Obituary

Nash, Bobbie Ruth Lockett

Funeral services for Bobbie Ruth Nash, 83, of Plainview will be at 11 a.m. Saturday, March 4, 2017, at the First Baptist Church in Plainview. Burial will follow in Plainview Memorial Park under the direction of Bartley Funeral Home. A wake will be held from 6-8 p.m. Friday, March 3, at Emmanuel Church of God in Christ.

Bobbie Ruth Nash was born in Bremond, Texas, to the late Rev. Tom and Lenora (Munson) Lockett. Her family moved from Bremond to Abilene, to Hamlin, then settling in Plainview, Texas. She was widowed twice (Curtis J. Nash and Jack Uddley).

Bobbie worked as a Surgical Technician with (Covenant Hospital}, retiring after 27 1/2 years. She was well known in her church and in the community. Bobbie served her church, Emmanuel Church of God in Christ, in many capacities.

Bobbie is survived by her children, Sheila Nash, Curtis (Gail) Nash, Velma (Curtis) Thompson, Dorothy (Don) Green, Sabrina Uddley all of Plainview, Harold (Gloria) Uddley of Midland, Malcolm (Rose) Nash of Amarillo, Texas, and Trevina Willis and Akiba Nash of Denton, Texas; siblings Carl (Patricia) Lockett, Marjorie Hutchinson, Allan Neil Lockett and Brienda Lockett-Middelton, all of Abilene, Texas; sisters-in-law Dorothy Uddley Whitfield of Plainview, Gloria Lockett of Dallas, Texas and Ruthie Lockett of Houston, Texas. Also, she has 40 grandchildren, 24 great-grandchildren, two great-great-grandchildren and a host of nieces, nephews, cousins and some very special friends.
She is preceded in death by a daughter Youlanda Ann Nash; three grandchildren, Robyn Smiley, Dorinda Nash and Brentodd Wooley; her parents Tom and Leonora Lockett; three sisters Tommie Lockett Williams, Dorothy Lockett Arberry, Lula Lockett Royals; two brothers, Hardie Lockett and Leonard Lockett Sr.