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Doris Lee Moore
Graveside services for Doris Lee Moore, 79 will be held 10:00AM Monday, June 23 at Salado Cemetery. Mrs. Moore passed away June 18, 2008 at her home in Salado.
The family will receive friends for visitation at 4:00PM Sunday, June 22 at Broecker Funeral Home in Salado.
A long time resident of Bell County, Nanny was born Doris Lee Grant, December 23, 1928 in Richland Springs, Texas to Monroe and Birdie Grant. She married
Allen “Sonny” Moore March 17, 1945 in Belton. The family lived in Keyes Valley prior to the building of Stillhouse Hollow Dam.
She is preceded in death by her husband, parents, a brother and two sisters. She is survived by her children: Monroe and Linda Moore and Kathey and Dennis Farr all of Salado; sister Johnnie Young of Burnet and three brothers: MW Grant and Bobby Grant of Killeen and Odell Grant of Austin, plus seven grandchildren, 10 great grandchildren and one great great grandson.
In lieu of flowers donations may be made to the Salado Education Foundation P.O. Box 98 Salado, TX 76571.
Richard "Skip" Hatter
Richard “Skip/Dick” Lloyd Hatter 81 of Salado, died on June 16, 2008 at a nursing home in Temple, Texas. The youngest son of Lloyd and Hattie Evelyn Rutherford Hatter, Skip was born in the home of his grandparents Rutherford in Moody, Texas. preceded in death by his parents and three brothers, Skip leaves behind his wife Barbara of Salado; three sons: Paul Thomas, Richard Michael, and Lloyd Lee; three daughters: Janice Lynn, Susan Lee and Karen Anne; and, twelve grandchildren.
Honorably discharged from the U.S. Navy and the U.S. Army, Hatter’s service to his country spanned three major wars: World War II, the Korean Conflict, and the Vietnam War. His service at sea was served in the Atlantic on the U.S.S. Charger and the USS Hancock; in the Pacific on the U.S.S. Shangri La. His combat tours numbered: World War II Pacific War Zone; Korean Conflict 3 tours in the Korean War Zone; and Vietnam 2 tours in the Vietnam War Zone. Hatter also flew a Bell, Hiller and Sikorsky Helicopter and in two combat tours in Vietnam as a helicopter gunship pilot, he flew 193 combat missions with 507 combat flight hours. In his military service he earned a number of badges, decorations, and medals. Badges: Army Aviator (silver pilot’s wings), Sharpshooter with Pistol Bar, Marksman with Pistol Bar. American Decorations: Bronze Star (Vietnam), Air Medal (heroism Vietnam), Air Medal (18 awards for combat missions Vietnam, Army Commendation Medal (Vietnam). Foreign Decorations: Korean War Medal, Republic of Vietnam Cross of Gallantry Unit Citation with palm. Service Medals: American Campaign Medal, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (2 bronze battle stars), Victory Medal (World War II), Navy Occupation Medal (Asian Clasp) United Nations Service Medal (Korea) Korean Service Medal (8 bronze battle stars) Navy Good Conduct medal, National Defense Service Medal (Korea and Vietnam) Vietnam Service Medal (4 bronze battle stars), Armed Forces Reserve Medal, Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal (with 1960 clasp).
Hatter retired from the U.S. Army in May 1968. He accepted a position with Bell Helicopter International as Registrar of the Iranian technical training center for pilots and maintenance personnel in Isfahan, Iran.
A memorial service will take place at Broecker Funeral Home Salado, 1 p.m. June 24, preceded by a private graveside memorial with military honors.
Donations may be made to: The Fisher House Foundation 1401 Rockville Pike, Suite 600 Rockville, Maryland 20852 www.fisherhouse.org This organization is in support of the Intrepid Center San Antonio, Texas.
William E. "Sonny" Street
Funeral services for William E. “Sonny” Street Jr. 83, of Heidenheimer will be held 10 a.m. June 20 at the Dossman Funeral Home. Burial will follow at the Salado Cemetery.
The family will receive friends for visitation 1 p.m.- 3 p.m. June 19.
William Street passed away June 16, 2008 in the Temple Nursing Center.
William E. ‘Sonny’ Street was born June 30, 1924 in Bell County the son of William E. Street Sr. and Fannie Mae Hodges Street. He married
Mamie P. Melvin June 28, 1947 at the Salado United Methodist Church in Temple. He served in the U.S. Army during World War II serving in the Pacific at Hawaii, Marshall Islands, Guam and Okinawa.
He was preceded in death by his wife on January 10, 1997.
Survivors include two sons Charles Humphrey of Temple and John Michael Street of Tennessee Colony and one daughter Gayla Avant of Lockhart two sisters Elizabeth Mosley and Emma Jane Fuller both of Temple. Seven grandchildren and numerous great grandchildren.
Memorials may be made to the American Heart Association.
Julia R. Kemp
Julia Ruth Whatley Kemp, age 98, of Belton died Wednesday, June 11, 2008 in a local nursing home. Services were held June 13 at First Baptist Church in Belton with Rev. Paul Kemp, Rev. Mark Kemp and Rev. Carroll Davis officiating. Burial followed at Bellwood Memorial Park. Visitation was held at Scanio-Harper Funeral Home.
A lifelong resident of Bell County, she was born December 5, 1909 to Benjamin Bowles and Johnnie Ruth (Shapard) Whately of Stringtown. She attended schools in Rockdale, her birthplace home of maternal grandparents, and Gindale where she was on Sisters Basketball Team. In 1926, she married
Ernest Lee Kemp. They were members of Dyess Grove Baptist Church and later Immanuel Baptist Church in Temple and finally First Baptist Church in Belton. In Belton, she worked with School District Food Services for 20 years. She prepared Wednesday meals at First Baptist Church where she worked with children and was a member of Friendship Class and Golden Age. She was an honorary alumna of Mary Hardin-Baylor and a member of Belton and Salado Chapters of Daughters of the Republic of Texas.
She was preceded in death by her husband and three sisters. Survivors include one son, Leroy Kemp, four daughters, Doris, Joyce, Betty Kemp and Carolyn Roberts, five grandchildren, 11 great grandchildren and one brother, Frank Whatley.
In Lieu of flowers, memorial tributes may be made to one’s favorite charity.
Rosemary M. Adams
Belton - Services for Rosemary M. Adams, 96, of Salado were held July 3, 2008 at Heartfield Funeral Home in Belton. Rev. Barton Carter and Rev. Billy Borho officiated. Burial followed in Resthaven Cemetery. She passed away June 30 in a Taylor Hospital.
She was born December 17, 1911 in Oglesby, Texas to Edward S. and Mary Alice Russell Fellers. She married
Marshall Adams December 18, 1936 in Moffatt, Texas. She was a homemaker and member of the Victory Baptist Church in Cedar Valley. She was preceded in death by her husband and one son Michael Adams.
She is survived by three daughters, Barbara Joann Walker of Temple, Pansy Lange of Bartlett and Gale Sellers of Salado; one brother, Walter J. Fellers of Salado; eight grandchildren, sixteen great-grandchildren and eight great-great-grandchildren.
Lorraine Beckwith
Lorraine Beckwith, 71, of Salado passed away July 7, 2008 in Temple, Texas.
A memorial service will be held at First Baptist Church in Salado July 10 at 4 p.m. with her longtime pastor, Gary DeSalvo officiating.
Beckwith was born in 1937 in Waite Park, Minnesota. She lived in Central Texas for the past 22 years and was a member of Temple Bible Church.
She is survived by her husband of 44 years, Phil Beckwith; her brother, Jimmy Schneider; her daughter, Allison Putney and husband Chris; her son, Mark Beckwith; and her three grandchildren: Sadie, Audrey, and Joseph Putney.
Memorial arrangements were handled by Broecker Funeral Home of Salado.
In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to Temple Bible Church Missions Fund or Grace Academy Classical School of Georgetown.
Amanda Jo Elmore
Amanda Jo Elmore passed away at Scott & White hospital on July 11, 2008 as a result of injuries sustained in an auto accident on June 29, 2008.
She was born on September 24, 1985 in Springfield, IL. She moved to Texas in 2004 and was employed by Weston Inn Health Center, Temple as a Certified Nursing Assistant.
She is survived by her mother, Becky Day of Salado, step-mother Joyce Long of Salado, her father Doug Hurley and step-mother Carol Hurley of Greenview, Il., sister and brother-in-law Jamie and David Dollens, a sister Rachel Simmons of Virden, Il, 3 step-sisters Heather Long, Diedra Hicks and Chantelle Long all of Roodhouse, Il., and her grandparents June and Jim Lamsargis of Springfield, Il.
Visitation was at the funeral home 6-8 p.m. July 16.
A private burial will take place at Rest Haven cemetery in Belton on July 17.
In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the Amanda Jo Elmore Fund, c/o First Salado Horizon Bank, 815 N. Stagecoach Road, Salado, Texas, 76571.
Broecker Funeral Home of Salado is in charge of arrangements.
Jennifer Kelly Lenis
Jennifer Kelly Lenis, formerly of Salado, passed away on July 28, 2008.
Jennifer Kelly Lenis was born in Cleveland, Ohio, on March 6, 1979, to Armando Lenis M.D. and Barbara (Winters) Lenis. Jennifer was welcomed in birth by her parents and older brother, Allen. The Lenis family welcomed another baby girl, Michelle, the following year. The Lenis family moved from Ohio to Texas in March of 1982.
Jennifer attended school at Holland, Salado ISD, and the Academy Special Education School before proudly graduating from Burnet High School in 2000. Jennifer lived at the Bluebonnet Community Residence Home in Bertram from 1997 until 2001, when she moved to the Marble Falls Bluebonnet Community Residence Home.
Jennifer is survived by her parents, Barbara and Armando Lenis of Salado, her brother, Allen Lenis and wife Ana Lenis of Arlington, VA., her sister, Michelle Lenis of Salado, and her grandmother, Nelly Lenis of Cali, Colombia. Other close relatives include her uncle and aunt, Dr. Elias and Eleonora Ghandour, and cousin Maia, of Lubbock, Texas, Mona and James Jackson of Dallas and Eduardo Gonzalez of Houston, TX. Relatives in Cali, Colombia, include uncles Andres Lenis, Dr. Richard Lenis, and Dr. William Lenis, aunt Elizabeth Lenis, and cousins Alvaro Jose Lenis. Jennifer is preceded in death by her grandfather, Alvaro Lenis of Cali, Colombia.
In lieu of flowers, the family asks that donations be sent to Scott and White Hospital in the name of Jennifer Lenis for Pediatric Cancer 1-800-293-4483
Private family services will be held at a later date.
Sharon Love Dixon
Funeral Services for Sharon Love Dixon, 74, of Salado, were held Saturday Aug. 2, at the Grace Baptist Church in Salado. Rev. John Warden officiated burial followed at Salado Cemetery.
Mrs. Dixon died Thursday morning, July 31, 2008, in a Temple Hospital.
Sharon was born April 10, 1934 in Arkansas, Kansas, the daughter of C.F. Moore and Alicia (Love) Moore. She married
Jerry Dixon December 26, 1953 in Vinita, Oklahoma. They made their home in Salado in 1997 moving from Conroe. She was a homemaker and a member of Grace Baptist Church in Salado.
She was preceded in death by her husband January 31, 2001.
Survivors include one son Larry Dixon of Spring and daughter,,Lisa Eckstrum of Magnolia; one sister Jeannie Dodson of Santa Ynez, California and four grandchildren.
Memorials may be made to Grace Baptist Church in Salado or Vista Care Hospice.
Virginia Bryan
Virginia Bryan, age 84, of Temple passed away Aug. 26, 2008. Broecker Funeral Home of Salado is in charge of the arrangements.
A visitation was held for friends and family at the funeral home Sept. 1 with a family celebration of her life at Broecker’s Sept. 2 with burial to follow at Hillcrest cemetery in Temple beside James, her husband of almost 60 years.
She was born Patricia Virginia Stroup on October 28, 1923, youngest daughter of Herbert Ainsley Stroup and Ida Belle McKinley Stroup in Tahoka, Texas. She grew up in nearby Brownfield and on November 22, 1942, married
her high school sweetheart James Everett Bryan. World War II had begun and James enlisted in the Army. Virginia worked for the Red Cross and was able to work in that capacity at Fort Knox, Kentucky while James was stationed there. She returned to Texas when he was sent to Okinawa, and their first child Patricia Elaine was born in Brownfield while he was overseas. After the war ended and he returned home, a second daughter Constance Sue was born.
Her husband James worked for Texas Pipeline Company at several places in West Texas before the family relocated to Houston in 1953, where he was employed by Texaco. A son, Jonathan Marshall, was born in Houston in 1959. They moved to New Orleans, Louisiana in 1973 and lived there until James retired in 1984. Wanting to return to Texas, they chose Temple as their retirement home and greatly enjoyed the years they shared there until James died in June 2002, just four months shy of their 60th anniversary. After being diagnosed with Alzheimers in late 2002, Virginia lived at Hearthstone Assisted Living and then for the past 2 1/2 years at the home of her devoted caretaker Karen Richman in Hewitt.
Virginia was a member of First Christian Church in Temple, and participated in the Women’s Circle there and also in Kiwanis.
She is survived by her three children, Pat Ash of Tarzana, California, Connie Bryan of Salado, and Jay Bryan and his wife Jo of Richardson, Texas. She leaves behind eight grandchildren: Erin Mallen, Ellie Ash, Andy Klunder and wife Michelle, Mike Klunder and wife Jena, Melissa Klunder, and Jonathan, Jake, and Jacey Bryan. She is also survived by six great-grandchildren: Bela, Jadyn, Sofia, and Judah Klunder and Madelyn and Jackson Mallen.
The family wishes to express their gratitude to her caretaker Karen Richman for her loving care, to all the wonderful people of Hillcrest Hospice, and to Pat and Dave Broecker of Broecker Funeral Home for what they have meant to the family at this difficult time.
In lieu of flowers the family suggests that memorial donations may be made to the Alzheimers Association in her honor at 3429 Executive Center Drive, Suite 100, Austin TX 78731.
Eva Peters
Eva Peters, formerly of Rogers, passed away on August 12, 2008 in Mesquite, Texas. She was born October 17, 1921 in Coffeeville, Mississippi. She married
R.L. Peters on June 25, 1948 in Memphis, Tennessee. They celebrated 58 years of marriage before his passing in 2007. She was a retired civil service employee with the Air Force Logistics Command. She was politically active and was a delegate to the State Republican Convention numerous times.
Eva was an active member of the Church of Christ and taught Sunday school for many years. She was most recently involved in the CPR (Care, Play, Read) and visitation programs at the Saturn Road Church of Christ in Garland, Texas.
She is survived by her daughters: Annette Parker and husband Dwight of Grandfield, Oklahoma; Dorothy Peters of Mesquite, Texas and Linda Smith and husband Clyde of Rockwall, Texas. She is also survived by four grandchildren: Geoff Parker of Grandfield, Oklahoma; Robert Smith and Michael Smith of College Station, Texas and Jenny Bates of Lawton, Oklahoma and her husband, Spc. Phil Bates, currently serving with the U.S. Army in Iraq and her great-granddaughter, Kalyn Bates. Also surviving are her sisters: Ella Ruth Perkins of Mesa, Arizona and Dorothy St. John of Coffeeville, Mississippi. She was preceded in death by her parents Rue and Viona Helm; her husband, R.L. Peters; a brother, Herschel P. Helm; and sisters: Mary Frances Butts and Betty Richey. She is also survived by her beloved sister-in-law, Mary Belle Brown and her husband Tom of Salado.
A memorial service will be held at 2 p.m. on Saturday, August 16, 2008 at the Saturn Road Church of Christ in Garland, Texas. Private burial services will be at the Central Texas Veterans cemetery in Killeen. Memorial donations may be made to the A. Hugh Graham Memorial Endowment at Southwestern Christian College in Terrell, Texas or Lifeline Chaplaincy.
