John Glenn Halsell, Jr.

Crowell — died Sunday, September 17, 2017 at the age of 91 at his residence in Crowell.

He was born on March 14, 1926 in Fort Worth, son of the late John Glenn Halsell, Sr. and Eugenia Hill Halsell Maxwell.

He married Anne Christina Sisterson on June 10, 1960 in McKinney, Texas.

He graduated from Arlington Heights High School in 1943 and attended one year of college before joining the United States Navy to train as a fighter pilot during World War II. When the war ended, he finished his college degree at Texas Tech University in Lubbock.

He always spent his summers working on the family ranch. Following his college graduation, he formed a partnership with his brothers, and they ran a cattle business until his brother’s death. He then established his own Three Circle Ranch. He loved the land and was a good steward of his cattle and his land.

He was a faithful member of the First United Methodist Church of Crowell.

In 1995, he was awarded Regional 1 Conservation Rancher of the year. In 2012, he was selected as one of the Trailblazers of the Ranch Roundup in Wichita Falls. He was an outstanding rancher. Throughout his lifetime, he showed in word and deed that he earned the respect of the cattle industry.

He is survived by his wife of “57” years, Anne; one daughter, Carolyn Smead and husband, Kent; son, John Glenn Halsell, III, and wife, Kim; six granddaughters, Anne Smead, Mackenzie Smead, Elizabeth Smead, Lauren West and husband, Zane, Jacee Halsell, and Katie Halsell; one great-grandson, Wayne West; sister, Marilyn Maxwell; numerous nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by two infant sons, William Bud Halsell, in 1968 and Jed Halsell in 1969; one brother, Furd “Bud” Halsell, II on January 31, 1965; sister, Eugenia Halsell Montgomery, on November 18, 2014 a.m.

Services will be 11 a.m. on Thursday, September 21, 2017, at the First Baptist Church of Crowell, with Rev. Chris McLain officiating. Burial will be in the Crowell Cemetery under the direction of Womack-Manard Funeral Home in Crowell. Visitation will be 7-8 PM on Wednesday, September 20, at the funeral home.

The family suggests memorials be made to the First United Methodist Church, P.O. Box 786, Crowell, Texas 79227.

The Halsell family would like to thank Dr. Schaffner and his staff, Hospital Home Health of Wilbarger General Hospital, and Hospice of Wichita Falls, Inc. for their compassionate care.

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John Glenn Halsell, Jr. (1926)