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Submitted: 3/12/21 • Approved: 3/13/21 • Last Updated: 3/16/21 • R397022-G0-S3
August 17, 1942 - July 25, 2014
*Obituary
Don Leldon Overman went home to his Savior on Friday, July 25th, 2014 at the age of 71. A devoted husband, father, and great grandfather, and a deeply faithful man of God. Don, affectionately known as "Daddy Don" was known and loved by many, and our sadness at his passing is only surpassed by our joy at knowing he is with his Heavenly Father. Don Overman was born on August 17, 1942 in Levelland, Texas to the late Leldon Lee Overman and Thelma Gladys Overman. Don attended public schools in Levelland, Texas and in Whitharral, Texas. He married his high school sweetheart, Barbara Crews Overman, in 1960. Together, they have been active members of Second Baptist Church. From a young age, Don was a strong Christian man who placed God and his family in the center of his life. Daddy Don lived life to the fullest. As a young man, he enjoyed playing football, basketball, track and baseball. He showed animals in 4-H and FFA (a love and passion he never outgrew); and he loved riding horses. He formed loving and close friendships that he carried with him throughout his entire life. He obtained a pilot's license in his early thirties, and he later purchased a boat and a motor home so that he could travel by land, air and sea. He loved to take cruises with friends and family. Though his primary residence was in Levelland, Texas his second home was Lake Kemp in Seymour, Texas where he enjoyed some of the best times of his life with his family and friends under one roof. His hobbies included Golf, Fishing and working with wood. Don had a truly entrepreneurial spirit when it came to work in that he envisioned work as a means to learning and gathering knowledge and skills. Don's profession was farming, but he also worked as a Manager of the Triangle Gin, a salesman for Farm Bureau Insurance, owned and operated Rhinobear coffee shop, and did contract work for Oxy Permian LTD.
He is survived by his wife, Barbara Overman, by his children DeAnn and Keno Henderson, John Brandon and Angela Overman; his grandchildren: Hayley and Jason McManus, Kensey and Adam Barrett, John Jeremiah, Guy Don, and Chet Samuel Overman, Alexandria Brielle and Maci Hope French; and great grandchildren: Emily Raeanne and Kathryn Dawn McManus and the expected Averi Ann Barrett. Don was preceded in death by his Father, Leldon Lee Overman (1973), his mother, Thelma Gladys Overman, (2012), and a brother, Adrian Dean Overman (1939).
In celebration of Don's life and his faith, the funeral liturgy will be celebrated at 2:00 p.m. on Monday at the Second Baptist Church of Levelland, Texas with Mike Holster, celebrant. Interment will be held at the Whitharral Cemetery.
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