Sidney Gordon Ramsey

Sidney Gordon Ramsey was born Dec. 9, 1932, just north of Muenster in Cooke County, to Elisha Gordon and Ruby Hobbs Ramsey, and on Tuesday, Jan. 1, 2013, he went home to be with his Lord.

Service: for Mr. Ramsey will be held at 10 a.m. Saturday at First United Methodist Church in Arlington. Dr. David Mosser will officiate the service. The family will greet friends 6 to 8 p.m. Friday at Moore Funeral Home.

He graduated from Gainesville High School in 1950. He attended North Central Texas College before serving in the United States Army during the Korean War from 1953-955 at Fort Carson, Colo. He also attended Arlington State College and graduated with a BBA in 1968 from the University of Texas at Arlington.

Mr. Ramsey worked for LTV from 1955-1972 where he was an administrator for the A-7 project. After leaving LTV, in 1972 he started Ramsey Realty and the RAMCO Development. In 1981, he entered the oil business as an independent oil producer; he continued with this operation until his retirement in 2012.

In Fort Carson, Colo., during his service in the Army, he met the love of his life, Jo Ann Moore. He married her on Oct. 16, 1954, and again on Dec. 11, 1981. They celebrated 58 years of wedded bliss on Oct. 16, 2012.

Mr. Ramsey was preceded in death by his parents and his older sister, Imogene.

He was a longtime member of First United Methodist Church in Arlington. Sid Ramsey was never at a loss for words and he never met a stranger. He was full of life and love for his family. He will be missed greatly by all who knew and loved him.

Survivors: His wife, Jo; daughters, Cyndy and husband, Gary Sylvester, of Fort Worth, Jenny and husband, Ben Bowers, of Arlington; six grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren.