Terry Cripe

Calera- Funeral services for Terry Wayne Cripe will be held at 2:00 PM Friday, January 11 at Harvest Time Assembly of God. Rev. Tresten Ledford and Pastor Adam Cantrell will officiate. Private committal services will follow at Akers Cemetery with Aaron Cripe, Terry Miller, Dominie Cripe, Robert R. Cripe, Earl Cripe, Chase Monday, and Ronnie Cripe serving as pallbearers. Mr. Cripe, 57, passed away Sunday, January 6 at Texoma Medical Center.

Terry was born April 4, 1961 in Sherman to the late Earl and Omie (Hess) Cripe. On March 14, 1987, he and Betty Scallorn were married in Sherman. Terry worked as a pastor for several churches from 1995 to 2017 when his declining health forced his retirement. He will be remembered by family and friends as a fun-loving man. He enjoyed collecting guns, hunting, riding motorcycles, and spending time with his grandchildren.

Mr. Cripe was preceded in death by his parents and is survived by his wife, Betty of Calera; five children, Terry Lynn Miller and wife Courtney of Sherman, Brandy Ledford and husband Tresten of Durant, Robert Cripe and wife Chastina of Denison, Aaron Cripe of Fort Lee, Virginia, and Stacey Cripe of Calera, ; eight grandchildren and another on the way; five siblings, Earl Cripe of Howe, Ronnie Cripe of Sherman, Robert Cripe of Sherman, Brenda Greenfield of Little Elm, and Jimmy Cripe of Sherman; and numerous nieces and nephews.

The family will receive friends from 6:00-8:00 PM Thursday at Waldo Funeral Home. The register book can be signed online at waldofuneralhome.com. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the Terry Cripe Funeral Fund at gofundme.com or Waldo Funeral Home.