Connie Pearl Stelzig

Connie Pearl Stelzig, age 73 of Shepherd, Texas, passed away Wednesday, October 5, 2016. She was born January 17, 1943 in Houston, Texas to parents Enoch Leon Wilkerson, Sr. and Dovie Cargel Wilkerson. She is preceded in death by her father, Enoch Leon Wilkerson, Sr.; husband, Alton Jack Stelzig; and brother, Enoch Leon Wilkerson, Jr.

Survivors include her mother, Dovie Cargel Wilkerson; brothers, Ruben Wilkerson, John Wilkerson and wife Bizzie Wilkerson; sisters, Sherry Ferguson and husband Wesley Ferguson, Tammy Scroggins and husband, Randy Scroggins; daughter, Gale Fulcher and husband Martin Fulcher; sons, Howard Thompson and wife Donna Thompson, Greg Thompson and wife Katrina Thompson; grandchildren, Crystal Nequent, Christina Smith, Jessica Knight, Brittany Fulcher, Cynthia Shackelford, Josh Thompson, Kloe Thompson, Kolbe Rundell, Parker Phillips, Cody Phillips; and numerous great grandchildren.

Connie loved life and laughing and always enjoyed having fun with her friends. She was a great cook who loved to have barbeques. She especially wanted her family around for get-togethers and everything was always home- made. She even tried to teach Gale and Howard to make tamales when Gale was 8 years old and at the same time was chasing Greg around the kitchen.

Connie was an affectionate person and her parents were very important to her. She often help them out caring for her younger siblings.

Connie’s companionate nature led her to begin studying nursing in her early 30’s. Comforting her patients brought her much joy. Her nursing expertise came in handy when her husband Jack became ill.

When Jack died she worried about where he was and what happened to him, since he had never been baptized. She said she was upset over “a good man having no hope”.

In 2013, one of Jehovah’s Witnesses came to her door. Connie learned that the dead are in God’s memory and will live again, just as God purposed from the beginning. She was relieved to learn of the Bible’s promise of a paradise earth, and the hope that she would be reunited with Jack again. She confident their family would be together once again.

Connie was so proud of the children and grandchildren. She was always talking about them. Her desire was that the whole family learn Bible truths.

Visitation will be held from 5:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m., Friday, October 14, 2016 at Pace Stancil Funeral Home, Cleveland, Texas. Services will be held at 2:00 p.m., Saturday, October 15, 2016 at Pace Stancil Chapel, Cleveland, Texas. Interment will follow at Morgan Cemetery, Cleveland, Texas.

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