Bill Lindsey

Bill Curtis Lindsey, died Wednesday, March 25th on his ranch in
Newell, South Dakota. He was born on August 14, 1960, in San Angelo,
Texas to parents DeWayne and Janey Lindsey. He was married to Denna
Puckett Lindsey for 27 years. They had two children, William and
Lauren Lindsey.
Bill grew up in Rankin, Texas with his parents and three brothers, Tom,
Daymond, and Shane. He graduated from Rankin High School in 1978. He knew
from an early age that ranching was what he wanted to do for the rest of
his life. It was his true passion and he was the perfect man for this
occupation. He loved the land and livestock and always felt that ranching
was an honorable profession. In 1984, Bill and his family moved the
ranching operation north to Wyoming and South Dakota. Like a true
settler, he found ranches that he knew would make wonderful sheep
country. For the next 13 years, he put together an extensive ranching
operation that was the pride of his career.
Bill awoke each morning with a smile on his face and went about his
tasks with the optimism and good nature of a man doing what he loved
best. He truly believed that hard work and honest sweat were the
building blocks of a person's character. His children would willingly
do anything he asked because there's nothing he would ask them to do
that he wouldn't be right there beside them doing himself.
Services will be at 2:00 pm Tuesday, March 31, 2009, at the Rankin Park Building,
Rankin, TX. Officiating the services will be Johnny Kidd
and Reverend Jennifer Kelley. Internment will immediately follow at the
Rankin Cemetery.
Bill was survived by his wife, Denna, and their two children, William and
Lauren of Rankin, Texas. His father and mother, Dewayne and Janey Lindsey
of Rankin. His brother, Tom, and sister-in-law, Janet, of Rankin. His
brother Daymond of Flower Mound, Texas. His brother, Shane, and
sister-in-law, Shelly, of McKinney, Texas. Sister-in-law and husband, Ann
and Keith Ferrell, of Twin Falls, Idaho. And numerous nieces and nephews.