Bevis Jerome "Jerry" Minter

1948 - 2023  (74 years)

• Name	Bevis Jerome "Jerry" Minter
  Nickname	Jerry
  Birth	13 Oct 1948	Hardin County, Texas, USA   [1]
  Gender	Male
  _UID	21C13103330D452D816433972D60C3A36A54
  Death	15 Jul 2023	Houston, Harris County, Texas, USA   [2]
  Notes	From www.legacy.com: Bevis Jerome (Jerry) Minter, 74, was born October 13, 1948 to Bevis Melburn Minter and Lilla Jane Brown Minter. Jerry passed away peacefully on Saturday, July 15, 2023 in Houston surrounded by family. Jerry was a 1967 graduate of Spurger High School where he excelled in basketball. He was a 1974 graduate of Lamar University where he earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Chemistry with a teaching certification. It was during the following years that he continued with his love of basketball playing Independent Basketball for a number of years. His teaching career began in 1974 at Warren ISD where he taught for two years. In 1976 he moved to Woodville ISD where he taught and coached girl's basketball and track for six years. In 1982 he walked away from teaching to begin a career in the logging business with his brother Mike. Together they built Minter Logging into a very successful business. Mike retired in 2008 and Jerry continued with the business until he retired in 2017. After retiring he returned to work, at Gardner Oil for two years. Jerry was a talker. He loved to talk and tell stories whether it was in person or on the phone. His phone calls usually started before 6:00 a.m. He liked to stop and visit with friends but you never had to worry about him staying long, he could only sit still for a few minutes. If he was in town running errands, you knew where he was when you saw his truck. He was notorious for just getting out of his truck and leaving the driver's side door wide open. He was a man with many talents and hobbies. He was known for playing golf multiple times a week. He loved to deer hunt but missed the days of deer hunting when you could hunt with dogs. Other hobbies were team roping, duck hunting, quail and dove hunting, and hog hunting. Jerry was a gambler and he was a good one. He always came home a winner. He had a passion for reading, keeping a book with him at all times. If he didn't have a book, he was stopping at the nearest Wal-Mart or Barnes and Noble to get one. Jerry loved his family, especially his grandchildren. He enjoyed going to all their sporting and rodeo events encouraging and supporting them in everything they did. You always knew where you stood with Jerry. He was quick to tell you what he thought about something whether you liked his opinion or not but at the end of the day he would give you the shirt off his back. He was a hard worker and expected everyone else to be as well. He had an impact on many people and had many friends. Many that only knew him as "Minter." Survivors include his wife Elaine, brother, Mike Minter and wife Margie, daughter Monica Gunter and fiancé Vaughn Turner, daughter Rachel Arbuckle and husband Chad, granddaughter Sara Welch and husband Kody, grandsons Jett, Kort, and Reid Arbuckle, great-grandson Kaul Welch, and a new great-grandson arriving soon, Kye Henry Welch. Brothers-in-law and sisters in-law, John and Arlene Richardson and Mike and Timber Lee Nettles and a sister-in-law, Polly Minter. Jerry also leaves behind numerous cousins, nieces, and nephews. Jerry was preceded in death by his parents, his brothers Melburn and Tommy and a sister, Elaine. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the First Baptist Church of Spurger, P.O. Box 98, Spurger, Texas, 77660. A memorial service will be held Tuesday, July 25, 2023, 6 pm at the funeral home. A visitation will be held Tuesday from 4:30 pm until 6 pm at the funeral home.
  Person ID	I5078	America
  Last Modified	13 Oct 2023

  
  

  Father	Bevis Melburn Minter,   b. 12 Dec 1904, Sour Lake, Hardin County, Texas, USA d. 2 May 1986, Texas, USA (Age 81 years)
  Mother	Lilla Jane BROWN,   b. 5 Feb 1918, Texas, USA d. 9 Jun 2001, Woodville, Tyler County, Texas, USA (Age 83 years)
  Marriage	28 Oct 1939	Tyler County, Texas, USA   [3]
  Family ID	F2376	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Sara Kathleen SHEFFIELD
  Children	1. Monica Beth Minter
  Family ID	F2382	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	30 Apr 2015

  
  

  Family 2	Martha E NETTLES
  Family ID	F2383	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	30 Apr 2015

  
  

• Sources

  [S113] Texas Birth Index, 1903-1997 at Ancestry.com, January 2015 and later. [S320] www.legacy.com/obituaries. [S410] Texas, County Marriage Records, 1817-1965 at ancestry.com.