Wise Co., TX., Obits - Richard Lawrence Starnes - 1947 - 2000
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     Richard Lawrence Starnes - 4 May 1947 - 29 Jan 2000

Service for Richard Lawrence Starnes, 52, of Bowie was Tuesday, Feb. 1 
at the Eastside Baptist Church in Bowie. The Rev. Jamie Reed officiated
and burial followed at Elmwood Cemetery.

Starnes died Jan. 29, 2000, in Bowie. Born May 4, 1947, in Bowie, 
Starnes was a race horse trainer for many years and was the produce 
merchandiser for IGA Foodliner in Decatur. 

He married his wife, Judy, in Bowie in 1974. He was preceded in death 
by his son, Richard "Ricky" Lawrence Starnes on April 22, 1996.

Survivors include his wife, Judy of Bowie; a daughter, Melissa Harper 
of Calera, Okla.; a son, Rusty Lawrence Starnes of Bowie; three 
grandchildren, Ronnie Starnes, Ricki Ann Harper and Shawn Harper; two
brothers, Steve Starnes of Callisburg and Michael Starnes of Wichita 
Falls; two sisters, Carol Gilmore of Millstone, W.V. and Carolyn Darling
of Bowie; his father, Edgar Starnes of Bowie; and his grandmother, Mae
Fletcher of Bowie.