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Charles Afton “Bid” Sheets

14 Jun 1924 – 3 Aug 2016

Birth14 Jun 1924
Death3 Aug 2016
CemeteryChatfield Cemetery New
Chatfield , Navarro County , Texas , USA
Added byCarol Anne Hoch on 05 Aug 2016
FaGhttps://www.findagrave.com/memorial/167782056

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Charles Afton "Bid" Sheets, 92, of Corsicana, Texas, passed away quietly on August 3, 2016, with his family at his side. Visitation will be from 6 to 8 p.m., Friday, August 5, 2016, at Corley's Funeral Home, Corsicana. Services will be at 2 p.m., Saturday, August 6, 2016, at Corley’s Funeral Home with his grandson, Pastor Terry Shelton, officiating. Graveside services will immediately follow in Chatfield Cemetery, in Chatfield, Texas. Charleds was born in Rice, Texas, to the late William Wesley Sheets and Nellie Sheets, the greatly-adored baby of their tight-knit farming family. Bid was William and Nellie’s only child, though he was welcomed by several older half-brothers and sisters. He attended and graduated Salutatorian from Chatfield High School with the Class of 1941. He played the trumpet, loved riding horses and would be happy for hours on end "tinkering" with anything and everything, whether it needed "fixin'" or not. He was happy with the simple things, including washing his dishes by hand instead of having a dishwasher. Up before the sun and usually in bed while it was still up in the evening, Bid was constantly busy – never a second wasted but still taking the time to enjoy every moment. He worked in the propane industry for almost all of his working years until he retired at age 65. On July 23, 1945, he married Billie Lou Gorman at the Methodist Parsonage in Chatfield, Texas. He claimed his being 21 and her being 16 would give him time to "train her up right." They had two sons and a daughter. His was an unwavering example of hard work, commitment, instilling a belief in the value of one’s word and putting his God and his family first. The lifetime of memories his family has are too numerous to list but of a certainty, some of the simplest things – a chewed, unlit cigar; anything "Ford" from an A-Model to an old pickup to a pristine Crown Victoria; bumpy dirt roads; handmade wooden cars, trucks and birdhouses; cool, fresh-cut St. Augustine grass; the whittling of a stick with a pocket knife; old-fashioned hard candies of any kind; the intro to an episode of "As the World Turns" or "Hee-Haw"; a shuffling step across a linoleum floor; two, single dollar bills, an AM transistor radio filling a warm, tiny kitchen with the songs of Roy Rogers, George Jones, Patsy Cline, Conway Twitty, Johnny Cash and Loretta Lynn (to name only a few); a can of Coca-Cola or a bottle of Big Red - will always bring a smile to their faces and a tug at their hearts. No childhood could possibly be complete without "a li’l Paw Paw Juice" in a green Tupperware cup once-in-a-while. The moments and memories held close, both shared and individual, are as countless as they are priceless and along with all who loved him, are his legacy left behind from a life unselfishly and graciously lived. He was preceded in death by his daughters-in-law, Darelle Sheets and Linda Kay Sheets; a grandson, Paul Orsborn; his siblings; and numerous other family members. Survivors include his wife of 71 years, Billie Lou (Gorman) Sheets, of Corsicana; sons, Jerry Sheets, of Salt Lake City, Utah, and Anthony Sheets, of Corsicana; daughter, Casina Sheets-Cobb and husband, Larry, of Carrollton; five grandchildren; 12 great-grandchildren; great-great-granddaughter, Alice Toms, of Corsicana; and many nieces, nephews, and countless other family members who loved him immensely. Corsicana Daily Sun: 8/5/2016...G5

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