Private funeral services for E.F. Wise will be 10 a.m. Thursday, December 10, 2020, with Pastor Todd Finley and Scott Ware officiating. Public graveside services will be 11 a.m. Thursday, December 10, 2020, at the Freedom Cemetery under the direction of Marshall Funeral Home of Alva.

Earl Frank (E.F.) Wise was born November 19, 1934, to Hood P. Wise and Mable Ford (Kilgore) Wise in the basement of his grandfather Frank Wise's ranch house near Quitaque (pronounced Kittyquay), Texas. Heaven's gate opened December 5, 2020, at the age of 86 years, 15 days.

E.F. was a big brother to his 4-years-you...