Peggy Jean Richardson

Obituary For Peggy Jean Richardson

Peggy Jean Long Richardson, 90 of Benbrook, TX passed away Sunday, October 18, 2026.

A viewing will take place at the White Family Funeral Home in Bowie, Texas on Sunday, November 1st, from 5:00 – 7:00 P.M.

Graveside service will be at Elmwood Cemetery in Bowie, TX on Monday, November 2nd, at 11:00 A.M.

Peggy was born on August 21, 1936, in Marlow, Stephens County, Oklahoma to the late Carl M. Long and Mary E. Walters.

Peggy and her family lived in Marlow, and Ryan Oklahoma before moving to Bowie Texas. She attended and graduated from Bowie high School. While in high school she played the tenor drum and snare drum in the marching band. She played the timpani drum in the concert band. She also played the piano and sang in the church choir. She attended North Texas State for one semester.

Peggy met Clois and married him on January 31, 1956. They started their married life in Farmington, New Mexico. Peggy worked at an insurance office. They moved back to Bowie, Texas around 1960.

Peggy became a homemaker (which was her goal in life). She made sure the family was taken care of. Peggy loved to sew and make Carla’s clothes. She never missed Mark’s basketball games. She was involved in Benbrook Baptist Church activities such as teaching Sunday School or helping with GA’s or counting the weekly offering for the church. She ran the church nursery for several years. She loved to work in the garden. She was also the staff assistant for their parking lot sweeping business.

Peggy and Clois belonged to the Ramblin’ Rangers Camping Club. She held several offices within the club. They loved to travel and experience new places.

Those left to cherish her memory a daughter, Carla Gurley and her husband Rick of Bixby, Oklahoma; a son, Mark Richardson and his wife Patti, of Freeport, TX; six grandchildren, Aaron Gurley and his wife Mary of Olathe, KS, Geramy Mays of Lake Worth, TX, Jared Gurley and his wife Ashley of Hudson Oaks, TX, Emily Weber and her husband Kolby of Nocona, TX, Hilary Montague and her husband Corbin of Round Rock, TX, and Jesse Richardson of Austin, TX. Survivors also include thirteen great grandchildren, as well as several nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her husband Clois, her brother, Monty Long, and a great granddaughter Taylor Weber.

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

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