JUDY SHARON FORRESTER
Judy Sharon Forrester, born Nov. 14, 1942, in Hollis, Okla., slipped peacefully from this world on Nov. 25, 2025 — no doubt with perfect makeup, impeccable manners and her trademark quick wit fully intact.
Judy was the daughter of John Eron and Ola Mae Forbis, from whom she inherited a strong work ethic, a spotless sense of order and a no-nonsense attitude wrapped in charm. After graduating from Draughon’s Business College in Amarillo, Texas, she began her long career at Wellington State Bank in 1977, where she worked with professionalism, pride and polish for 33 years before retiring.
She was preceded in death by the love of her life, her husband, Jim “Tank” Forrester, who nicknamed her “Tidy Goodhand” for her legendary ability to keep a house so immaculate you could perform surgery on the kitchen counter. Family lore claims she once snatched Tank’s dinner plate away before he swallowed the last bite — efficiency was her love language. She was also preceded by their beloved son, Al Forrester; grandson Forrest Linville; her brother, Rommie Forbis; and her parents.
Judy leaves behind two daughters who adored her, Lyndy Forrester Black and husband Larrie and Brenda Linville and husband Lance. She also leaves a lively tribe of grandchildren — Sam Ohayon, Blaire and Currie Forrester, Guy Linville and wife Marina and Allie Linville — and great-grandchildren Maliki, Mikah, Mykell, Baylee and baby Gabriel, who will grow up hearing stories about the classy, hilarious, unstoppable woman who came before them.
Judy lived life like she dressed: flawlessly. She was never without makeup, never underdressed and never lacking a strong opinion about proper etiquette. She trained her daughters in the essentials: how to stand like a lady, how to enter and exit a car in a skirt and — most crucially — how to walk on tiptoes through the gravel parking lot of First Baptist Church so their high heels didn’t get chewed to bits. These lessons, passed down with love and laughter, will continue for generations.
She laughed often — sometimes so hard she couldn’t even tell you what she was laughing about. Her humor was quick, clever and contagious. And her heart was enormous.
A devoted wife, mother, grandmother and great-grandmother, Judy cooked supper every evening except Fridays, when the family headed to K-Bobs in Childress, Texas. She ordered the same thing every week: the charloin steak, well done. How she managed to chew it remains one of the great family mysteries.
She had a profound love for brownies — especially the coveted corner pieces — and was famous for her peanut patties, which appeared at holidays, reunions and sometimes, simply because she felt like spoiling her people. As a gifted seamstress, she created intricate custom prom dresses for her daughters, translating their extravagant teenage dreams into beautiful, handmade reality. When those days passed, she turned her talents toward sewing for grandbabies.
Judy lived with elegance, humor, discipline and heart. She leaves behind a legacy stitched from love, laughter and perfectly pressed seams — one that will be cherished by everyone lucky enough to have known her.
May her home in heaven be spotless, her makeup bag overflowing and her brownie pan eternally full of corner pieces.
Funeral services took place at 10:30 a.m. Saturday, Nov. 29, 2025, at the First Baptist Church with Keith Martin officiating. Burial followed in North Fairview Cemetery. Arrangements were by Adams Funeral Home of Wellington.
The family suggests that memorials be made to the Wellington Cemetery Association, P.O. Box 321, or Collingsworth County Home Delivered Meals, P.O. Box 228, Wellington, TX 79095.
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