Bert Fleetwood Dimock

SPRINGTOWN -- Bert Fleetwood Dimock Jr., 81, passed away Friday, March 20, 2009. Funeral: 2 p.m. Tuesday at First United Methodist Church in Springtown. Interment: Springtown Cemetery. Visitation: 6 to 8 p.m. Monday at White's Funeral Home in Springtown. Bert Fleetwood Dimock Jr. was born Dec. 3, 1927, in Wichita Falls to the late Bert F. and Etta Wyatt Dimock. His family moved to Bowie in 1938. Bert attended Bowie High School, John Tarleton Agricultural College in Stephenville and the University of North Texas in Denton, where he graduated with a bachelor of arts in journalism. He honorably served two years in the United States Navy during World War II. During his career he worked for several seismograph companies, Bell Helicopter, LTV, RCA, Collins Radio Company, and three divisions of General Dynamics-Convair, Astronautics, and Fort Worth, where he retired in 1990 as a chief in logistics. Bert was also owner with his brother, Dan, of the weekly newspaper, The Bowie Banner (1957-1960) and KBOC, the Bridgeport FM radio station (1982-1984). After retirement he and his brother, Melton, established Heritage RV Park in which he was involved until he sold his interest to Melton in 2006. Bert was a member of the First Methodist Church where he served on boards and committees, editing the sesquincentennial history of the church. He was a member of the Texas Folklore Society, Southwestern Historical Society, and the Commission of Archives and History of the Central Texas Conference of the United Mthodist Church. His interests included reading, family genealogy, organizing family photos and videos into booklets and DVDs and Texas history. Bert was preceded in death by his parents; a son, Bert "Biff" Fleetwood II; infant daughter, Sandra Jane; and brother, Lee Allen. Survivors: His wife, Frankie F. Medlin; daughters, Jayme Kaye Yoder of Weatherford and Holly Dimock of Azle; sons, James Garth and wife, Luna, of Fort Worth, Phillip John "Flip" of Weatherford; stepsons, Darren Medlin and wife, Susan, of Colorado Springs, Colo., and Derek Medlin and wife, Laurie-Sue, of Casper, Wyo.; brothers, Dan and wife, Janie, of Decatur and Melton of Azle; sister, Jo Gray and husband, Jim, of Kingman, Ariz.; seven grandchildren; three great-grandchildren; four stepgrandchildren; and numerous cousins, nieces and friends.