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Submitted: 2/18/20 • Approved: 2/24/20 • Last Updated: 2/27/20 • R270483-G0-S3
US Army
March 20, 1932-May 2, 2014
*Obituary
Denton W. Baucum SEMINOLE-
Graveside services for Denton W. Baucum, 82, of Seminole will be conducted at 2 p.m. Sunday, May 4, 2014, in the Loop Cemetery in Loop, Texas, with the Rev. Marvin Gregory officiating. He passed away Friday, May 2, 2014, in Seminole. Denton was born March 20, 1932, to Weaver and Lola Mae (Montgomery) Baucum in Anson, Texas. He married Delaine Mills in Loop, Texas, Aug. 7, 1976.
Denton graduated from Olton High School in 1950 and South Plains College in 1989. He was raised in Jones County and lived the majority of his life in Gaines County, farming for 25 years and selling real estate and farm insurance.
Denton was a member of the First United Methodist Church, served in the United States Army, a 32nd Degree Mason, Lubbock Scottish Rite, Knight Templar and an original board member of the Western Peanut Growers Association. He was very active in the American Agriculture Movement, driving his tractor from Seagraves, Texas, to Washington D.C.
Denton was preceded in death by his beloved wife, Delaine Baucum on April 23, 2014. Denton is survived by a daughter, Denyce Scott of Anson; son, David Baucum and wife, Barbara of Odessa; son, Daniel Baucum of Anson and Seminole; son, Heath Allen and wife, Stacey of Seminole; and two granddaughters, Katelyn Shook and Jordan Allen of Seminole; brother, Don Baucum of Ft. Worth; two sisters, Ann Baucum and Janis Sessums of Lubbock; and several nieces, nephews, and cousins.
Memorials can be made to the Seminole Memorial Hospital Hospice at 209 N.W. 8th Street, Seminole, Texas 79360 or Lubbock Scottish Rite at 602 Avenue Q, Lubbock, Texas 79401.
Family and friends visitation will be held today, Saturday, May 3, from 4 to 6 p.m. in the Ratliff Funeral Home in Seminole, Texas
Published in Lubbock Avalanche Journal May 4, 2014
Contributed on 2/18/20 by neldapat
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