Dewey Marseilles ‘Sonny’ Quimby, of Abilene, Texas, passed away peacefully at home, on June 3, 2015.
Services for Mr. Quimby will be held at 11 AM on Tuesday, June 9 at a graveside service at the May Cemetery in Brown County, Texas. Interment will follow under the direction of Heartland Funeral Home of Early.
Born April 2, 1928 in Waco, Texas to Albert James Quimby and Janie Pearl Culpepper Quimby, Sonny grew up in and around Lockhart, Texas. In 1950 he married Mamie Lois Nelson, of May, Texas and they made their first home in Abilene; later they lived in numerous states and international locations including Tripoli, Libya; Great Yarmouth and London, England; Lafayette, Louisiana and returned to Abilene in 1978.
Sonny is survived by his sons Larry Quimby and wife Elena of Moscow, Russia, Jim Quimby and wife Evany of Jonestown, Texas and daughter Marcel (‘Marci’) Quimby of Dallas, Texas; grandchildren Stephanie, Scott and David Quimby of The Woodlands, Texas; brother James Terrell and wife Jeanie, of Tennessee Colony, Texas, sister Gail Crain of Baytown, Texas and brother-in-law John Wayne Nelson and wife Carol of May, Texas. He was preceded in death by his parents, wife Mamie Lois Quimby; sisters Willodean Quimby Culpepper and Betty Quimby, mother-in-law Thelma Theo Witt Nelson and father-in-law Ira T. ‘Tene’ Nelson.His passions in life was his work in the oil industry where he spent his career – beginning by working on oil wells in the Texas Valley in the 1940s, and later for Baroid, Continental Oil Company and as president of Pickett Oil Company in Abilene, Texas. Considered by many as a ‘character’, he had a dry sense of humour, enjoyed a good story, had a combination of loving personality, and penchant for accountability with a love for close family, farming and pets.
The family wishes to express our heartfelt appreciation to Visiting Angels, and especially Mary, Carrie, Angel and Cat – who took such wonderful care of him over the last year; and to IntegraCare Hospice of Abilene who provided loving support for him in his last weeks.
Donations, if desired, can be made to the American Cancer Society or International Fellowship of Christians and Jews.
