William Vick (W.V.) Tunnicliff was born May 17, 1908 in  Stanford, Texas and passed away Monday, April 28, 2008, at the age of 99 in Crescent, Oklahoma. He was preceded in death by his son, William V., Jr.; parents, Vick and Jemimah (Palmer) Tunnicliff, sister and brother-in-law, Edith and Leland Hunn; brother and sister-in-law, Walter Clarence and Alice (Mulkey); daughter and son-in-law, Norlane E. and Aaron A. Borth; and wife of 71 years, Mary Mozelle (Broyles) Tunnicliff. He is survived by a daughter, J'Nevlyne Schrock and husband Dan of Crescent; granddaughters Katherine M. Borth of Edmond, OK; Kathy J. Jones of  Piedmont, OK; Myra Fleming of Oklahoma City, OK; grandsons Willian Curtis Borth of Edmond, OK, James A. Stewart of  Piedmont, OK, M. James Borth, II of Cincinnati, OH, and Daniel D. Schrock, Jr. of Choctaw, OK; 14 great-grandchildren, 6 great-great-grandchildren, and numerous nieces, nephews, and friends.

W.V. or "Tunny", as he was know to many, was a lifetime resident of the Denton, Texas community before ill-health brought him to OK to live near his daughter. He was a member of the Putnam City Church of Christ in Oklahoma City at the his death, but had worshipped at the Pearl St., Welch St., and Wood St. congregations of the Church of Christ in Denton during his years in Denton. He also served as an interim preacher for the Little Elm, Texas congregation during the 1950's and 1960's.

Tunny began his work career as a carpenter, working with his father and brother. He "flipped" houses before it gained national prominence on HGTV, buying houses where he and his family lived while he upgraded them or built houses on adjoining property. Frequent moves and upgrades occurred over the ensuing years.

He also did window decorating for C.A. Anthony & Burr's Department Stores in Texas and Oklahoma, then the Boston Store in Denton. During WW II, he worked at a defense plant in Fort Worth.

After the war, he opened a small lumber yard on old Fort Worth Drive in Denton, which became Tunnicliff Lumber & Hardware in 1954 after a major construction project during which he also built the building for Jay's Grill just north of the lumber yard. W.V. gave away carpenter aprons that read "Tunny's Mink Coat" and was proud to be the first independently-owned lumber company in Denton. After some years, two back surgeries forced his retirement, after which he became a realtor, then a Master Broker. (He still continued "flipping" houses during most of his lifetime). When the First State Bank building was built, he was the first one to rent an office. He enjoyed many years of commercial real estate work before he officially retired in his mid-80's when he moved to Oklahoma.

Tunny's hobbies were hunting and fishing. He and a number of friends converted an old school bus into a traveling motel where they camped out while hunting in the four corners area of Colorado.  In later years, he traveled with his wife in their in their Suburban with an Air Stream hitched behind from New Mexico to Nebraska. Even after he moved to Oklahoma in his mid-80's he would drive his Suburban and travel trailer to Denton where he had a spot reserved with David and Charles Mulkey in their park. Many games of "42" and visiting with other "snow bird" families who had traveled to McAllen and Harlingen, Texas from the Denton area were enjoyed over the years.

The family will welcome visitors from 6:00 – 9:00 pm Friday evening, May  2, 2008 at Mulkey-Mason Funeral Home, 705 N. Locust. Graveside services will be conducted Saturday morning at 10:30 a.m., May 3, 2008, at Roselawn Memorial Park. Mike Taylor of the N. MacAuthur Church of Christ, Oklahoma City, OK will preside.

Memorial contributions may be made to "In Search of the Lord's Way" television ministry at P.O. Box 371, Edmond, OK 73083-9901 or to the charity of your choice.

Family expresses its appreciation to the Mission Hospice of Kingfisher, OK for their care and compassion. Special thanks go to Amy Anselmi and Michelle Wilson for the personal care and friendship they provided Tunny and the family for the past three years.