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The San Angelo Standard - Times OnlineWest Texas News
Funerals and Death Notices
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Tuesday, October 1, 2002
Funerals and Death Notices Today
SAN ANGELO
Tony Flanagan, James M. Rogers Gazebo 6 p.m.
Lillian Wright, Lawnhaven Memorial Gardens 1 p.m.
Harold Gerhardt, Johnson’s Funeral Chapel 10 a.m.
ELSEWHERE
Dee Ratliff, Trinity Memorial Peace Chapel, Big Spring 4 p.m.
Raleigh Reese, Howel-Doran Funeral Chapel, San Saba 2 p.m.
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DEATH NOTICES
SAN ANGELO — Librado D. Flores, 86, died Sunday, Sept. 29, 2002, in a local
hospital. Rosary will be at 7 p.m. today in Robert Massie Riverside Chapel.
Service will be at 10 a.m. Wednesdayat St. Mary’s Catholic Church with burial
in Lawnhaven Memorial Gardens.
Survivors include daughters, Maria Torres, Manuela Rico and Margaret Diaz, all
of Hereford, and Elainia “Helen” Flores, Linda Valles and Hope Flores, all of
San Angelo; and sons, Israel Flores of Hereford, and Ismael Flores, Robert
Flores, Isaias Flores, Adam Flores and Randy Flores, all of San Angelo.
SAN ANGELO — Loretta Clay, 68, died Wednesday, Sept. 25, 2002, in a local
hospital. Graveside service will be at 10 a.m. Tuesday in Lawnhaven Memorial
Gardens. Arrangements are by Starks Funeral Home.
Survivors include sons, Curtis Shelton, Ronald Shelton and Eugene Shelton;
daughters, Loretta Burns, Gloria Clay and Janet Clay, all of San Angelo, Odessa
Lewis and Willie Mae Lacy, both of California; brothers, Oscar Price of Denver
and Joe McLemore of Falls Church, Va.; and sisters, Ann Bynum of San Angelo,
Mozelle Price of El Paso and Ruby McGill of Randletown, Va.
SAN ANGELO — Ida V. Manley, 80, died Sunday, Sept. 29, 2002. Graveside service
will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday in City of Lubbock Cemetery. Arrangements are by
Johnson’s Funeral Home.
Survivors include daughter, Mary Ellis; and sons, Steve, Butch, Allen, Clifton
Manley and Ralph Burns.
SAN ANGELO — Bill Shomaker, of Grape Creek, died Sunday, Sept. 29, 2002.
Services are pending at Shaffer Funeral Home.
ODESSA — Domingo Ortega Pina Jr., 75, died Sunday, Sept. 29, 2002, in a local
hospital. Rosary will be at 7:30 p.m. today in Hubbard-Kelly Funeral Chapel.
Service will be at 10 a.m. Wednesday at Holy Redeemer Catholic Church with
burial in Sunset Memorial Gardens.
Survivors include his wife, Dominga V. Pina of Odessa; son, Noe V. Pina of
Odessa; daughters, Betha V. Pina and Maria Dolores Pina, both of San Angelo,
Elodia Hernandez, Natalie Reschman and Josie Bayless, all of Odessa, and Maria
Alicia Murillo of Bay Town; and brothers, Jose Pina of Rankin and Ricardo Pina
of Lubbock.
UVALDE — Merlene Fay Hatley, 74, died Wednesday, Sept. 25, 2002, at her
residence. Memorial service will be at a later date. Arrangements are by
Rushing-Estes-Knowles Mortuary.
Survivors include sister, Ann Harris of San Angelo.
LAMPASAS — Vonnie Mae Price, 90, of Lometa, died Sunday, Sept. 29, 2002, in a
local hospital. Service will be at 2 p.m. today at First United Methodist
Church in Lometa with burial in Lometa City Cemetery. Arrangements are by
Briggs Gamel Funeral Home.
Survivors include brother, Thurman Head of Goldthwaite; and sisters, Ola B.
Landers of Lometa, and Eleanor Head and Frances Osborne, both of Lampasas.
BRADY — La Juana Griffay, 76, died Sunday, Sept. 29, 2002, in San Angelo.
Service will be at 10 a.m. Wednesday in Heritage Funeral Home Chapel with
burial in Rochelle Cemetery.
Survivors include son, Tommy Griffay of Manhattan, Kan.; daughters, Cherrie
Owens and Dana Friar, both of Brady; and brother, Eugene Sellman of Brady.
COLEMAN — William Thomas “Buster” Watson, 92, of Silver Valley, died Monday,
Sept. 30, 2002, in a local hospital. Service will be at 2 p.m. Wednesdayin
Stevens Funeral Home Chapel with burial in Santa Anna Cemetery.
Survivors include daughters, Barbara Young of Coleman and Opal Lynn Matlock of
Morgan Mill; son, William Don Watson of Tuscola; sisters, Alice McGraw of
Odessa and Marcia Ann Watson of Abilene; brothers, Allison M. Watson of Norman,
Okla., Thomas Oscar Watson of Elmore City, Okla., James H. Watson of Lake
Buchanan and Rich L. Watson of Grape Creek.
SAN SABA — Jack Walker, 81, died Sunday, Sept. 29, 2002. Service will be at 2
p.m. Wednesday in Howell-Doran Funeral Home Chapel with burial in San Saba City
Cemetery.
Survivors include his wife, Margery Walker of San Saba; sons, Gary Hatley of La
Cresanta, Calif., and Burton Walker of Bakersfield, Calif.; daughters, Mary
Gayman of Glendale, Calif., Bonnie Fontana of Findlay, Ohio, and Jayne
Strickland of Blanket; and sister, Nell McHorse of San Saba.
BRADY — Stella Grace Gordon, 95, died Monday, Sept. 30, 2002, in Brownwood.
Services are pending at Leatherwood Memorial Chapels.
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OBITUARIES
RICHARD D PROCTOR
Johnson’s Funeral Home
On Sept. 30, 2002, the Holy Angels came and took our beloved Richard D.
Proctor to live eternally with the Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. Service to
celebrate his life will be at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, Oct. 2, at Trinity Lutheran
Church.
Richard was born on Sept. 6, 1936, in Cross Cut, Texas, to Ernest and Clara
Proctor. On Sept. 2, 1955, he married his first and only love, Anna Rose
Spieker.
He worked at Goodyear Proving Grounds for 30 years, retiring in 1998. Richard
loved to hunt. He was a member of Concho Valley Archery Association and
Goodyear Wingfoot Gun Club. He was a member of Trinity Lutheran Church.
Richard was a loving husband, daddy and granddaddy. Survivors include his wife,
Anna Rose; one son, Richard Dean Proctor Jr. and wife, Cornell; two daughters,
Teresa Preston and Gayla Holik and husband, Adolph; his mother, Clara Proctor;
sister, Barbara Frances; seven grandchildren, Randall and Krystal Preston,
Andrew and Shanna Holik and Ryan, Jaclyn and Dustin Proctor; seven great-
grandchildren, Terayla, Terayce and Chanston Preston, and Brittany, Braden,
Kassidy and Kyrsten Preston; and numerous nieces, nephews, cousins and friends.
Pallbearers will be Ken VanDeman, Worth Voss, Paul Bradley, Grady Oates, Vince
Sikes and Alan Laza.
Family requests memorials be made to the Trinity Lutheran School.
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OLIVER AUGUST KOENIG
Leatherwood Memorial Chapels
BRADY — Oliver August Koenig, 93, of Brady, Texas died Thursday, Sept. 26,
2002, in Brady.
He was born Aug. 5, 1909, in Austin, Texas, to August George Koenig and Elsie
Leifeste Koenig. Oliver’s dad was the superintendent of the Mexia Schools when
he was born, then a professor at SMU, Dallas, College of Industrial Arts and
North Texas Universities in Denton, where Oliver grew up. He was a postmaster
in Aubrey, Texas, for 28 years, he retired in 1972.
He married Marie King, twin sister of Mildred King Ferguson, secretly on June
4, 1931, in Ardmore, Okla. They were married 62 years.
Oliver was a member of Brady Presbyterian Church, V.F.W. Post # 3234, American
Legion and Mac’s Coffee Club. He received a bachelor’s degree from North Texas
State University in Denton. Mr. Koenig was a Navy lieutenant, where he and his
brother were pilots in World War II. Flying was a job as well as a passion for
the Koenig Brothers, both flying into their 70s. He leaves many friends who
will remember him with joy.
Service will be at 2 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 3, in Leatherwood Memorial Chapels
with Dr. John Alsup, Dr. Bob Shelton and the Rev. Brian Wiggins officiating.
Interment with military honors will follow in Rest Haven Cemetery.
Honorary pallbearers will be Abner Trigg, Charlie Clark, Mac McWilliams, L.H.
Manning, John King, Clayton Wagner, Bill Roberts, Ryan Wagner and I.G. Evridge.
Survivors include sister-in-law, Vermille Koenig of Fort Worth; niece, Peggy
Ann Marshall of Beijing, China; and neighbor kids he treated like his “own”
grandchildren, Ryan Wagner and Dawn Wagner Board of Brady.
He was preceded in death by his parents, spouse and one brother.
Memorials may be made to the Brady Presbyterian Church.
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WARREN BURNETT
LEAGUE CITY — Texas lawyer, Warren Burnett, 75, designated by the Texas Bar
Association as a “living legend” two years ago, died of a heart attack Monday,
Sept. 23, 2002, while he and his wife, Kay, were visiting in Fort Davis, Texas.
The Burnett home is in League City in the Houston area. He was stricken while
drinking an afternoon beer with his wife and a friend in the garden patio at a
Fort Davis bed-and-breakfast inn. Volunteer medics from Jeff Davis County
rendered emergency treatment but Burnett had been ill with congestive heart
failure for some time.
Burnett was known for his eloquent use of the English language in the
courtroom, “pure poetry” according to a colleague and his superb strategy.
Beginning in 1951, Burnett distinguished himself as a 23-year- old district
attorney for Odessa and Midland in the 70th Judicial District. After two terms,
he opened his own practice as a trial lawyer. He tried jury cases all over
Texas and New Mexico an in other states, flying his own plane from trial to
trial. His law practice out of Odessa spanned 40 years. Burnett became a
controversial figure in the 1960s and 1970s for his pro bono work for Hispanic
political activists in the Texas Valley and for participating in demonstrations
in support of Caesar Chavez and the United Farm Workers and against nuclear
waste dumps. He organized memorial marches for Dr. Martin Luther King in
Odessa. West Texas conservatives abhorred his liberal politics, yet hired him
to win difficult cases, such as the selection of Odessa over Midland for the
site of the University of Texas of the Permian Basin.
Outside of the limelight and largely unknown to the public was Burnett’s
generosity. He gave millions of dollars to nonprofit organizations. He financed
the education of many young people and helped them get established in law and
other professions. He established a Chair at Texas Tech and scholarship funds
for minorities at the University of Texas at the Permian Basin. He provide the
seed money for a multi-media arts center founded by his wife, Kay, and together
they created a charitable foundation named for his mother, Gladys B. He had the
unusual policy of not charging a client if he didn’t win their case and sharing
his legal fees with his entire staff.
He was born to a lead and zinc miner, Jim and wife, Gladys Burnett, in
Austinville, Va., on May 4, 1927. Warren was the star pitcher of the high
school baseball team and was voted “most likely to succeed.” He laughed and
agreed with the exclamation by an Austinville contemporary who became a barber
in the House Barbershop in Congress. “I never was so surprised to see somebody
do as good as Warren had did. He never was nothin’ special in Austinville.
About all he done was lay around and read books.”
Burnett attended Virginia Polytechnic Institute, now known as Virginia Tech,
but dropped out to join the Marines. He served in the China-Burma Theater near
the end of World War II. After the war, Burnett hitchhiked to Texas and
attended Lamar College in Beaumont on the suggestion of his friend, Frank
Vollart.
An English major with dreams of being a writer, he chose to enter Baylor Law
School because he “could get in at midterm.” Burnett says over the years, “I
was tired of being poor and I realized a chimpanzee could be a lawyer and make
money at it.” After passing the Texas Bar exams, he thumbed rides to San
Antonio for his first job in the district attorney’s office. Soon he applied
and was hired as a trial lawyer in the Odessa office of John Watts. In 1962,
LIFE magazine named Warren Burnett one of the “Red-Hot Hundred,” a gallery of
young leaders in the United States who met the criteria of: “1) tough, self-
imposed standards of individual excellence, 2) a zest for hard work, 3) a
dedication to something larger than themselves, 4) the courage to act against
old problems, 5) the boldness to try out new ideas, and 6) a hard- bitten
hopefulness about man.” He was featured in Harper’s magazine in 1969 and was
the subject of numerous articles in Texas newspapers and magazines.
Contemporaries called Warren Burnett a “lawyer’s lawyer” and an “outstanding
orator.” “When Burnett would try a case, lawyers would come from around the
country to hear him,” longtime friend and syndicated columnist, Molly Ivins
said. “It was considered one of the legal thrills of a lifetime.” Moving to
Galveston in his late 50s, Burnett opened a small branch office. He told
friends, “I keep this small office and the Odessa office open only to help
young lawyers and the investigators and secretaries who work there. He rarely
practiced law after that, letting young lawyers who worked on the cases take
over the files.
He occasionally returned to West Texas for a trial but spent more time with old
buddies and various ladies. He eventually gave his law practice to his oldest
son, Abner in the mid-1990s.
Warren Burnett is survived by Kay Taylor Burnett, his wife and constant
companion of the last 15 years; daughters, Melissa Burnett and husband, Wayne
Warren, of Midland and Emily Burnett of San Antonio; stepdaughter, Stacie Pauls
and husband, Allan Leggé, of League City; sons, Abner Burnett and wife, Susan,
of Mexico, and Paul Burnett of Houston; stepsons, Britt Pauls and wife, Lou
Wunch, of Galveston and Taylor Pauls and wife, Priscilla Rios, of League City;
grandchildren, Hunter and Blake Leggé and Kayte Pauls; and also Burnett’s cat,
Nasdaq and the family dog, Dow Jones.
A memorial celebration of Warren Burnett’s life will be at 10 a.m. Sunday, Oct.
13, in the Arts Alliance Center in Clear Lake. It is for friend and foe alike.
Memorials may be sent to the Warren Burnett Fund at the Arts Alliance Center,
2000 NASA Road 1, Nassau Bay, TX, 77058, or to the Post Hospital Restoration,
Friends of Fort Davis National Historic Site, P.O. Box 1023, Fort Davis, TX
79734.
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Wednesday, October 2, 2002
Funerals Today
SAN ANGELO
Georgia Burke Fairmont Cemetery 2 p.m.
Librado Flores St. Mary’s Catholic Church 10 a.m.
Richard Proctor Trinity Lutheran Church 10:30 a.m.
Bill Shomaker Shaffer Funeral Home Pioneer Chapel 3 p.m.
ELSEWHERE
La Juana Griffay Heritage Funeral Home Chapel, Brady 10 a.m.
William Watson Stevens Funeral Home Chapel, Coleman 2 p.m.
James Wolfenbarger Eden Funeral Home, Eden 3 p.m.
Betty Gilbert East Hill Cemetery, Fort Stockton 2 p.m.
Domingo Pina Jr. Holy Redeemer Catholic Church, Odessa 10 a.m.
Jack Walker Howell-Doran Funeral Chapel, San Saba 2 p.m.
Grace Ludlum First Presbyterian Church, Sweetwater 10 a.m.
Harry Alston Sweetwater Cemetery, Sweetwater 2 p.m.
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Death Notices
SAN ANGELO — Bill Shomaker, 55, of Grape Creek died Sunday, Sept. 29, 2002, at
his residence. Memorial service will be at 3 p.m. Wednesday in Shaffer Funeral
Home Pioneer Chapel.
Survivors include children, William Dale Shomaker of Utica, Ohio, Delvin Leslie
Shomaker, Walter Fredrick Shomaker, Delbert Lewis Shomaker ad Linda Louise
Shomaker, all of Grape Creek; mother, Majorie Shomaker of Utica, Ohio;
brothers, Dave Shomaker of Newark, Ohio, John Shomaker of Newark, Ohio and
Kevin Shomaker of Paul, Idaho; sisters, Marvin Shomaker of San Angelo, Mary
Lewis of Newark, Ohio, Marjorie Elkins of Thornville, Ohio, Martha Bennett of
Newark, Ohio, Frances Driver of Flagstaff, Ariz.
SAN ANGELO — Aurora Zapata, 86, died Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2002, at her residence.
Rosary will be at 7 p.m. today in Robert Massie Riverside Chapel. Service will
be at 10 a.m. Thursday at St. Mary’s Catholic Church with burial in Calvary
Cemetery.
Survivors include daughters, Lillie Zapata, Beulah Rodriguez, Juanita Zapata,
Mary Lou Reyes and Gloria Gregg, all of San Angelo; brothers, David Talamantez
of Stafford, and Paul Talamantez and Manuel Perez, both of Houston; and
sisters, Macaria Galvan and Lupe Ramirez, both of Houston, and Ofilia Martinez
of Stafford and Olga Ramirez.
SAN ANGELO — Agra Doris Ledbetter, 83, of Eldorado died Monday, Sept. 30, 2002,
at her residence. Graveside service will be at 2 p.m. Thursday in Lawnhaven
Memorial Gardens. Arrangements are by Robert Massie Funeral Home.
Survivors include daughters, Claudette Hartgraves of Weatherford and Allene
Halbert of Eldorado; brothers, A.B. Cornett of Brownfield, Paul Cornett of
Ballinger and Wayne Cornett of Midland; and sister, Sylvia Pruitt of Lamesa.
SWEETWATER — Frances L. Green, 77, of Blackwell, died Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2002, in
a Bronte care center. Services are pending at McCoy Funeral Home.
SWEETWATER — Oran Lee “Ted” Sharrock, 93, died Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2002, in a
Lubbock care center. Services are pending at McCoy Funeral Home.
MIDLAND — Linda Pate, died Monday, Sept. 30, 2002. Service will be at 10 a.m.
Thursday at Calvary Assembly of God with burial in Resthaven Memorial Park
North. Arrangements are by Ellis Funeral Home.
Survivors include her husband, Dana Pate of Midland; children, Davin Pate of
Plano, and Joseph Pate and Kimberly Pate of Midland; parents, Jack and Joann
Applewhite of San Angelo; and sisters, Karen Covey and Carol Payne, both of
Round Rock.
KINGSLAND — Doris Stevenson, 76, of Tow died Monday, Sept. 30, 2002. Service
will be at 2 p.m. today at Church of Christ in Buchanan Dam with burial in Tow
Cemetery in Tow. Arrangements are by Waldrope-Hatfield-Hawthorne Funeral Homes,
Inc.
Survivors include daughter, Kathy Moore of Georgetown; and sons, Lawrence
Stevenson III of Monahans, Mike Stevenson and Jeff Stevenson, both of San
Antonio, and David Stevenson of Kathy.
FORT STOCKTON — Betty Gilbert, 69, died Sunday, Sept. 29, 2002, in a local
nursing home. Graveside service will be at 2 p.m. today in East Hill Cemetery.
Arrangements are by Memorial Funeral Home.
Survivors include daughters, Debbie Gilbert of Alpine and Pam Banrke of Fort
Worth; brother, Jim Galbraith of Indiana; and sister, Marion Regan of Indiana.
LLANO — James Earl Thompson, 87, died Monday, Sept. 30, 2002. Graveside service
will be at 4 p.m. Thursday in Hillcrest Mausoleum in Dallas. Memorial service
will be a later date. Arrangements are by Waldrope-Hatfield-Hawthorne Funeral
Homes, Inc.
Survivors include his wife, Thelma Thompson of Horseshoe Bay; son, James Earl
Thompson Jr. of Dallas; daughter, Nancy Etheredge of Llano; and sister, Mae Sue
Edwards of San Marcus.
SWEETWATER — Harry Cullen Alston, 89, died Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2002, in a local
care center. Graveside service will be at 2 p.m. today in Sweetwater Cemetery.
Arrangements are by McCoy Funeral Home.
Survivors include his wife, Edna Alston, and daughter, Edna Piland, both of
Sweetwater; and sister, Mattie Cosby of Lake Sweetwater.
FORT STOCKTON — Johnny Gomez, 45, died Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2002. Rosary will be at
7 p.m. today in Fort Stockton Funeral Home Chapel. Service with military honors
will be at 10 a.m. Thursday at St. Joseph Catholic Church with burial in St.
Joseph Cemetery.
Survivors include mother, Sara Gomez of Fort Stockton; sisters, Rosella Ortega
and Mary Granado, both of Fort Stockton, and Raquel Acosta of Midland; and
brothers, Joe Gomez of Lubbock, and Reynaldo Gomez and David Gomez, both of
Fort Stockton.
KERMIT — Jack Weldon Brown, 81, of Greenwood Village, Colo., died Saturday,
Sept. 28, 2002, in a care center. Service will be at 2 p.m. Saturday at the
First Baptist Church in Wink with burial in Kermit Cemetery. Arrangements are
by Family Services Funeral Parlor.
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Thursday, October 3, 2002
FUNERALS TODAY
SAN ANGELO
Aurora Zapata, St. Mary’s Catholic Church 10 a.m.
Agra Ledbetter, Lawnhaven Memorial Gardens 2 p.m.
ELSEWHERE
Oliver Koenig, Leatherwood Memorial Chapels, Brady 2 p.m.
Johnny Gomez, St. Joseph Catholic Church, Fort Stockton 10 a.m.
Linda Pate, Calvary Assembly of God, Midland 10 a.m.
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Death Notices
CRANE — Seberiano M. Galindo, 87, of Sheffield died Wednesday, Oct. 2, 2002, in
San Angelo. Services are pending at Shaffer-Nichols Funeral Home.
SAN ANGELO — Elsie J. Harper, 88, died Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2002, in a local
hospital. Graveside service will be at 10 a.m. Friday in Fairmount Cemetery.
Arrangements are by Johnson’s Funeral Home.
Survivors include brother, Odis Holiman of Midland.
SWEETWATER — Frances L. Green, 77, died Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2002, in a Bronte
nursing home. Service will be at 10 a.m. Friday in McCoy Chapel of Memories
with burial in Sweetwater Cemetery.
Surv0ivors include sons, Larry Owen Green of El Paso and Melvin Howard Green of
Chapparal, N.M.; and sisters, Helen Watson of Dallas and Ann Kiker of Mineral
Wells.
OMAHA, Neb. —Billy Jean Timmins, 74, died Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2002, in Papillion,
Neb. Service will be at 10:30 a.m. Friday at Faith-Westwood United Methodist
Church with burial in Bellevue, Neb. Arrangements are by Heafey-Heafey-
Hoffmann-Dworak-Cutler Mortuaries.
Survivors include daughters, Vicki Morgan, Laura Albracht, Cinda Craney and
Rebecca Garlock; and brothers, John McGee of San Angelo and Bowman McGee of
Corpus Christi.
VICTORIA — Alma V. Moore, 77, died Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2002. Graveside service
will be at 2 p.m. Saturday in Lawnhaven Memorial Gardens in San Angelo.
Arrangements are by The Victorian Advocate.
Survivors include daughters, Jessie Mae Wooten, Shirley Carroll and Brenda
Chadwick, all of Victoria and Mary Davidson of Cuero; son, Dennis Moore of
Victoria; and sisters, Ruby Diterich of Rockport, May Elliot and Lavata
Elliott, both of California and Fannie Bryan of San Angelo.
JUNCTION — Dr. Ronald Austin Graham, 83, of Kerrville died Wednesday, Oct. 2,
2002, in a Kerrville nursing home. Service will be at 3 p.m. Saturdayat First
Baptist Church with burial in Junction Cemetery. Arrangements are by Aubrey
Fife Funerals.
Survivors include sons, David Graham of San Antonio and Dr. James Graham of
Kerrville; daughters, Barbara Klitch of San Antonio, Vicki Hoggett of Bluff
Dale; and sister, Jo Betsy Talak.
BRADY — Jewel B. Allen, 94, of Flagstaff, Ariz., died Monday, Sept. 9, 2002.
Graveside service will be at 3 p.m. Saturday in Live Oak Cemetery. Arrangements
are by Leatherwood Memorial Chapels.
Survivors include son, Dr. S. Thomas Allen of Rockwall; daughter, Judith Allen
Kitchens of Flagstaff; and brother, Bill Bodenhamer of Brady.
JUNCTION — Felton Riley Conner, 67, of London died Saturday, Sept. 28, 2002, in
a San Antonio hospital. Service will be at 4 p.m. Saturday at London Baptist
Church with burial in London Cemetery. Arrangements are by Graham Funeral Home.
Survivors include his wife, Faye Conner of London; daughters, Julia Rene
Reynolds of Hobbs, N.M., Diana Faye Conner of San Angelo and Susan Lynette
Charlile of Hobbs, New Mexico; brothers, Melvin Conner and Cecil Conner, both
of Junction and sister, Darlene Pilkington of San Angelo.
KERMIT — Jack Weldon Brown, 81, of Greenwood Village, Colo. died Saturday,
Sept. 28, 2002, in a local care center. Service will be at 2 p.m. Saturdayat
First Baptist Church in Wink with burial in Kermit Cemetery.
Survivors include brother, Charles Brown of Fort Worth; children, Jack Brown
Jr. of Superior, Colo., David Brown of Highland Ranch, Colo., Richard Brown of
Orlando, Fla. and Sandra Sartor of Longmont, Colo.
MONAHANS — Jose Gomez Salgado, 45, died Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2002, in an Odessa
care center. Service will be at 10 a.m. Friday in Sendero de La Cruz with
burial in Monahans Memorial Cemetery. Arrangements are by Family Funeral Home.
Survivors include father, Reynaldo Salgado of Monahans; brothers, Reynaldo
Salgado and Johnny Salgado, both of Monahans, Jessie Salgado and Danny Salgado
of Lubbock and sisters, Hortencia Sanders and Dominga Willy of Monahans.
SWEETWATER — Oran Lee “Ted” Sharrock, 93, died Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2002, in a
Garrison nursing home. Service will be at 10 a.m. Saturday in McCoy Chapel of
Memories with burial in Palava Cemetery.
Survivors include his wife, Eavvie Sharrock of Sweetwater; daughters, Wanda
Ingram of Irving and Mary Pearce of Mesa, Ariz.; and sisters, Goldie Caldwell
of Alva, Vida George of Dallas and Bessie Caldwell of Fairfield.
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Friday, October 4, 2002
FUNERALS TODAY
SAN ANGELO
Opal Bryan, Johnson’s Funeral Home Chapel 2 p.m.
Elsie Harper, Fairmount Cemetery 10 a.m.
Mary Lea, Johnson’s Church of Christ 4 p.m.
Ernestine Cole, Galilee Baptist Church 11 a.m.
ELSEWHERE
Seberiano Galindo, Good Shepherd Catholic Church, Crane 11 a.m.
Gilbert Schmidt, Beckman Funeral Home, Fredericksburg 3 p.m.
Jose Salgado, Sendero de La Cruz, Monahans 10 a.m.
Frances Green, McCoy Chapel of Memories, Sweetwater 10 a.m.
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Death Notices
SAN ANGELO — Ernestine Cole, 75, died Thursday, Sept. 26, 2002, in a local care
center. Service will be at 11 a.m. today at Galilee Baptist Church with burial
in Lawnhaven Memorial Cemetery. Arrangements are by Starks Funeral Home.
Survivors include sons, Charles Cole of San Diego, Ivan Cole of Lubbock and
Eric Cole of San Angelo; daughters, Joyace Horman, Marilyn Ross and Sharon
Francis, all of San Angelo, Earnie Kay Cole-Hodges of Chicago, Deborah Cole of
Port Arthur and Regina Cole of San Diego; sisters, Lillie Mae James of San
Angelo and Maxine Banks of Chicago; and brother, William Sinches of Texas City.
SAN ANGELO — Melvin Eugene Patterson, 60, died Thursday, Oct. 3, 2002, in a
local hospital. Graveside service will be at 2 p.m. Saturday in Pioneer
Memorial Park. Arrangements are by Shaffer Funeral Home.
Survivors include son, Michael E. Patterson of Humble; his mother, Martha Ellen
Patterson of San Angelo; and brothers, Charles Dean Patterson, Richard Allen
Patterson, Walter L. Patterson and Donald R. Patterson, all of San Angelo.
BRADY — Lola Mae Ranne Alley, 99, died Thursday, Oct. 3, 2002. Services are
pending at Leatherwood Memorial Chapels.
WINTERS — Halley Sims, 86, died Thursday, Oct. 3, 2002, in an Abilene hospital.
Services are pending at Winters Funeral Home.
CRANE — Seberiano M. Galindo, 86, of Sheffield, died Wednesday, Oct. 2, 2002,
in San Angelo. Service will be at 11 a.m. todayat Good Shepherd Catholic Church
with burial in Sheffield Cemetery. Arrangements are by Shaffer-Nichols Funeral
Home.
Survivors include his wife, Josephine Galindo of Sheffield; children, Ermalinda
Torres, Lillian Rivas and Gary Galindo, all of San Antonio, Eddie Galindo and
Enoelia Sena, both of Crane, Ernest Galindo and Ector Galindo, both of Iraan,
Sammy Galindo of Mertzon, Janie Tidwell and Alice Boring, both of San Angelo,
Danny Galindo and Adam Galindo, both of Sonora, Delia Galindo of Odessa and
Oscar Galindo of Ozona; brother, Andy Galindo of Odessa; and sister, Maria
Arispe of Eldorado.
ODESSA — Clyde Ray Smith Sr., 66, died Wednesday, Oct. 2, 2002, in a local
hospital. Memorial service will be at a later date. Arrangements are by Odessa
Funeral Home.
Survivors include sons, Blaine Smith of San Angelo, Tim Smith of Mansfield and
Clyde Ray Smith Jr. of Odessa; and sister, Norma Jean Sizemore of Odessa.
SWEETWATER — Mozelle Ford, 76, died Wednesday, Oct. 2, 2002, in an Abilene
hospital. Service will be at 2 p.m. Saturday in McCoy Chapel of Memories with
burial in Sweetwater Cemetery.
Survivors include son, Willie Ford Jr. of Sweetwater; sister, Imajine Cuvale
Foster of Temple; and brother, M.J. Robison of Sweetwater.
BIG SPRING — Orbin Homer Daily Sr., 91, died Thursday, Oct. 3, 2002 in an
Odessa care center. Graveside service will be at 2 p.m. Saturday in Mount Olive
Memorial Park. Arrangements are by Nalley-Pickle and Welch Funeral Home.
Survivors include his wife, Barbara Daily of Big Spring; son, Orbin Homer “Bob”
Daily Jr. of Big Spring; and daughter, Barbara Ann Russell of Big Spring.
BRADY — Camila Garza Soto, 68, died Thursday, Oct. 3, 2002. Service will be at
2 p.m. Saturday at Leatherwood Memorial Chapels with burial in Rest Haven
Cemetery.
Survivors include sons, Santos Soto of Rogers, Joe Soto of Brady and Pete Soto
of Midlothian; daughter, Sandy Capps of Brady; brother, Martin Garza Sr. of
Brady; and sisters, Rita Hernandez of Brady, Juanita Arey of Killeen, Otila
Marzan of Rosebud, Lillie Amaro of Austin, Leonor Cardenas of Harlington and
Angelita Guzman of Littlefield.
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OBITUARIES
NANCY R JOHNSON
Edgar Funeral Home
MARBLE FALLS — Nancy R. Johnson, age 71, of Marble Falls, Texas, passed away
Wednesday, Oct. 2, 2002, in Marble Falls.
She was born Sept. 1, 1931, in Fermindina, Fla., to Marvin Everett and Ineze
Motes Royster. Nancy taught school in Sonora and Odessa for many years and
owned Johnson Fleet in San Angelo. A member of the Highland Lakes United
Methodist Church in Kingsland, she also was active with the Buchanan and Marble
Falls Art Guilds where she served as president.
Surviving her are a daughter, Derry Lynn Summer of Kingwood; sons, Marvin
Foster Shurley and his wife, Wanda, of Sonora, Mason David Shurley of Sonora,
Raymond Neill Johnson III and his wife, Cindy, of Odessa and Clark Harris
Johnson and his wife, Betty, of Saginaw, Texas; and mother, Ineze Royster of
Laurens, S.C. She also is survived by her granddaughter, Jennifer Leigh Summer
of Kingwood; and grandsons, Chris Johnson of Amarillo, Neil Johnson IV of
Brownwood, Wes Johnson of Saginaw, Greg Johnson of Saginaw, Collier Shurley of
El Dorado, Joshua Shurley of Austin and Nick Shurley of Sonora.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Raymond N. (Neill) Johnson Jr.
Memorial service will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 5, at the Highland Lakes
United Methodist Church in Kingsland. The Rev. L.C. Johnston will officiate.
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JOSEPH WILLIAM (JOE) HARDING III
Johnson’s Funeral Home
Joseph William (Joe) Harding III, 83, of San Angelo, died Oct. 2, 2002.
Memorial service will be held at 10 a.m. Saturday, Oct. 5, in Johnson’s Funeral
Home Chapel.
Joe was born May 11, 1919, in Dublin, Texas. Joe was married to Elidia Gonzales
and after many years together, he was preceded in death by his loving wife Oct.
28, 1999. Joe was retired from a career in the oil field of more than 17 years.
Survivors include three sons, Koby Joe Harding and wife, Becky, Larry Jim
Harding and Terry Jay Harding, all of San Angelo; a daughter, Michelle Williams
and husband, Jimmy, of San Angelo; 11 grandchildren, Koby Joe Harding Jr. and
wife, Pricilla, Brandon Harding and wife, Monica, Justine Harding, Karen
Harding, Michael Harding, Sandra M. Harding, Adrianna Harding, Amber Harding,
Jade Harding, Kimberley Williams and Bo Williams; seven great- grandchildren;
one sister, Ruth Houser of Friona, Texas; and numerous nieces and nephews.
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ELSIE HOLIMAN HARPER
Elsie Holiman Harper was born in Henderson County, Texas, on Dec. 19, 1913, to
Joe Holiman and Emma Venable Holiman. At an early age Elsie, along with her
family moved to the Arden Community. There she grew up went to school, met and
fell in love with a basketball-playing cowboy named, Jay Harper. They were
blessed with two sons, Joe Allen Harper and Harold Grey Harper. All three
preceded Elsie in death. Jay’s work in construction took them to, many towns
and states. Elsie worked in sales, children’s and women wear. Elsie loved
taking care of her home, doing hand crafts, gardening and baking bread. One of
her greatest joys was being nanny to many small children. She often said that
they taught her so much. Elsie also was preceded in death by her parents, two
brothers and two sisters.
She is survived by one brother, Odis M. Holiman of Midkiff, Texas; daughter-in-
law, Symanthia of Houston; grandsons, Paul Harper of Dallas, and Rodney Harper
and Jay Harper, both of Houston; several nieces, nephews and cousins; one great
grandson, Nicolas Harper of Houston; and a very special friend, Carter Neill of
San Angelo, Texas. Elsie also leaves her card- playing friends.
She loved to eat with the Prime Timers. Elsie was a charter member of Southland
Baptist Church and Oh, how she loved that Joy Sunday school class.
Graveside service will be at 10 a.m. Friday, Oct. 4, 2002, in Fairmount
Cemetery with the Rev. Bill Sheill officiating.
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Saturday, October 5, 2002
FUNERALS TODAY
SAN ANGELO
Joseph Harding III, Johnson’s Funeral Home 10 a.m.
Alma Moore, Lawnhaven Memorial Gardens 2 p.m.
Melvin Patterson, Pioneer Memorial Park 2 p.m.
Ruthie Coleman, Lawnhaven Memorial Gardens 3:30 p.m.
ELSEWHERE
Orbin Daily Sr., Mount Olive Memorial Park, Big Spring 2 p.m.
Jewel Allen, Live Oak Cemetery, Brady 3 p.m.
Camila Soto, Leatherwood Memorial Chapels, Brady 2 p.m.
Felton Conner, London Baptist Church, Junction 4 p.m.
Nancy Johnson, Highland Lakes United Methodist , Kingsland 2 p.m.
Kathryn Smith, Waldrope-Hatfield-Hawthorne Chapel, Llano 2 p.m.
Mozelle Ford, McCoy Chapel of Memories, Sweetwater 2 p.m.
Oran Sharrock, McCoy Chapel of Memories, Sweetwater 10 a.m.
Jack Brown, First Baptist Church, Wink 2 p.m.
Halley Sims, Winters Funeral Chapel, Winters 11 a.m.
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Death Notices
SAN ANGELO — Ruthie M. Coleman, 69, died Thursday Oct. 3, 2002, in a local
nursing home. Graveside service will be at 3:30 p.m. today in Lawnhaven
Memorial Gardens. Arrangements are by Johnson’s Funeral Home.
Survivors include her husband, William Robert Coleman of San Angelo; children,
Wanda Sommerville of Brady, Ruthie Katherine Jackson of Killeen, William Adell
Anderson of Pleasanton and Betty Lou Frakes of Early; sister, Jula Belle Clay
of San Antonio; and eight stepchildren.
SAN ANGELO — Catarina Barrera Romero, 79, of Big Lake died Friday, Oct. 4,
2002, at her residence. Rosary will be at 7 p.m. Sunday at St. Margaret’s
Catholic Church in Big Lake. Service will be at 10 a.m. Monday at the church
with burial in Eldorado Cemetery. Arrangements are by Johnson’s Funeral Home.
Survivors include children, Mary Martinez of San Angelo, Apolonio Romero and
Luisa Cowart, both of Big Lake, Ben Romero and Rosa Romero, both of Houston,
and Ray Romero and Hector Romero, both of Eldorado; and sister, Lucia
Arrendondo of Houston.
SWEETWATER — Catherine L. Ballard, 89, died Friday, Oct. 4, 2002, in Mexia.
Services are pending at McCoy Funeral Home.
SWEETWATER — Mike Lewis, 55, died Friday, Oct. 4, 2002, in a local hospital.
Services are pending at McCoy Funeral Home.
LLANO — Kathryn Laverne Smith, 79, died Wednesday, Oct 2, 2002. Service will be
at 2 p.m. today in Waldrope-Hatfield-Hawthorn Chapel with burial in Llano City
Cemetery.
Survivors include son, John Earl Smith Jr. of Llano and Ricky Smith of
Georgetown; daughters, Laura Bingham of Fredericksburg and Kay Bloomer of
Bertram; and brother, Frank Overstreet of Buchanan Dam.
FREDERICKSBURG — Clinton G. Ersch, 70, died Friday, Oct. 4, 2002, in a San
Antonio hospital. Memorial service will be at 11 a.m. Monday at Holy Ghost
Lutheran Church. Arrangements are by Schaetter Funeral Home.
Survivors include his wife, Jonnie Hollmig Ersch of Fredericksburg; sons,
Kenneth W. Ersch of Corpus Christi and Gene A. Ersch of Tucson, Ariz.;
stepdaughters, Marcy Kelley of Austin and Tommie Mansfield of Junction;
brother, Leland Ersch of Mesquite; and sister, Lila Fae Eli of Austin.
BRADY — Lola Mae Ranne Alley, 99, died Thursday, Oct. 3, 2002. A private family
graveside service will be today in Rest Haven Cemetery. Arrangements are by
Leatherwood Memorial Chapels.
Survivors include son, Ben A. Alley Sr. of Georgetown; brother, Woodrow Ranne
of Comfort; sisters, Johnnie Tedder of Brady, Joanna Riley of Oklahoma City and
Tommie Lee Floyd of Brunswick, Ga.
WINTERS — Halley H. Sims, 86, died Thursday, Oct. 3, 2002. Service will be at
11 a.m. today in the Winters Funeral Home Chapel with burial in Fairview
Cemetery.
Survivors include son, John Scott Sims of Abilene; and daughter, Dianne Davis
of Winters.
JUNCTION — Leslie Willie Fish, 90, died Friday, Oct. 4, 2002, in a local
hospital. Service will be at 2 p.m. Sunday in Aubrey Fife Funerals Chapel with
burial in Junction Cemetery.
Survivors include his wife, Ruby Fish of Junction; and daughters, Jean Brice of
Jefferson, Carolyn Trimble of Junction and Rhonda Lofkin of Montgomery.
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RUBY NELL FARRIS
Kerbow Funeral Home
ELDORADO — Ruby Nell Farris of Eldorado passed away Oct. 4, 2002, in the
Schleicher County Nursing Home. Graveside service will be at 2:30 p.m. Sunday,
Oct. 6, in Eldorado Cemetery with the Rev. Andy Anderson officiating.
Ruby Nell
was born in the Bailey Ranch Community to Mark B. and Bertha Spencer Holland on
Dec. 28, 1922. She married Alvin D. Farris on March 22, 1941, at which time
they moved to Eldorado. She has resided in the same house since that time.
Alvin joined the Seabees after the start of World War II and was sent to
California where Ruby joined him until he was sent overseas. She then returned
to Eldorado to wait for his return. For a time, she worked at the Eldorado
Woolen Mill. Ruby Nell had many, many friends. She had a love for all people
and enjoyed the company of all she met, never meeting a stranger. She was loved
in return for her many acts of kindness. She will be greatly missed.
She was preceded in death by her father, Mark Holland in 1962; her sister,
Juanita Gray in 1986; her mother, Bertha Holland in 1998; as well as her
husband, Alvin Farris in the fall of 1988.
Survivors include her son, Timothy R. Farris and wife, Laurie, and their
children, Lindi and Gage of Mesquite; her daughter, Barbara R. Farris and her
daughter, Angel, of Colorado, Lindi, Gage and Angel being the love of Ruby’s
life; two brothers, Jack Holland and wife, Mary, of Christoval and Weldon
Holland and wife, Hattie, of Tolar; and also very special friends, Norma Lynn
Mund and Eloise Day. She had numerous friends throughout Eldorado and the
surrounding community whom she dearly loved.
Rest in peace Mom and Grandma. We will truly miss you and your love we will
carry with us always.
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JEANNE S BOX
Johnson’s Funeral Home
Jeanne S. Box, 72, of San Angelo, Texas, passed away Oct. 3, 2002. A memorial
service to celebrate her life will be at 10 a.m. Monday in Johnson’s Funeral
Home Chapel with burial in Lawnhaven Memorial Gardens. Visitation will be from
5-7 p.m. Sunday at Johnson’s Funeral Home. Ben Hubert of First Christian Church
will officiate.
Jeanne was born to J.W. and Elsie Smith on Nov. 20, 1929, in Lamesa, Texas. She
graduated from Lamesa High School and attended TCU and San Angelo College. On
Aug. 23, 1952, Jeanne married the love of her life, Max Box. They lived in San
Angelo almost all of their lives. Jeanne devoted herself to the profession of
teaching until her retirement from Central High School in 1987. She touched the
lives of her students because of her incredible gifts of caring and giving to
others. She made a difference in their lives by simply being the special lady
that she was. “Goggie” or “Grandma,” as she was affectionately known by her
grandchildren, had a zest for life that she graciously shared with everyone she
met. Her positive attitude and immeasurable love for her family were only a few
of her many gifts. Her husband, children and grandchildren were truly the
“light of her life.” She always will hold such a special place in their hearts.
They will cherish forever the memories of her love, laughter, quick wit and
constancy in their lives.
Survivors include her husband, Max Box; and her daughter, Katy Koehn and
husband, J.D., and her son, Kyle Box and wife, Pam. She also is survived by
three grandchildren, Courtney Koehn, Lindsay Box and Patrick Box. Other
survivors include her brother, Jimmy Smith of Lubbock, Texas; her sister-in-law
and brother-in-law, Mona and Bill Rogers of San Angelo, Texas; and several
special nieces and nephews.
Jeanne was preceded in death by her parents and her special sister-in-law, Mary
Lou Smith.
Honorary pallbearers will be Leroy Coppic, Ken Williamson, Howard Gill, George
Graham, Bill Armstrong and Bill McWilliams.
The family wishes to express its sincere thanks to Dr. Johnny B. French and the
staff at Regency House for their outstanding care and compassion.
“Mom, if we could give you one gift, we would give you the ability to see
yourself as others see you. Then, you would realize what a truly special person
you are.”
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