Nan Park

Obituary For Nan Park

Nan Crowder Park, 85 of Bowie, TX, went home to be with the Lord on Monday, November 30th, 2020 in Nocona, TX.

Graveside services will be at 2:00 p.m. on Thursday, December 3rd, at Elmwood Cemetery in Bowie, with Pastor Larry Coleman officiating.

A gathering for friends and members of the Texas Federation of Women’s Clubs is from 10 to 12, prior to the service on Thursday, December 3rd, at the White Family Funeral Home in Bowie.

Nan was born August 28, 1935 in Memphis, TX to William Lester and Edna Theodora (Fowler) Crowder. In 1953 she moved to Bowie, where she met her husband Gene Park, and on September 7, 1954, the couple were married in Wichita Falls, TX. Nan worked alongside Gene as owner and operator of the Gulf Service Station in Bowie, as well as ranching together for many years. She was City Clerk in the early 60’s and a bank officer at the Bowie National Bank, now known as the Jacksboro National Bank.

Nan devoted herself to the community, she was a Montague County Election Judge for Bowie since the middle 1970’s, and served on the District Campfire Committee for many years. She operated “Awards by Nan” for over forty years, ordering trophies and ribbons for numerous groups in the community. She received the “Friend of 4H” two years in a row in Montague County. Most people don’t know that Nan was a retired Civil Air Patrol Search and Rescue Pilot, and as a retired pilot she served on the Bowie Airport Board of Directors for many years.

From the beginning year of Jim Bowie Days, Nan was a member of the Board of Directors and served as treasurer for over forty years, her duties would begin a month before the event and continue until all business had been concluded after the conclusion of the Rodeo. Nan is was honored to be the Grande Marshall for the 54th Jim Bowie Days Championship Parade.

Nan was a 63 year member of the Texas Federation of Women’s Clubs, which includes their local club, The Amity Club. She received the GFWC Texas Jennie Award in 2015. She served as credentials chairman for 12 years and also served as Parliamentarian for Pioneer District for 12 years. She served under five state presidents. She was cherished by all the State and National members she met. As one member stated, she was the club’s compass.

She is preceded in death by her husband Gene Park, who passed in 2014, her parents and brother Glen Crowder.

Nan is survived by her sister Jean Angove of Bowie; nephews Ray Angove and wife Dawn of Corinth, TX, Charles Walsh and wife Anita of Glen Rose, TX, and Jon Bruce Crowder of Corpus Christi, TX; great-nephew Tyler Angove and wife Erin of Gordonville, TX; and special friends Patti Poe and husband Sammie of Montague, TX and Barbara Winningham and husband James of Bowie.

In lieu of flowers, please make donations to The Amity Club Scholarship Fund.

Arrangements entrusted to the White family Funeral Home of Bowie, TX.