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Gladys Beach Oranday
Gladys Beach Oranday, age 49, of Port Arthur, Texas died Wednesday, May 30, 2001.
Funeral services were held Sunday, June 3, 2001 at the Vera Baptist Church. Burial was in the Vera Cemetery, under the direction of the Archer Funeral Home.
Mrs. Orandy was born August 1, 1951 in Vera, Texas. She lived in Vera until 1956. She had lived in Port Arthur, Texas since 1991 where she was assistant activity director at Gaspards Nursing Home. She was a Baptist.
She is survived by: two daughters, Linda Nieto of Port Arthur, Texas and Sheri Durgin of Hamlin, Texas; three sisters, Pat Green and Nettie Wampler, both of Breckenridge, Texas, and Senada Beach of Stamford, Texas; one brother, Tommy Beach of Hawley, Texas; and four grandchildren.
Vera Valley Studer
Vera was born July 2, 1912, to Lola and Henry E. Lewis and departed this life on June 2, 2001, having lived a very active and rewarding life.
Services were held Tuesday, June 5, 2001 at 10:00 a.m. at the Church of Christ in Seymour with A.B. Martin officiating. Burial was in Riverview Cemetery, Seymour, Texas under the direction of Archer Funeral Home.
Vera came to Baylor County with her family when she was 3 years old, making the journey in a covered wagon from Ballinger, Texas. Following her father’s death her mother married Tim Wall.
A resourceful child, Vera once made a bridle for the family dog, “Old Shep” and rode him approximately two miles to school. On another occassion she and her cousin, Cora, assigned to wash and dry the dinner dishes, had other plans: they put the dishes in the floor and invited the dogs to come lick them clean.
As a young girl she chose to work in the fields with Daddy Wall rather than doing household chores. On June 2, 1928, she and Clarence Studer were married as they were sitting in a car with Bro. Garner reading the vows as he stood by the car window.
They settled in the Ogden Community for several years, then they moved to the Carter-Taylor Ranch. There they broke and gentled horses. It is said she was very much a “cowgirl” and could outride any man when it came to riding broncs. She also learned to ride horses “Roman Style”.
During all this time she began birthing and raising her six children. The next adventure for Vera was becoming a farm wife and a farm hand.
In 1950, she began her “waitress career” which she enjoyed for some 35 years. Then in 1985, she became a part-time city employee as a school crossing guard until she became too ill to continue her job in 1999.
During this time she would sit up with housebound or hospitalized patients. She often referred to the “old people” she sat with.... many of whom were 10 to 15 years younger than she was.
Part of the farm life she enjoyed was the travel through the northern states on harvest. While working for Homer Connell she cooked for some 20 men and her family. In the 1950’s they went all the way to Canada with the harvest.
Her beloved companions in later years were Tiny and Little Bit, two toy poodles.
As a faithful member of the Church of Christ in Seymour, Texas she was active in helping others in time of need and could always be counted on to supply food and kept a supply of ice ready when needed.
Vera was preceeded in death by her husband, Clarence Studer; one child, Henry T. Studer; her parents, three sisters: Ruby, Lydia and Johnnie; two brothers: J.T. & Dee.
Survivors include: 3 daughters: Gay McAfee, Linda Douglas and Mona Hayes; 3 sons: Jim, Ralph and Tracy Studer; 1 sister: Totsie Cade; 24 grandchildren; 18 great-grandchildren and 3 great-great-grandchildren.
Annis Rodgers Dobson
Annis Rodgers Dobson, age 85, passed from this life at 1:30 p.m. on June 14, 2001, in Brownfield, Texas. Funeral services were held at 4 p.m. Saturday, June 16, 2001, at the Seymour Memorial Funeral Home Chapel, with her grandsons, George Wages, Jr. and Mike Dobson officiating. Interment was in the Riverview Cemetery under the direction of Seymour Memorial Funeral Home.
Mrs. Dobson was born July 2, 1915, in Red River County, Texas, near Deport, Texas, to John Robert Rodgers and Emma Lee King Rodgers. She and Cecil LeRoy Dobson were married on July 5, 1941, in Lamar County, Texas. They moved to Seymour, Texas in 1945, where they owned and operated the Riverside Drive-In for many years. Mr. Dobson preceded her in death on October 22, 1986. Annis was a member of the Calvary Baptist Church in Seymour. She had moved to Brownfield in January of 2000, and had lived there until her death.
She is survived by one daughter and her husband, Wanda and H.C. Langston of Palestine, Texas; by two sons and their wives, Billy and Nancy Dobson of Brownfield, Texas, and Jerry and Linda Dobson of Savannah, GA; by one sister, Leona Elmendorf of Seymour; by one Brother, Roy Rodgers of Bowie, Texas; by eight grandchildren, George Wages, Jr. of Arlington, Texas, Laurie Ann Carroll of Palestine, Texas, Mike Dobson of Garland, Texas, Mark Dobson of Wichita Falls, Texas, Greg Dobson of Ft. Worth, Texas, Brent Wages of Suffolk, Va., Randy Dobson of McDonough, Ga. and Sandra Van Horn of Valdosta, Ga.; by 13 great-grandchildren and one great-great-grandchild.
She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband; one sister, Mary Ethel Woods; and by seven brothers, Alvin, Edgar, Milton, James, William, Harold and Coy Rodgers.
Pallbearers were grandsons and great-grandsons, Mike Dobson, Mark Dobson, Greg Dobson, Curtis Dobson, Clint Carroll, Clay Carroll, and George Wages, Jr. Honorary Pallbearers were Randy Dobson and Brent Wages.
Donnie Wesley Killian
Donnie Wesley Killian, 67, passed away peacefully on Monday, June 11, 2001, at 8:00 PM in the Casa Grande Regional Medical Center, Casa Grande, Arizona, in the arms of his daughter Sandra Kay and her husband Paul. Both were equally embraced by their father. Donnie was born on December 6, 1933, in Munday, Texas, to George Jackson Killian and Lora Lee (Crouch) Killian.
Donnie was especially proud of his Father’s Day daughter, Sandra Kay, who was born on June 18. Donnie, along with his family, moved to Arizona in 1971 from New Mexico During his career, he was a district manager in retail, which required much travel time by airplane from coast to coast. Later Donnie worked as a manager of finance and leasing in a dealership, and as a security guard sergeant before retiring. Donnie loved his family and was known for his sensitivity and honesty. He was also personable, well-liked and had a good sense of humor to the end. He enjoyed gardening, cooking, eating good food (especially ice cream and steaks) and liked dogs. He also enjoyed collecting ball caps. His true passion was sports, especially pro football and basketball. He was an avid fan of Texas Tech, the Phoenix Suns, and the Dallas Cowboys, until the firing of Tom Landry as head coach! He even kept up with the Munday High School football games. Winifred Ponsolle enjoyed several Christmas holidays with Donnie, Sandra and Paul, and knew him to be a kind, generous caring man. Donnie was a loving son, brother, father, Gran Dad, uncle and friend. He is loved by his family and will be deeply missed.
Donnie was proceeded in death by his parents George and Lora Lee, his sister Baby Killian, half-brothers Faye and Olen, nephews Kenneth Kay Killian and Rodney Wayne Killian. Survivors include his daughter Sandra Kay Ponsolle and husband Paul of Gilbert, Arizona; his granddaughter Jana Kay Smith and husband Daniel of Mesa, Arizona; his step-daughter Janice Lynn Sofilkanich and husband Richard, and step-granddaughter Krista Ann Nunziato, all of Albuquerque, New Mexico; brother Charles Wayne Killian of Seymour, Texas, and Delores Crawford Killian, also of Seymour, parents of nephews Rodney Wayne (deceased), Rickey Don and wife Dawn and children of Heflin, Louisiana, Chuckie Glenn and wife Kim and children of Seymour, Texas, and; brother Clifford Daniel Killian of Munday, Texas, and his children Danny, Trevella, Telina, Ray, and stepchildren Randy, Rhonda and Ricki; as well as other numerous cousins, nephews and nieces.
Cremation has taken place. Sandra and Paul are bringing Dad home in their arms to his final resting place at Johnson Memorial Cemetery in Munday, Texas. Pastor Royce Denton will officiate graveside services at 2:00 PM on Saturday, June 30, 2001. If you wish, memorial contributions may be made in Donnie’s memory to his favorite charity, St. Judes Children's Research Hospital, 501 St. Jude Place, Memphis, TN, 38015.
Janice Eron Schutts
Janice Eron Schutts, 54, resident of Soper, Okla. passed away Tuesday, June 19, 2001, at her home.
Jan was born August 2, 1946 in Knox City, Texas, the daughter of Lloyd and Jimmie Lou Gilbert. She graduated from Lee High School in Midland, Texas, married Jim Schutts on December 3, 1966 in Houston, Texas and moved to the Soper area in 1971. She started her own bookkeeping and income tax business in 1990. Jan attended Southeastern Oklahoma State University and graduated in 1995 Magna cum Laude with a degree in accounting. Her business was successfull not only because of her knowledge, but also because she truly cared about her clients.
Surviving relatives include her husband, Jim Schutts; two sons, Chuck Schutts of Boswell and Steve Schutts of Soper; her father, Lloyd Gilbert of Seymour, Texas; her stepfather, Harlan Weinert of Weinert, Texas; one brother, Mike Gilbert of Graham, Texas; four grandchildren, Randi Schutts of Boswell, Okla., Eric and Zach of Perryton, Texas and Jamie Schutts of Soper, Okla.
Memorial services were held Saturday, June 23, 2001 at the Boswell Community Church in Boswell, Okla. with Tim Harless officiating.
Memorials may be made to: CTRC Institute for Drug Development, 14960 Omicron, San Antonio, Texas 78245.
Verdie Elsie Powell
Verdie Elsie Powell, 88,of Throckmorton, died at the Seymour Hospital on June 19, 2001.
Graveside services were held Saturday, June 23, 2001, at the Sweetwater Cemetery under the direction of McCoy Funeral Home of Sweetwater, Texas. Reverend Orvel Brantley officiated.
Mrs. Powell was born April 16, 1913 in Blackwell, Texas. She was a retired waitress and had lived in the area since 1950. She was a Baptist.
She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband, Joe Powell; two sons; and three sisters.
Survivors include: son, LeRoy Howard Hitchcock of Forsan, Texas; four daughters, Martha Henry of Coahoma, Texas, Doris Mitchell of Woodson, Texas, Ada Smith of Woodson, Texas, and Ruth McArthur of Throckmorton, Texas; two sisters, Mary Thompson of Del Rio, Texas and Rosalee Williams of Dallas, Texas; 30 grandchildren; 29 great-grandchildren and ten great-great-grandchildren.
Faye McGee
Faye McGee, age 51, of Hereford, Texas, died Monday, June 25, 2001 at her residence. Funeral services were held Thursday, June 28, 2001 at Avenue Baptist Church in Hereford, Texas with Reverend Rory Murphy, Chaplain of the Clements Unit, officiating. Burial was at the West Park Cemetery under the direction of Rix Funeral Directors.
Faye Greer was born July 20, 1949 in Huntsville, Alabama to Charles and Oma Greer. She married O’Dell McGee on April 1, 1963 in Seymour, Texas. They moved to Hereford, Texas in 1979 from Lubbock, Texas. She was employed by Texas Department of Criminal Justice as a COIII corrections officer at the Clements Unit in Amarillo, Texas for the past six years. She had been previously employed as manager of the Bluewater Garden Apartments for nine years and for three years as manager for Long John Silver Restaurant when the Hereford location was opened. She was an avid bowler since 1979 and was a member of several leagues. She was a volunteer for the Domestic Violence and Rape Crisis Center.
She is survived by her husband, O’Dell McGee of Hereford, Texas; one daughter, Sheila Reyes of Canyon, Texas; two sons, Roy Dell McGee of Carlsbad, New Mexico, T.J. McGee of Hereford, Texas; three sisters, Lea Scott of Seymour, Texas, Shirley Thompson of Little Rock, Arkansas, Angie Anderson of Huntsville, Alabama; three brothers, Jim Bice of Montana, Jimmy Greer and Tony Greer both of Arkansas, and four grandchildren. She was preceded in death by stepfather Bill Bice.
In lieu of flowers donations can be made to Correctional Peace Officers Foundation, P.O. Box 348390, Sacramento, California 95834-8390.
