Graveside services for Loyd O’Neal Cole were held in Bonham at Willow Wild Cemetery on Sunday, September 12, 2021 at 2 PM under the direction of Wise Funeral Home. Loyd passed away in the early morning hours Friday, September 10, 2021 at home in Bonham, Texas, following a long courageous battle with lung cancer.
Loyd was born in Middleton, Tennessee on September 21, 1935 to O’Neal Cole and Louise Russell Cole. He married the love of his life Betty Ruth Covington on August 24, 1954 in Paris, Texas and they had recently celebrated 67 years of marriage. Loyd retired from General Cable after 39 years of service. He was an avid country music and bluegrass fan and loved playing the piano. He also enjoyed making walking canes from Bois d’Arc wood and raising cattle. Loyd was a member of Boyd Baptist Church and a longtime member of the Bonham Lions Club. He was preceded in death by a son, Lance Reed Cole and a brother Harry Joe Cole.
Loyd leaves behind to cherish his memories his beloved wife, Betty Cole, son Steven Cole and wife Sherry, and his only granddaughter Meghan Cole Cryer and two great grandchildren Dakota Cryer and Preston Cryer. Also surviving are two sisters, Sue Bowden and husband, Orlis and Linda Flippen, and a brother, Danny Cole and wife Jency, all of Paris, TX; Numerous nieces and nephews, extended family and friends and two sisters-in-law Mamie Gay of Amarillo, TX and Barba McCarty of Paris, TX and a niece Destiny Brown and husband Kurt of Seminole, TX and their children Kameron Brown and Delaney Brown.
If desired, memorials may be made to Creative Arts Center, 200 W 5th St., Bonham, TX 75418.
