Freestone County, Texas
Obituaries



Corsicana Daily Sun - Jan 31, 2007


Glenn Dale Minze - 01/31/07

Loving husband, caring dad, wonderful granddaddy, Glenn Dale passed from this
world to a place where there is no cancer or pain anymore. He was born on Dec. 
5, 1947, and passed away on Jan. 29, 2007, in the arms of his loving family at 
his home in Streetman. He was the youngest of three sons born to Dudley and 
Ruble Minze. He grew up in the St. Elmo/Winkler community and was a member of 
the New Hope Baptist Church.

Visitation will be held from 6 to 8 p.m. today at Griffin-Roughton Funeral Home 
in Fairfield.

Service will be 11 a.m. Thursday, Feb. 1, at Griffin-Roughton Funeral Home Chapel
in Fairfield with the burial at Birdston Cemetery in Streetman. John H. “Hoppy” 
McGilvary be officiating.

Pallbearers will be Mark Duke, Kelly Cobos, Erich Brown, Paul Lopez, John 
Gellegos and Clay Faughn.

Glenn Dale attended Fairfield High School and graduated with the class of 1966.
Shortly after graduation he married his high school sweetheart, Sherrie Carroll
of Streetman. This was the beginning of a marriage that would last more than 40 
years. From this marriage were born three sons: Jeffrey Glenn, Joseph Dean
“Jody,” and Gene Allen.

These three red-headed boys would learn from their dad the values of working
hard to provide for your family, the fun of preparing for the sitting around 
the camp fire at the opening weekend of deer season each year, and treating 
other folks the way you want to be treated.

Glenn Dale worked for 30 years at the TXU Big Brown Power Plant in Fairfield.

He is survived by his loving wife, Sherrie; sons, Jeff and wife Tammy of 
Corsicana, Jody and wife Teresa of Fairfield, and Gene of Streetman; 
grandchildren, Cullen, Colby, Morgan, Mason, Aaron and Averi; brothers, Johnny 
and wife Harriett of Longview, and Bud and wife Sherrill of Streetman; two 
aunts, Peggy Toms and Jettie Bell, both of Corsicana; and a host of nephews, 
nieces and cousins. He also had a special aunt and uncle in his life from the 
time he married Sherrie, Nell and Harris Wilson Milner of Streetman.

Glenn Dale was preceded in death by his father and mother, Dudley and Rubie 
Minze; and by his father-in-law and mother-in-law, Gordon “Bert” and Edith 
Carroll.