Bobby "Dale" Phelps

Bobby “Dale” Phelps (82) passed peacefully from this life the morning of October 23, 2017 after a gradual decline in health. He was surrounded and supported by his loving family and caregivers during the last days of his life. Dale was born February 28, 1935 in Ashdown, Arkansas. After raising their children in Mansfield, Texas, Dale, and his wife Brenda, moved to Quitman, Texas in 1983. Dale retired from Quitman Independent School District. He moved to Baytown, Texas in 2015.

Dale is survived by six children and five stepsons (and spouses): Bobbi Pyles (Gary) of Celeste, Texas, Peggy McDowell (David) of Greenville, Texas, Angel Potocki (Brian) of Fort Smith, Arkansas, Mitchell Phelps (Willene) of Athens, Texas, Kim Holle (Arlen) of Baytown, Texas, Jim Hubbard of Burleson, Texas, Keith Hubbard of Easton, Pennsylvania, Bill Hubbard of Erwin Tennessee, Larry Hubbard of Baker, Montana, and Don Hubbard (Sheila) of Euless, Texas; twenty-seven grandchildren; forty great grandchildren and two great great grandchildren. Dale is also survived by his brothers Gary and Joe Phelps. He was preceded in death by his wife Brenda, his father and mother Ernest Edgar Phelps, Sr., and Isabel, brothers Ernest Edgar Phelps, Jr. and Edgar Eugene Phelps and sister Dorothy Romona Phelps – Green.

A graveside service will be held May 19, 2018 at 11:00 a.m. at Concord Cemetery (next to Hubbard Chapel Baptist Church), FM 778 at CR 2590, Mineola, Texas 75773 (about 2 miles northwest of FM 49 aka Hainesville, Texas about ½ southeast of CR 1254).

In lieu of flowers memorials may be sent to St. Paul’s Lutheran Church, 712 Schilling Ave, Baytown, Texas 77520.