Lois Gale “Susie” Bartholow slipped from this life Friday, November 7, 2014.
Funeral services will be held at 1 p.m. Wednesday in Biggers Funeral Chapel. Following the service, her request was to be cremated. Visitation will be from 6 to 8 p.m. Tuesday at the funeral home.
In lieu of flowers, please consider making a donation in her name to the Wise County Animal Shelter.
She was born August 24, 1954, in Amarillo to Darnell and Phyllis Whitecotton. She graduated from Boswell High School in 1972 and attended TCU.
Everyone referred to her as Susie, except for her daddy, who never called her anything but Lois Gale. She loved her grandchildren wholeheartedly. Answering to “Nana B.,” she read to them, played with them, sang to them, made their favorite foods and represented an unconditional love to each one.
She was talented at crocheting and made her grandchildren, nieces and nephews all of the latest trends from scarves to Halloween costumes. She loved gardening and canning. In asking her favorite flower, her daddy replied, “All of them!”
One of her greatest attributes was her love for animals. She rescued and nursed countless animals back to health and found them forever homes. Her very presence caused many tails to wag.
She was preceded in death by her mother and grandmother.
She is survived by her husband and the love of her life, Richard Bartholow of Springtown; her children whom she held dearly to the end, sons, Rocky Smith and wife, DaLania, of Springtown, Joey Larson and Matt Bartholow, both of Granbury, and daughters, Mandi Smith Bowie and husband, Justin Bowie, of Springtown and Haley Nagy and husband, Zvonimir, of Pennsylvania. She is also survived by her grandchildren, Taylor, Nicole, Alex, Reagan, Luka, Amanda and Amber; her sweet daddy and stepmother, Darnell Whitecotton and Tommie Whitecotton of Springtown; and siblings, Ulis, Glenda and Teena.
