Stephen Paul Ramming
Stephen "Steve" Paul Ramming, 55, died Tuesday, July 14, 1998, in Wichita
Falls.
Services will be at 11 a.m. Thursday at Hampton Vaughan Crestview Chapel
with the Rev. Keith Schweitzer, pastor of Grace Lutheran Church in Burkburnett,
officiating. Burial will be in Crestview Memorial Park.
Mr. Ramming was born Sept. 19, 1942, in Winfield, Kan. He and Linda
Joyce Taylor were married March 28, 1961, in Burkburnett. He served in
the Navy. He was the co-owner of Local Boys Liquor and the owner of Parkway
Plaza. He was a member of Grace Lutheran Church and Joseph A. Kemp Lodge
No. 1287 A.F. & A.M. He lived most of his life in Wichita Falls.
Survivors include his wife; a daughter, Stephanie Hair of Wichita Falls;
and two grandchildren.
Rick Fields
Rick Fields, 41, of Petrolia, Texas, died Saturday, July 11, 1998,
in Waurika, Okla.
Services will be at 2:30 p.m. Thursday at Petrolia United Methodist
Church with the Rev. Rick Lucier, pastor, officiating. Burial will be in
Petrolia Cemetery under the direction of Owens & Brumley Funeral Home.
Mr. Fields was born June 8, 1957, in Carrollton, Ill. He was a musician,
a sculptor, an artist, a cowboy and a welder. He was a member of the Petrolia
United Methodist Church. He had lived in Petrolia since 1982.
Survivors include his wife, Darla of Petrolia; a son, Shane Allen of
Petrolia; a daughter, Amber Nocole of Petrolia; his mother, Dorothy Hedger
of Carrollton; six brothers, Wayne of Wayland, Mo., Garold of Galesburg,
Ill., Richard of Vero Beach, Fla., Danny of Quincy, Ill., David of Holliday,
Texas, and Kenny of Scotland, Texas; and two sisters, Brenda of Holliday
and Janet Franklin of Greenfield, Ill.
The family will be at the funeral home from 7-8 this evening for visitation.
Stephanie L. Labe
Stephanie L. Labe, 21, of Wichita Falls died Sunday, July 12, 1998,
in Lawton, Okla.
Services will be at 10 a.m. Thursday at Owens & Brumley Funeral
Home with the Rev. Chuck Schobert, pastor of Walnut Street Baptist Church
in Nocona, Texas, officiating. Burial will be in Crestview Memorial Park.
Miss Labe was born Oct. 6, 1976. She lived most of her life in Wichita
Falls. She was a 1994 graduate of Rider High School and attended Vernon
Regional Junior College and Midwestern State University. She was a purchaser
with Waggoner Estate. She was a member of Rainbow Girls Assembly No. 298
and was a Rainbow State Officer. She was a member of the Eastern Star.
Survivors include her mother, Jane Labe Benton of Wichita Falls; her
stepfather, Donald Benton of Wichita Falls; a stepbrother, Raymond Benton
of Wichita Falls; and two sisters, Sheryl Labe Marshall and Shelly Labe
Fenske, both of Wichita Falls.
The family will be at the funeral home from 7-8 this evening for visitation.
Jessie Wilshire North
Jessie Mae Wilshire North, 47, died Sunday, July 12, 1998, in her Wichita
Falls home.
Services will be at 2 p.m. today at Owens & Brumley Funeral Home
with L. Keith Parker officiating.
Mrs. North was born Feb. 4, 1951, in Wichita Falls. She was a homemaker.
Survivors include her husband, Ray of Wichita Falls; two daughters,
Lorie A. Bouch of Alabama and Mandy Wilshire of Pennsylvania; two sons,
David of Wichita Falls and Frank of Ohio; a sister, Margaret Young of Oklahoma;
two brothers, Robert Melton of California and Curtis Melton of Texas; her
father, Leon C. Melton of Wichita Falls; and 10 grandchildren.
W. Troy Williams
W. Troy Williams, 74, of Jacksboro, Texas, died Monday, July 13, 1998,
in Fort Worth.
Services will be at 11 a.m. Thursday at the First United Methodist
Church in Jacksboro with the Rev. Eric Roth, pastor, officiating. Burial
will be in Crestview Memorial Park under the direction of Hampton Vaughan
Crestview Chapel.
Mr. Williams was born April 15, 1924, in Antlers, Okla. He and Ina
Burt were married Dec. 9, 1944, in Henrietta, Texas. She died Nov. 22,
1984. He and Deubrella Horton were married Dec. 7, 1990, in Jacksboro.
He was a World War II veteran of the Army Air Corps and a member of Disabled
American Veterans. He retired from Bridwell Oil Co. in 1986 as a landman.
He had also worked for Dresser Industries and Schlumberger. He also built
and ran a motel in Pagosa Springs, Colo. He was a member of Fairway Baptist
Church and was associated with the First United Methodist Church in Jacksboro.
Survivors include his wife; three sons, John of Colorado Springs, Colo.,
Mark of Evergreen, Colo., and Matt of Schertz, Texas; three stepsons, Harold
Horton of Granbury, Texas, Dudley Horton of Wautaga, Texas, and Greg Horton
of Dallas; two brothers, David Al of Wichita Falls and Claude of Donalsonville,
Ga.; three sisters, Mae Cruden and Susan Dille, both of Wichita Falls,
and Betsy Weinburg of Independence, Mo.; eight grandchildren; and four
step-grandchildren.
The family will be at Coker Funeral Home in Jacksboro from 7-8 this
evening for visitation.
Memorials may be made to the First United Methodist Church, 406 N.
Main, Jacksboro, Texas 76458.
Vester Allison Jr.
SEYMOUR, Texas - Vester Allison Jr., 57, died Tuesday, July 14, 1998,
in Seymour.
Services will be at 10 a.m. Thursday at the First Baptist Church with
the Rev. Scott Garrett officiating. Burial will be in Riverview Cemetery
under the direction of Archer Funeral Home.
Mr. Allison was born Feb. 4, 1941, in Powderly, Texas. He and Vera
Joyce Bridges were married Aug. 20, 1966, in Weatherford, Texas. He worked
for the Patoma Corporation in Fort Worth as a machinist in the aircraft
industry. He built parts for the first F-111 fighter planes. He moved to
Seymour in 1984. He was a member of Calvary Baptist Church in Pilot Point,
Texas.
Survivors include his wife; a daughter, Kathy Hollar of Seymour; a
son, Ricky of Fort Worth; four sisters, Jeannie Jones of Holliday, Texas,
Patty Vincent of Seymour, Polly Bradshaw of Fort Worth and Frances Bolin
of Pilot Point; a brother, Paul of Pilot Point; three grandchildren; and
two step-grandchildren.
The family will be at the funeral home from 7-8 this evening for visitation.
Brianna Marie Losoya
Brianna Marie Losoya, 7-month-old daughter of Domingo and Cara Losoya
of Wichita Falls, died Friday, July 10, 1998, in a Wichita Falls hospital.
Services will be at 1 p.m. today at Our Lady of Guadalupe Catholic
Church with the Rev. Hector Medina, pastor, officiating. Burial will be
in Crestview Memorial Park under the direction of Hampton Vaughan Crestview
Chapel.
Brianna was born Nov. 16, 1997, in Wichita Falls.
Other survivors include two brothers, Domingo Losoya Jr., and Chandler
Lowell, both of Wichita Falls; a sister, Gabriella Losoya of Wichita Falls;
and her grandparents; Cam Lowell, Sandra McComis, Debbie Lowell, and Regino
Losoya, all of Wichita Falls.
Memorials may be made to St. Jude Children's Hospital.
Euna Marie Brasier
HENRIETTA, Texas - Euna Marie Brasier, 45, died Tuesday, July 14, 1998,
in a Wichita Falls Hospice.
Services will be at 10:30 a.m. today at Grace Temple Baptist Church
with the Rev. Bob Norsworthy officiating. Burial will be in Hastings, Okla.,
Cemetery under the direction of Davis Funeral Home.
Mrs. Brasier was born Jan. 14, 1953, in Nocona, Texas. She was a Baptist
and had worked as a unit clerk at the Henrietta Care Center.
Survivors include two daughters, Gaye Nason of Electra and Heather
Kelley of Wichita Falls; a sister, Geneva Stapler of Littleton, Colo.;
a brother, Cecil Gamble of Hastings; and two granddaughters.
Memorials may be made to Hospice.
Lois Louise Ford
Lois Louise Ford, 71, of Wichita Falls died Saturday, July 11, 1998,
in Wichita Falls.
Services were at 10 a.m. Tuesday at Hampton Vaughan Crestview Chapel
with the Rev. Gene Varnell and the Rev. Richard Moore officiating. Burial
was in Crestview Memorial Park.
Mrs. Ford was born Feb. 1, 1927, in Wewoka, Okla. Her husband, Leroy
'Buck' Ford, died Sept. 24, 1997. She had lived in Wichita Falls for 70
years. She was a homemaker. She was a member of Christ Gospel Church, Disabled
American Veterans and Veterans of Foreign Wars. A son, Roy Lee, died April
2, 1998.
Survivors include four daughters, Annette Reynolds of Electra and Patsy
Tellez, Darlene Rhodes, and Charlene Gates, all of Wichita Falls; two sons,
David Wayne and Wesley, both of Wichita Falls; a sister, Frances Smith
of Silsby, Texas; a brother, Raymond Crain of Wichita Falls; 19 grandchildren;
and 38 great-grandchildren.
Memorials may be made to Hospice of Wichita Falls.
Audie Scott Weir
JACKSBORO, Texas - Audie Scott Weir, 87, died Tuesday, July 14, 1998,
in a Jacksboro hospital.
Services will be at 10 a.m. Thursday at Coker Funeral Home with the
Rev. Craig Lile officiating. Burial will be in Oakwood Cemetery.
Mr. Weir was born July 20, 1910, in Jacksboro. He and Idelle Pate Weir
were married Dec. 22, 1933, in Jacksboro. He was a retired rancher and
a charter member of Live Oak Baptist Church, of which he was a founder
in the early 1940s.
Survivors include his wife; two daughters, Jerre Geer of Jacksboro
and Gwen Pate of Carrollton, Texas; a sister, Lola Hines of Jacksboro;
six grandchildren; and nine great-grandchildren.
George Saffell
MIDLAND, Texas - George Saffell, 75, died Monday, July 13, 1998, in
Midland.
Services will be at 10 a.m. Thursday at Ellis Funeral Home in Midland.
Burial will be in Fairview Cemetery.
Mr. Saffell was born Sept. 7, 1922, in Saint Jo, Texas. He and Alice
Genelle Shelley were married Sept. 14, 1947. He graduated from Saint Jo
High School in 1940 and attended Texas Tech University. He served in the
Army Air Corps during World War II in North Africa, Casablanca, Oran, Tunis,
Benghazi, Tripole and Egypt. He was a member of the First Baptist Church
in Wichita Falls.
Survivors include his wife; a daughter, Janet Sue Hall of Midland;
two grandchildren; and three step-grandchildren.
Stephanie L. Labe
Stephanie L. Labe, 21, of Wichita Falls died Sunday, July 12, 1998,
in Lawton, Okla.
Services will be at 10 a.m. today at Owens & Brumley Funeral Home
with the Rev. Chuck Schobert, pastor of Walnut Street Baptist Church in
Nocona, Texas, officiating. Burial will be in Crestview Memorial Park.
Miss Labe was born Oct. 6, 1976. She lived most of her life in Wichita
Falls. She was a 1994 graduate of Rider High School and attended Vernon
Regional Junior College and Midwestern State University. She was a purchaser
with Waggoner Estate. She was a member of Rainbow Girls Assembly No. 298
and was a Rainbow State Officer. She was a member of the Eastern Star.
Survivors include her mother, Jane Labe Benton of Wichita Falls; her
stepfather, Donald Benton of Wichita Falls; a stepbrother, Raymond Benton
of Wichita Falls; and two sisters, Sheryl Labe Marshall and Shelly Labe
Fenske, both of Wichita Falls.
Lynn Alan Crawford
Lynn Alan Crawford, 51, died Saturday, July 4, 1998, in Grand Prairie,
Texas.
Graveside services will be at 10 a.m. Friday in Wichita County Cemetery
with Bishop Connolly R. O'Brien officiating. Arrangements are under the
direction of Hampton Vaughan Crestview Chapel.
Mr. Crawford was born Nov. 26, 1946, in Grand Prairie. He was a security
guard for 20 years and was a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter
Day Saints. He was a lifetime resident of Wichita Falls.
Survivors include a brother, Larry Crawford of Wichita Falls.
W. Troy Williams
W. Troy Williams, 74, of Jacksboro, Texas, died Monday, July 13, 1998,
in Fort Worth.
Services will be at 11 a.m. todayday at the First United Methodist
Church in Jacksboro with the Rev. Eric Roth, pastor, officiating. Burial
will be in Crestview Memorial Park under the direction of Hampton Vaughan
Crestview Chapel.
Mr. Williams was born April 15, 1924, in Antlers, Okla. He and Ina
Burt were married Dec. 9, 1944, in Henrietta, Texas. She died Nov. 22,
1984. He and Deubrella Horton were married Dec. 7, 1990, in Jacksboro.
He was a World War II veteran of the Army Air Corps and a member of Disabled
American Veterans. He retired from Bridwell Oil Co. in 1986 as a landman.
He had also worked for Dresser Industries and Schlumberger. He also built
and ran a motel in Pagosa Springs, Colo. He was a member of Fairway Baptist
Church and was associated with the First United Methodist Church in Jacksboro.
Survivors include his wife; three sons, John of Colorado Springs, Colo.,
Mark of Evergreen, Colo., and Matt of Schertz, Texas; three stepsons, Harold
Horton of Granbury, Texas, Dudley Horton of Wautaga, Texas, and Greg Horton
of Dallas; two brothers, David Al of Wichita Falls and Claude of Donalsonville,
Ga.; three sisters, Mae Cruden and Susan Dille, both of Wichita Falls,
and Betsy Weinburg of Independence, Mo.; eight grandchildren; and four
step-grandchildren.
Memorials may be made to the First United Methodist Church, 406 N.
Main, Jacksboro, Texas 76458.
Elsie A. Gorham
BURKBURNETT - Elsie Ada Isabel Staggs Gorham, 89, died Tuesday, July
14, 1998, in a Burkburnett nursing home.
Services will be at 11 a.m. Friday at Owens & Brumley Funeral Home
with Dr. Tim Russell, pastor of the First Baptist Church in Burkburnett,
officiating. Burial will be in Burkburnett Cemetery.
Mrs. Gorham was born April 16, 1909, in Emhouse, Texas. She and Minyard
A. Gorham were married Feb. 7, 1935. He died in 1980. She was a homemaker
and a member of the First Baptist Church in Burkburnett. She had lived
in Burkburnett since 1950.
Survivors include a son, Weldon of Burkburnett; two daughters, Barbara
Gore of Weatherford, Texas, and Sue Hudson of Covington, Texas; 10 grandchildren;
and 23 great-grandchildren.
Vester Allison Jr.
SEYMOUR, Texas - Vester Allison Jr., 57, died Tuesday, July 14, 1998,
in Seymour.
Services will be at 10 a.m. today at the First Baptist Church with
the Rev. Scott Garrett officiating. Burial will be in Riverview Cemetery
under the direction of Archer Funeral Home.
Mr. Allison was born Feb. 4, 1941, in Powderly, Texas. He and Vera
Joyce Bridges were married Aug. 20, 1966, in Weatherford, Texas. He worked
for the Patoma Corporation in Fort Worth as a machinist in the aircraft
industry. He built parts for the first F-111 fighter planes. He moved to
Seymour in 1984. He was a member of Calvary Baptist Church in Pilot Point,
Texas.
Survivors include his wife; a daughter, Cathy Hollar of Seymour; a
son, Ricky of Fort Worth; four sisters, Jeannie Jones of Holliday, Texas,
Patty Vincent of Seymour, Polly Bradshaw of Fort Worth and Frances Bolin
of Pilot Point; a brother, Paul of Pilot Point; three grandchildren; and
two step-grandchildren.
Brianna Marie Losoya
Brianna Marie Losoya, 7-month-old daughter of Domingo and Cara Losoya
of Wichita Falls, died Friday, July 10, 1998, in a Wichita Falls hospital.
Services were at 1 p.m. Wednesday at Our Lady of Guadalupe Catholic
Church with the Rev. Hector Medina, pastor, officiating. Burial was in
Crestview Memorial Park under the direction of Hampton Vaughan Crestview
Chapel.
Brianna was born Nov. 16, 1997, in Wichita Falls.
Other survivors include two brothers, Domingo Losoya Jr., and Chandler
Lowell, both of Wichita Falls; a sister, Gabriella Losoya of Wichita Falls;
and her grandparents; Cam Lowell, Sandra McComis, Debbie Lowell, Regino
Losoya and Rosemary Losoya, all of Wichita Falls.
Memorials may be made to St. Jude Children's Hospital.
Nathalie N. Latham
BOWIE, Texas - Nathalie Noveline Latham, 87, of Sulphur Springs, Texas,
died Tuesday, July 14, 1998.
Services will be at 2 p.m. Sunday at Burgess-Fry-Owens-Brumley Funeral
Home with Dr. Ronnie Lawson, pastor of the First Baptist Church in Bowie,
officiating. Burial will be in Elmwood Cemetery.
Mrs. Latham was born Dec. 30, 1910, in Buffalo Springs, Texas. She
and Curtis Dixon Latham were married in 1932 in Bowie. He died in 1995.
She was a graduate of Bellevue, Texas, High School and was a licensed beautician
until her retirement in 1981. She was a member of the First Baptist Church
in Bowie and had lived in Bowie for 60 years before moving to Sulphur Springs
four years ago.
Survivors include two sons, Dr. Max Gordon of Sulphur Springs and Joel
Pat of Arlington, Texas; a sister, Velma Cooper of Paradise, Texas; six
grandchildren; and seven great-grandchildren.
Memorials may be made to the Bowie Educational Foundation.
Lorine Ball Fenoglio
NOCONA, Texas - Lorine Cecilia Ball Fenoglio, 93, of Wichita Falls
died Tuesday, July 14, 1998, in Wichita Falls.
Rosary will be said at 7 p.m. Friday at Jerry Woods Funeral Home. Services
will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at St. William Catholic Church in Montague,
Texas, with the Rev. John Stasiowski officiating. Burial will be in Montague
Catholic Cemetery.
Mrs. Fenoglio was born Jan. 31, 1905, in Spanish Fort, Texas. She and
Anthony "Tony" Fenoglio were married Jan. 23, 1927, in Henrietta, Texas.
He died June 2, 1980. She was a homemaker and a member of St. William Catholic
Church.
Survivors include a son, Cecil of Wichita Falls; three grandchildren;
and eight great-grandchildren.
Vera 'Dude' Sunderland
NOCONA, Texas - Vera Oleta "Dude" Sunderland, 81, died Wednesday, July
15, 1998, in Nocona.
Services will be at 11 a.m. Friday at the First United Methodist Church.
Burial will be in Nocona Cemetery under the direction of Jerry Woods Funeral
Home.
Mrs. Sunderland was born March 21, 1917, in Nocona. She and Hurbert
Woodrow Sunderland were married Aug. 18, 1948, in Las Vegas. He died May
3, 1993. She was a retired businesswoman and had owned Dude's Duds in Nocona
for more than 30 years. She was a member of the United Methodist Church.
Survivors include a daughter, Shelley McNew of Nocona; a brother, C.L.
"Buster" Biter of Nocona; and three grandchildren.
Harvey L. Rainwater
SEYMOUR, Texas - Harvey L. "Mousie" Rainwater, 68, of Lubbock, Texas,
died Saturday, July 11, 1998.
Services were at 3 p.m. Monday at Seymour Memorial Funeral Home with
the Rev. Scott Garrett officiating. Burial was in Bomarton Cemetery. Military
graveside rites were conducted by Veterans of Foreign Wars Post No. 7871.
Arrangements were under the direction of Seymour Memorial Funeral Home.
Mr. Rainwater was born Aug. 24, 1929, in Waco, Texas. He grew up in
Bomarton. He was an oil field driller for many years and retired in the
1970s. He was a Baptist and had lived in Lubbock since 1987. He was a Marine
Corps veteran and a member of VFW Post No. 7871.
Survivors include a son, Tony of Seymour; a daughter, Eurlda Rainwater
Hutchens of Goree, Texas; a sister, Opal Rather of Lubbock; two brothers,
Odell of Bowie, Texas, and Kenneth of Spencer, W.Va.; four grandchildren;
and four great-grandchildren.
Joe Lee Conway II
IOWA PARK - Joe Lee Conway II, 36, died Monday, July 13, 1998, in Holliday,
Texas.
Graveside services will be at 10 a.m. today in Holliday Cemetery with
the Rev. Richard Moore, pastor of Faith Gospel Tabernacle Church, officiating.
Arrangements are under the direction of Dutton Funeral Home.
Mr. Conway was born Oct. 13, 1961, in Wichita Falls. He was a lifetime
resident of Holliday and a member of Faith Gospel Tabernacle Church.
Survivors include his father, Joe L. of Holliday; his mother, Nancy
of Wichita Falls; his grandmother, Dorothy of Holliday; a sister, Sandra
Napier of Mesquite, Texas; a half-sister, Frances Brosell of Siloam Springs,
Ark.; a stepsister, Andrea Gaede of Holliday; and a stepbrother, Michael
Gaede of Holliday.
Pauline Stinson
TERRAL, Okla. - Pauline Jackson Stinson, 85, of Ryan, Okla., died Tuesday,
July 14, 1998, in a Waurika, Okla., hospital.
Private services will be at 10:30 a.m. today at Morehead-Goetz Funeral
Home in Terral with Walter Haynie officiating. Graveside services will
follow immediately in Terral Cemetery.
Mrs. Stinson was born Aug. 25, 1912, in Terral. She was a nurse's aide
for Ryan Nursing Home and Jefferson County Hospital. She was also a homemaker
and a member of the First Baptist Church in Terral.
Survivors include a son, James McKinley of Terral; two daughters, Janet
Lundy of Waurika and Paula Whitsett of Pensecola, Fla.; five grandchildren;
and nine great-grandchildren.
Cordelia L. Stapleton
KERRVILLE, Texas - Cordelia L. Welch Stapleton, 99, formerly of Wichita
Falls, died Sunday, July 12, 1998, in a Kerrville nursing center.
Graveside services were at 2 p.m. Tuesday in Mission Park South Cemetery
in San Antonio. Arrangements were under the direction of Overby Funeral
Home.
Mrs. Stapleton was born Jan. 5, 1899, in Elmore City in what is now
Oklahoma. She and James C. Holcomb were married in 1920. She was a member
of the First Baptist Church in Kerrville.
Survivors include a daughter, Jimmie L. Stanley of Kerrville; three
grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren.
Ruby L. Hale
TEMPLE, Okla. - Ruby Louisa Stewart Hale, 93, of Temple died Monday,
July 13, 1998.
Services were at 1 p.m. Wednesday at the First Baptist Church in Temple
with the Rev. Benny Gresham officiating. Burial was in Temple Cemetery
under the direction of Hart-Wyatt Funeral Home.
Mrs. Hale was born June 23, 1905, in Courtney Flat, Okla. She and Herman
Hale were married Dec. 7, 1924, in Davidson, Okla. He died May 15, 1968.
She moved to Taylor, Okla., in 1907. She attended church at Nondenominational
in Taylor. She was a homemaker and a member of the Better Homes Club. Her
home was the voting poll location for Taylor Precinct, and she was precinct
worker for more than 25 years. She left Taylor in 1968 and became a house
mother at Cameron University in Lawton, Okla., where she remained for two
years. She moved to Temple in 1977.
Survivors include a daughter, Pattye Jeanne King; a son, Bobby of Temple;
four grandchildren; 11 great-grandchildren; and seven great-great-grandchildren.
Joy Moffett Angel
VERNON, Texas - Joy Moffett Angel, 62, died Tuesday, July 14, 1998,
in her Chillicothe, Texas, home.
Memorial services will be at 2 p.m. Saturday at Sullivan Funeral Home.
Mrs. Angel was born Aug. 20, 1935, in Austin, Texas. She had lived
for many years in Hardeman and Wilbarger counties. She was a graduate of
Vernon High School and Midwestern State University, where she majored in
English and journalism. She was a dance instructor in Hollywood, Calif.,
from 1957-62, then returned to Texas. She was a reporter for the Wichita
Falls Times and the San Angelo Standard. She taught dance and Spanish at
Vernon Regional Junior College. She was author and editor of the book "Taste
of Texas" and also wrote several magazine articles. In the mid-1980s, she
owned a catering business in the Taylor, Texas, and Austin area. She returned
to Chillicothe in 1972 and was an active member in the Iris Village Festival
and participated in many author signings.
Survivors include a son, Sean of Chillicothe; and a brother, Frank
Moffett of Chillicothe.
C.D. 'Cordie' Lewis
BOWIE, Texas - C.D. "Cordie" Lewis, 88, died Tuesday, July 14, 1998,
in a Bowie hospital.
Services will be at 10 a.m. Saturday at Burgess-Fry-Owens-Brumley Funeral
Home with the Rev. Paul A. Henderson, pastor of Central Baptist Church,
and the Rev. Jamie Reed, pastor of East Side Baptist Church, officiating.
Burial will be in Elmwood Cemetery.
Mr. Lewis was born March 23, 1910, in Fayetteville, Ark. He and Ruby
Swatsenbarg were married Aug. 7, 1937, in Prairie Grove, Ark. He was the
co-owner of Bowie Contracting Company from 1942-92. He was a Baptist. He
served in the Civilian Conservation Corps in Cass, Ark., for six years.
He was a member of the American Paint Horse Association. He lived in Wichita
Falls before moving to Bowie 55 years ago. A son, Cee Dee Lewis, died Jan.
22, 1940.
Survivors include his wife; five daughters, Ava Carol Lawson of Vashti,
Texas, Bonnie Jackson, Melba Jean Yowell and Clea Yvonne Buechler, all
of Bowie, and Cordieann Bright of Bossier City, La.; a sister, Iva Ellen
Lee of Bowie; 20 grandchildren; and 39 great-grandchildren.
Audrey Hodges
ODESSA, Texas - Audrey Hodges, 87, of Odessa died Tuesday, July 14,
1998.
Services will be at 10 a.m. Friday at Hubbard-Kelly Funeral Home with
the Rev. Bobby Phillips officiating. Burial will be in Sunset Memorial
Gardens.
Mrs. Hodges was born Aug. 18, 1910, in Golden, Mo. She and William
P. Hodges were married June 16, 1926, in Olney, Texas. He died Nov. 20,
1986. She moved to Odessa from Wichita Falls in 1951. She worked for Dunlap's
Department Store for 13 years and retired in 1977. She was a Baptist.
Survivors include a daughter, Estelle Gambell of Odessa; a son, Don
of San Antonio; a brother, John Sparks of Golden; a sister, Alice Shoush
of Independence, Mo.; eight grandchildren; 15 great-grandchildren; and
four great-grandchildren. |