Rebecca Ann Stroud

Memorial Services for Rebecca Ann Stroud, age 64, of Bonham, Texas will be held at 2:00 p.m. Sunday, February 9, 2020 at Wise Funeral Home Chapel. Deacon Michael Lawley, Rebecca's brother-in-law, will officiate. Rebecca passed away early Thursday morning, February 6, 2020 at The Heart Hospital Baylor in Denton, Texas.

Rebecca was born on April 9. 1955 in Dallas, Texas, the daughter of James William Tippett and Hazel Ruth Holder Tippett.. She graduated from Sunset High School in Dallas, Texas where she was a cheerleader and a member of the strutters, the high school drill team. Rebecca married Charlie Black Stroud III on June 23, 1975 in Dallas, Texas. Together they raised three wonderful children. Her favorite sports teams were the Dallas Stars and Dallas Cowboys. Rebecca would often join her father at the fifty-yard line, watching and cheering for the Cowboys. She was a genuine person who never met a stranger. She would greet you with open arms and embrace you with a hug. She was a dedicated and devoted friend. Rebecca loved to brag on her kids and grandbabies. She lived her life for her children, then for her grandbabies; family was her world. Rebecca's memory will forever be cherished, she will be greatly missed. She is preceded in death by her parents, her husband, her sister, Kathy Tippett, and her granddaughter, Elizabeth Dreier.

Rebecca is survived by her son, Brian Stroud and wife Amy of Mesquite, Texas; daughters, Misty Stroud-Martinez and husband Paul of Ferris, Texas and Jessica Neely and husband James Schoggin of Bonham, Texas; brother, Ray Tippett of Oregon; sisters, Deborah Lawley and husband Michael of Athens, Texas, Teresa Tippett and fiancé Kenny Smith of Dallas, Texas, and Denise Rose Eudy and husband Shane of Blooming Grove, Texas; grandchildren, Shawn Stroud, Tristan Stroud, Alexis Stroud, Samuel Stroud, Jackson Neely, and Julianne Busby; honorary grandchildren, Kalee Rush, Kimbree Rush, Kaitlen Rush, and Miles Davis; numerous nieces, nephews, extended family and friends.

February is heart month. Memorial donations may be made in Rebecca's honor to the American Heart Association or to the Dodd City Education Foundation