JIMMY K. FOLEY

Graveside services for Jimmy K. Foley, 73, were held at 10 a.m. Monday, Aug. 2, at Little Flock Cemetery near Jewett. Brother Billy Bob Evans will officiate.

Mr. Foley passed asway Thursday, July 29, 2021, at Baylor Scott & White Hillcrest Medical Center in Waco.

He was born in Jewett on Jan. 25, 1948, and graduated from Leon High School with the Cass of 1965. Jimmy served his country in the U.S. Air Force during the Vietnam War. He spent time in North Carolina, Florida, and overseas with his service in Special Operations. He met Jean while stationed in Florida and they were married on Feb. 17, 1968, in Orlando. After his honorable discharge, he lived in Orlando, but moved back and forth to Texas for a few years before settling in Texas in the early 1970s, living in Buffalo and Jewett. He moved to Teague, where he remained, in 1973. Jimmy had several occupations during his working career. He ran a service station in Jewett, worked for the railroad as a clerk in Shiro, but his main career was with the coal mine near Jewett where he operated heavy equipment for almost 30 years. He loved to hunt and fish and tell stories and visit with everyone.

He is survived by his wife of more than 53 years, Jean Foley of Teague; one son, Taber Foley and wife Katie; two granddaughters, Megan Freeland and Madison Foley; two sisters, Judy Cullefer and husband Wayne and Alisa Foley and husband Mike Stevenson; his sister-in-law, Phyliss Foley; four nieces, Tina Clark and husband John, Kelly Theis and husband Jeff, Carla Hanz and husband Kevin, and Carmen Foley; two neohews, T. J. Foley and wife Debra and Steven Foley and wife Alissa; numerous great-nieces and great-nephews, other relatives and friends.

Mr. Foley was preceded in death by one son, Jim Kinard Foley; his brother, Tommy Foley; his father, Jim Oliver Foley; and his mother, Ruby Foley.

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900 U. S. Hwy 84 west

Teague, Texas 75860

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