Billie Marie Gage

Billie Marie Gage, 64, passed away Sunday, Dec. 6, in Wichita Falls.

Private services and interment are under the direction of Aulds Funeral Home of Archer City.

Marie was born Feb. 4, 1956, in Wichita Falls, to William Robert “Bill” Gage and Robbie Lee Ray Gage. She graduated from Archer City High School where she was selected FFA Sweetheart and was awarded a college scholarship in basketball. In her working career of more than thirty years, she was employed by Levi Strauss, Certain Teed and Delphi. She enjoyed raising, riding and training horses. Her favorite paint horse, Gage, won the American Paint Horse Association World Championship in barrel racing in Ft Worth. She was a member of the Texas Oklahoma Barrel Racing Association and the American Paint Horse Association. She also was a member of the First Baptist Church of Archer City.

Marie was preceded in death by her father, Bill, on Aug. 7, 1986.

Survivors include two sons, Corey William Parker of Iowa Park, and Rob Jordan Tucker of Archer City; daughter, Jamie Ray Parker Proctor; her mother, Robbie Gage Prideaux of Archer City; two sisters, Nancy Allen of Stephenville, and Mary Beth Gage of Archer City; and four grandchildren.