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July 10, 1931 –  February 12, 2016  Funeral Services for Gene M. Walsh, 84, of Whitesboro will be held Monday, February 15, 2016, at 2:00 p.m. at Meador Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Mike Flannagan officiating. Interment will follow at Oakwood Cemetery. Visitation will be held Sunday, February 14th from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. at the funeral home. He passed away Friday, February 12, 2016, at Wilson N. Jones Hospital in Sherman, Texas, with his family by his side. He was born to C.T. and Emily Jeanette (Locke) Walsh on July 10, 1931, in Collinsville, Texas. He married Loreta Maye “Rita” Walden on November 25, 1950 in Whitesboro, Texas. He was owner/operator of Walsh’s Texaco Station on Main Street, Whitesboro. He was a member of First Baptist Church, Whitesboro and Whitesboro Masonic Lodge #263 A.F. & A.M. Gene loved to play dominoes, cards and go fishing. He was a loving husband, father and grandfather and will be missed by all who knew him. He is survived by his wife, Rita of Whitesboro; son, Brad Walsh and his wife, Brenda of Whitesboro; daughters, Karen Elvington and husband, Billy of Whitesboro and Donna Walsh of Plano; grandchildren, Paige Elvington, Jeremy Elvington, Whitney Seitz, Weston Walsh, Wiley Walsh; 4 great-grandkids, Tyler, Gage, Austin, and Brantlee; 2 sisters, Dorothy Click of Modesto, California, and Mary Lynch of Vicksburg, Mississippi. He was preceded in death by his parents, C.T. and Emily Walsh; brothers, J. C. and Royce Walsh, and 2 sisters, JoAnn Wunderlich and Naomi Flynn.
In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to First Baptist Church Children’s Building Fund, 124 Center Street, Whitesboro, Texas 76273. http://videos.lifetributes.com/673485