; three grandchildren: mother, Catherine Pounds, Killeen, TX; stepmother, Alice D’Angelo, Dallas; sister , Jane Ruth Toliver, Killeen, Tx. Funeral Services, 11:30 a.m. Thursday, Sparkman Hillcrest Garland Rd. Chapel. Rev. Joe Price officiating. Interment Grove Hill Memorial Park. Family will receive friends at the funeral home Wednesday 6 to 8 p.m. Sparkman-Hillcrest, 10501 Garland Rd 327-8291