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Mary Ellen Malone
Mary Ellen Malone, age 70, of Seymour, passed away Saturday, June 24, 2000, at her residence in Seymour.
After a four year battle with cancer, Mary Ellen went to be with our Heavenly Father. Her funeral services were held at 10:30 a.m. Monday, June 26, at the Seymour Memorial Funeral Home Chapel, with the Reverend Leo McMahan and the Reverend Marvin Griffin officiating. Interment was in the Riverview Cemetery under the direction of Seymour Memorial Funeral Home. Pallbearers were Rance Ward, Ray Neil Ward, Charles Ward, Kenneth Malone, Dicky Patterson and Edwin Royston.
Mrs. Malone was born February 7, 1930, in Throckmorton County, Texas. She married J.W. Malone on June 9, 1947, in Archer City, Texas. Mary and her husband of 52 years have been lifelong residents of Baylor County. She was a nurse's aid at Seymour Hospital for 23 years, and her life was devoted to being a loving wife, mother and grandmother.
She is survived by her husband, J.W. Malone of Seymour; her four daughters and their families: Sharion Zachary and her husband, Mike, and their two daughters, Shana Phillips, and her two sons, Toby and Zachary Phillips, Shelby Thigpen and her daughter, Lindsey; Cindy Malone and her two daughters, Mindy Land and Peni Moore; Janie Todd and her husband, Roderick Sanders, and their daughters, Marti Sanders and Sheila Todd, and her son, Cameron, and Melody Todd and her daughters, MaKenzie and MaKayla; and Jeannie Vernon and her husband, Max, and their son, Max, Jr.
She is also survived by her sister, Thelma Howe of Seymour and her brothers, J.C. Echols of Albany, Texas, W.H. Echols of Farmington, New Mexico, Buster Echols of Goree, Texas, Wayne Echols of Olney, Texas, and Joe Lloyd Echols of Megargel, Texas.
She is preceded in death by her granddaughter, Sharion LaRae Vernon; her brother, Bill Echols; her sister, Maye Thomas; and her parents, Jim and Allie Echols.
Her family loves her and will miss her very much.
I am standing on the seashore. A ship spreads her sail to the morning breeze and starts for the ocean. I stand watching her until she fades on the horizon, and someone at my side says,
"She is gone."
Gone where? The loss of sight is in me, not in her. Just at the moment when someone says, "She is gone", there are others who are watching her coming. Other voices take up a glad shout,
"HERE SHE COMES."
And that is dying.
Emma D. Adams
Emma D. Adams, age 90, went to meet the Lord on December 15, 2000.
She was born March 30, 1910 to Anna and Louis Valigura in Round Timber, Texas.
She and her husband moved to Fort Worth in 1943.
She was preceded in death by her husband Louis Adams, a brother Louis Carl Valigura, sisters Julia Little Rosa Giles, Martha Little and Henrietta Compton.
She is survived by a son, Jimmie Adams and wife, Margie; three daughters, Virginia Williams and husband, Andrew, Barbara Harkins and husband, Lewey, and Cecelia Bodine and husband, Gayle; a sister Vivian Fife; eight grandchildren; twelve great grandchildren and numerous neices and nephews.
Mary Beth Wines
Funeral services for Mrs. Mary Beth Wines, age 59, of the Hide-A-Way Lake Community were held at 2:30 p.m. Friday, September 1, 2000 at the First United Methodist Church in Lindale with Rev. Tommy Lyles officiating. Interment followed in the Mt. Sylvan Cemetery under the direction of Caudle-Rutledge Funeral Home in Lindale.
Mrs. Wines was born June 29, 1941 in Seymour, Texas to the late Jasper Dap and Ollie Gilbert Hayley. She passed away Wednesday, August 30, 2000, at a Tyler Hospice Center.
Mrs. Wines moved to Lindale in 1980 and to Hide-A-Way Lake in 1995 where she was a member of the First United Methodist Church of Lindale, the Lindale Garden Club and the East Texas Court Reporter Association. She worked as a Court Reporter and had worked for Judge Bill Coats.
She is survived by her husband, Don Wines of Hide-A-Way Lake; a daughter and son-in-law, Lynda and Stan Clark of Lindale; two sons and daughters-in-law, Bobby and Lynda Reed of Tomball and Charles and Nancy Reed of Lindale; two brothers, Cliff Hayley of Bedford and Dan Hayley of Winnsboro; a sister, Carol Butler of Arlington; 5 grandchildren, Beth Reed, Logan Reed, Hayley Clark, Shelby Clark, Carley Reed all of Lindale; numerous nieces and nephews.
She was preceded in death by a brother, Jake Hayley of July 12, 2000.
Pallbearers were Phil Brakebill, Bill Beasing, Craig Murphy, Chuck McCray, and Jack Roach.
Virginia Hale Herring
Funeral Services for Mrs. Virginia Elizabeth Hale Herring, age 84, of Bonham, were held at 2 p.m. Thursday, September 7, 2000 in Wise Funeral Home Chapel. Family members and friends officiated. Burial followed in the Willow Wild Cemetery. Mrs. Herring passed away early Tuesday morning, September 5, 2000 at her residence.
Mrs. Herring was born October 10, 1915 in Westover, (Baylor County) Texas, the daughter of William Henry Hale and Florence A. Riley Hale. She married Robert Vyrne Herring, November 10, 1939 in Olney, Texas. He preceded her in death, August 11, 1970. A public school teacher, Mrs. Herring began her career in Baylor County, and taught many years in Bonham ISD where she retired. She was a member of Northside Church of Christ. She was preceded in death by her parents and four brothers. Will Carlton Hale, James Whitcomb Hale, Edward Everett Hale and Joaquin Miller Hale.
Surviving are: two daughters, Mary Beth Lyle of Dodd City, Patricia Ann Barry of Houston; a brother, Ernest Hale of Seymour; a sister-in-law, Marietta Hale of Ralls; and grandchildren, Virginia Barry, Margaret Barry, Colleen Barry and Molly Hernandez; great grandchildren, Christopher Cook and Brittany Barry.
Pallbearers were Dan Hale, Tom Turner, Lewis Hutchins, Steven Hutchins, Bobby Harris, Leonard Gerner, Mike Whisenhunt, Dennis Herring and Charlie Herring.
Mavis Sessions
Services for Mavis Dean Sessions, 63, of Denver City were held at 2 p.m. Thursday, September 7, 2000 at First Baptist Church with the Rev. Bob Webb officiating and the Rev. Bob Fred and Randy Butler assisting.
Burial was in Denver City Memorial Park under the direction of Boyer Funeral Home of Seminole.
She died Tuesday, September 5, 2000, at Yoakum County Hospital in Denver City.
She was born July 6, 1937, in Lynn County. She married Jack Sessions on July 7, 1972, in Plains. She moved to Denver City from O’Donnell in 1972. She was a hairdresser in Denver City. She was a member of First Baptist Church in Denver City and the Yoakum County Golf Club.
Survivors include her husband; two sons, Michael Dwaine Cathey of Burnet and William Kenneth Sessions of Corinth; two sisters, June Glenn of Odessa and Bonnie Dorman of O’Donnell; and two grandchildren.
The family suggests memorials to Yoakum County Hospital and Auxiliary.
Hugh Dent Ballard
Hugh Dent Ballard went to be with his Lord on September 6, 2000.
He was born November 22, 1908, on the family farm in Rutledge, Alabama, and was the youngest of 10 children. He was baptized into Christ at the age of 12 and was a faithful Christian his entire life. He attended Pharmacy school in Wichita, Kansas, and practiced pharmacy in Texas before serving his country for four years in the Navy during World War II. He returned to Alabama and married Ilamae Bean in 1951 and it was there that his daughter, Beba, and his son, Tommy were born. He and his family returned to Texas (Dallas) in 1965 and was in business with his brother, Dr. Bibb Ballard, until the mid 1980s. The last four years of his life were spent in Seymour, Texas, near his daughter, living independently, enjoying life raising cattle and being with his grandchildren. His family was his main priority. His grandchildren, Tara and Johnathan Studer, and Christopher, Aaron and Ashley Ballard will greatly miss his gentleness, quick wit and generosity. Nothing greater can be said about a man but that he served his God and family faithfully and enjoyed life to the end.
He is survived by his daughter and son-in-law, Beba and John Studer of Seymour and son and daughter-in-law, Dr. Tommy and Melinda Ballard of Dallas; five grandchildren, Tara, Johnathan, Christopher, Aaron and Ashley and his brother, Dr. Bibb Ballard and his family.
Services were held at 1:30 p.m. Saturday, September 9, at Restland Wildwood Chapel. Interment followed at Restland Memorial Park in Dallas.
Bessie Studer
Bessie Studer, 91, died Monday, Oct. 30, 2000, in a Granbury Nursing Home.
Funeral: 9:30 a.m. Saturday in Greenwood Chapel. Graveside service: 3 p.m. at Riverview Cemetery in Seymour.
Bessie Studer was born Aug. 18, 1909, to B.F. and Mattie Keel. She married Mixon Studer on Aug. 27, 1933. They lived in Baylor County from 1933 to 1944, farming in the Ogden and Plainview Communities. She was a lifelong member of the Church of Christ and a 50 year member of the Green Oaks Congregation.
Bessie was preceded in death by her husband of 47 years, E.M. Studer, Sr., in 1981 and a son, E.M. Studer in 1948.
Survivors: Daughter, Betty Gideon of New Braunfels; son, Bobby Studer and wife, Genevieve, of Granbury; grandchildren, Mickey Stockwell of Galveston, Brenda Witt of San Antonio, Mike Gideon of Bryan, and David, Donna, and Betty Studer all of Granbury; great-grandson, Adam Witt of San Antonio.
