Don Kent Geeslin

  General Notes:

Kent Geeslin, 66 of Goldthwaite passed away on Tuesday, May 30, 2017. Visitation will be held on Thursday, June 1, 2017 from 5:00 P.M. to 7:00 P.M. at the funeral home. Funeral services will be held on Friday, June 2, 2017 at 2:00 P.M. at the Stacy-Wilkins Funeral Home Chapel with Bro. Doug Holtzclaw and Dayton House officiating. Burial will follow in Goldthwaite Memorial Cemetery.

Kent Geeslin

Don Kent Geeslin, 66, of Goldthwaite, died May 30th, 2017 with his wife of 25 years by his side. He passed away at his home away from home and the place where he worked and played for his entire lifetime - the Geeslin river place on the Colorado River.

Kent was born August 3, 1950 in San Saba, Texas, to Della and Don Geeslin. He grew up in Mills County. As a young boy, he rarely stayed indoors, instead always out and about enjoying nature and exploring. He grew up helping his father Don raise turkeys and hogs. He also enjoyed rodeos during his high school years. Kent was a member of the Church of Christ and he was baptized on July 24, 1963. Kent graduated from Goldthwaite High School in 1968. After graduation, he attended Angelo State University before joining the United States Navy. After serving in the Navy, he lived and worked San Angelo for a brief time before moving back to Mills County to work alongside his father at Don Geeslin Farms. This work included operating a sheep feedlot, a feed mill, and raising goats and cattle. In 1979, Kent and his brother, Mark, purchased the Chevro-let dealership in Goldthwaite and operated Geeslin Motors for approximately 9 years. While working and raising a family, Kent also served on the board of the National Lamb Feeders Association, was an original board mem-ber of First State Bank, for-merly First National Bank, on the board of directors of the Brownwood Bass Club, and served several terms as a board member of the Mills County Hunting and Fishing Club.

After his father's death in 1987, Kent, his two sib-lings, and their mother Della established Geeslin Farms, which remained in operation until Della's death in 2014. Kent then became a part-time rancher and full-time piddler.

Kent was an avid outdoors-man and shared his love of fishing, hunting, and camping with all of his children and family. He also enjoyed fly-ing, which inspired his son, Michael, to obtain his pilot li-cense. They spent many hours flying together. Kent com-peted for many years in the Brownwood Bass Club, earn-ing the title of Angler of the Year several times. He and his wife Neta also competed in couples fishing tournaments for many years and made a lot of fishing friends along the way, while winning awards as well.

Survivors include his wife Neta Geeslin of Goldthwaite, sons Brian Geeslin and Mi-chael Geeslin of Goldthwaite, a daughter Kristi Lever-ett and Joe of Goldthwaite, step-son Craig Auldridge of Goldthwaite, step-daughter Jenny Amonett and Aaron of Abilene, sister, Linda Miles and Elam of Goldthwaite, brother, Mark Geeslin and Kathy of Goldthwaite. He is survived by ten grandchil-dren, Ellis and Brilee Geeslin, Lainey and Jacob Leverett, Cooper and Claire Auldridge, and Payton, AJ, Anderson, and Aisley Amonett. He is also survived by his beloved dog, Pooch, who was his con-stant companion. Kent was preceded in death by his par-ents, Don and Della Geeslin.

Stacy-Wilkins Funeral Home, Goldthwaite, Texas handled all arrangements. ⁴

Don married Mary Lou Muse, daughter of Aubrey Muse and Violet E. Fuqua, on 25 Oct 1969 in , Mills County, Texas.¹ (Mary Lou Muse was born on 22 Oct 1949 in , Imperial County, California,⁵ died on 1 Apr 2014 and was buried on 4 Apr 2014 in Goldthwaite Memorial Cemetery, Goldthwaite, Mills County, Texas.)

  Noted events in their marriage were:

• Divorce, 18 Nov 1991, , Mills County, Texas. ⁶

Don next married Neta Sue Berry, daughter of James Doe Berry and Elizabeth Grenetta Bell.