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Bess Scott Hardberger
Bess Scott Hardberger passed away on Wednesday, April 9, 2008, in San Antonio, at the age of 94, due to natural causes. Her life was full and long, and she was surrounded by loved ones at her death. Friends and family remembered Mrs. Hardberger as a warm-spirited woman who dearly loved her family, nature and the church. "She was the single most cheerful person I've ever known, " said Phil Hardberger, her son and the Mayor of San Antonio. "She loved the trees and flowers here in San Antonio and always had a positive spirit."
Mrs. Hardberger was born on Dec. 22, 1913 in Burnet County. Baptized into the church at age 9, she remained a faithful church member throughout her life. She married
Homer Reeves Hardberger on Oct. 15, 1933, in Morton, at age 19. After bearing a son, Phillip Duane Hardberger, the family moved to O'Donnell in 1943. The Hardbergers gave birth to a daughter, Jan, in 1945 in Lamesa. Six years later, Mrs. Hardberger began teaching. She taught third grade for 33 years, while working her way through college. She graduated from Texas Tech University in 1955, the same year her son graduated from Baylor University. Mrs. Hardberger was active in the First Baptist Church of O'Donnell for more than 60 years. She was a founding member of the 1946 Study Club of O'Donnell, a civic organization for women, and was granted a lifetime membership.
Elaine Pearson, a dear family friend from O'Donnell, said Bess Hardberger was like a mother to her. "I lost my mother years ago and she really filled a need for me since my mother was not here, " said Pearson, who went to school with Phil Hardberger. Everybody in town loved Bess and there will certainly be a void now." Pearson said the two words that truly describe Bess Hardberger are "optimistic" and "dedicated." "What she said she would do, she would do, " Pearson said. "She always went the extra mile."
Mrs. Hardberger was preceded in death by her husband, who passed away in 1986. They were married
for 52 years. Mrs. Hardberger will be buried in O'Donnell alongside her husband. Mrs. Hardberger is survived by her son, Phil Hardberger and daughter, Jan Hardberger Peranteau; grandchildren, Kim Moser, Amy Hardberger and Jarad Peranteau; step-granddaughter, Rebecca Soto and great-grandchildren, Austin Jones and Tori Jones.
A visitation is scheduled for Friday evening at White Memorial Chapel, 510 8th Street, in O'Donnell, where Mrs. Hardberger spent much of her life. Services will be held on Saturday, April 12th, at 10 a.m. at the First Baptist Church in O'Donnell, 701 Standefer, O'Donnell, TX, under the direction of White Funeral Home, 1821 Main Street, Tahoka, TX 79373; contact tele: (806) 561-4433. Flower and plant arrangements may be made through Lucy Me Flower Shop, (806) 561-5829. The family asks that memorials be sent in honor of Bess Hardberger to either of the following locations: First Baptist Church of O'Donnell, 701 Standefer, O'Donnell, Texas 79351; or the 1946 Study Club, c/o Elaine Pearson, 607 N. Highway 87, O'Donnell, Texas 79351.
You are invited to sign the guestbook at www.porterloring.com. Arrangements with: Porter Loring Mortuary, 1101 McCullough Ave., San Antonio, TX 78212, Tele: (210) 227-8221.
Minnie Mae Wyatt
Memorial services for Minnie Mae Wyatt, 81, of Levelland will be 3 p.m. Saturday, April 12, 2008, at George Price Funeral Chapel, with Mike Holster and Rodney Blocker officiating. Cremation services are under direction of George Price Funeral Home in Levelland. She died Tuesday, April 8, 2008, at Levelland Nursing Home.
Born on Sept. 28, 1926 in Guadalupe County, New Mexico, she moved to Levelland in 2002 from Spur. She married
Charley Wyatt on Jan. 6, 1946, in Lubbock. She graduated from Dickens High School in 1944 and worked for Dickens County and the Abstract Company in Dickens for a number of years. She also worked as a bookkeeper for Ideal Gas until her retirement. She was a member of Bethel Baptist Church in Spur.
Survivors include her husband, Charley Wyatt of Levelland; her daughter and son-in-law, Charla and Kenneth Drury of Levelland; and a sister, Thelma Butler of Cloudcroft, N.M.
The family suggests memorials to The Haven Animal Care Shelter, 4501 North County Road 1729, Lubbock, Texas 79403.
Mollie Beseda
Mollie Beseda, 88, of Lubbock, went to be with her Lord and Savior Tuesday, April 8, 2008, in Lubbock. Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at 10 a.m. Friday, April 11, at Holy Spirit Catholic Church. Interment will follow in Resthaven Memorial Park. Monsignor Gene Driscoll will be the Celebrant. The family will receive friends from 6 to 7 p.m. today, at Resthaven Funeral Home. A Rosary will be recited at 7 p.m.
Mollie Philomena Beseda was born Oct. 24, 1919, in Aquilla, to Leopold and Frances (Marek) Ruzicka. She attended school and business college, but had already worked as a bookkeeper in her father's cotton ginning business from an early age. She married
Joe Beseda on Oct. 26, 1941, in Abbott. He preceded her in death on July 26, 2006.
Mollie volunteered with the Pink Ladies at Methodist Hospital, with the Altar Society at St. Ann's Catholic Church in Morton, and at Christ the King Cathedral in Lubbock. She was an avid gardener all her life. Her family remembers her with a ready smile for everyone she met and her favorite song was "You Are My Sunshine." She had a loving, giving, generous spirit, she loved her family deeply, and she especially loved children. She will be greatly missed.
Mollie was a member of Holy Spirit Catholic Church.
Surviving relatives include her children, Larry Beseda and wife Twyla of Levelland, James Beseda and wife Jane of Los Angeles, Calif., Patsy Towe and husband Jay of Silverton, Doris Beseda of Lubbock; grandchildren, Joey, David, and Chad Beseda, Julie Cole, Braden Towe, and Berkeley Fahrenthold; her sister, Frances Wilkerson, and her brother, Jerry Ruzicka, both of Lubbock; seven great-grandchildren and one great-great-grandson. She was preceded in death by her parents, Leopold and Frances Ruzicka; a sister, Evelene Greener; and a brother, Leo Ruzicka.
The family suggests memorials to The Make-A-Wish Foundation or the Ronald McDonald House.
Paul Edward Gilbert
Funeral services for Paul Edward Gilbert, 57, formerly of Sundown, will be 1:30 p.m. Friday, April 11, 2008, at First Baptist Church in Sundown, with Rev. Randy Winfrey officiating. Burial will follow in the Sundown cemetery under direction of George Price Funeral Home. He died in Dallas on Saturday, April 5, 2008.
Paul was born to Charles and Clara Gilbert on Feb. 21, 1951 in Abilene. He was a veteran of the U. S. Army, serving in Vietnam. He worked for B. J. Hughes oilfield services for many years and later moved to Dallas.
He was preceded in death by his father, Charles, in 1996.
He is survived by his mother, Clara Gilbert of Sundown; a son, Cody Gilbert of Copper Canyon and his mother, Vickie; a sister, Carla Bynum and husband Duke of Brownfield; two brothers, Charles Gilbert and wife LaVonna of Lewisville and Gary Gilbert and wife Rhonda of Ozark, Ala.
Everett M. Ward
Services for Everett M. Ward, 83, of Lubbock will be Friday, April 11, 2008 at 2 p.m. at Colonial Baptist Church on 49th & Ave. U. Burial will follow at Peaceful Gardens Memorial Park under the direction of Sanders Funeral Home. The family will receive friends at the funeral home on Thursday from 6:30-8 p.m.
Everett passed away Monday, April 7, 2008. He was born Sept. 24, 1924 in Cloud Chief, Oklahoma to James Marion and Oma Ward. He married
Helen Brooks on May 1, 1947 in Jacksonville, Texas, where he attended Baptist College. He served as pastor of the Calvary Baptist Church in Artesia, New Mexico for a total of 22 years. He moved to Lubbock in 1965 where he pastured at two churches in Lubbock before retiring in 1984 after 40 years in the ministry.
He was preceded in death by his parents; and two brothers, Glen Evan and Doyle Ward. He is survived by his wife, Helen; four children, Theresa Johnson and husband Ted of Red Oak, Texas, Barbara Clark and husband Larry of Allen, Texas, Gerald Ward and wife Kay of Lubbock, and Roy Ward and wife Elizabeth of Muleshoe; 11 grandchildren; four great-grandchildren; a brother, Edwin Ward; and three sisters, Averill Kirby, Jimmie Ferguson, and Joyce McBride.
Raymond C. Jackson
Family graveside services for Raymond C. Jackson will be in Fairview cemetery in Brownstown, Indiana, under the direction of Winklepleck-Weesner Funeral Home. Family will receive friends and relatives from 10:30 a.m. to 12 p.m., with graveside service to follow on Saturday April 12, 2008. Rix Funeral Directors in Lubbock, Texas are in charge of local arrangements. He died on April 7, 2008
He was born to Thornton C. and Flossie O. Jackson in Medora, Ind., on May 7, 1928. He married
T. June Snyder on Oct. 24, 1947, in Brownstown, Ind. He served three years in the US Army Air Corp-US Air Force.
He entered Indiana University as a freshman in 1949 and earned a B.A. Degree in 1952 and a M.A. in 1953. He earned the Doctor in Philosophy degree from Perdue University in 1955.
He taught at the University of New Mexico, 1955-1958, and the University of Kansas, 1958-1971, where he was chair of the interdepartmental Ph.D. program in Genetics. He was a member of the Biological Sciences Faculty of Texas Tech University from 1971 to 1997, serving as Chairman and Professor 1971 to 1978, he was appointed to a Paul Whitfield Horn Professorship in 1980 and continued his research in genetics and cytogenetics as Horn Professor Emeritus (1997) until his death.
He was a member of the Botanical Society of America, American Association for the Advancement of Science (President of the Rocky Mountain Division, 1989- 1990), Genetic Society of America, Genetics Society of Canada, American Society of Plant Taxonomist, International. Organization of Plant Biosystematics, Delta Phi Alpha (National German Honorary Society), and Chi Sigma. He received the Botanical Society of America Certificate of Merit in 1992 for outstanding contributions to cytogenetics, a Special Service Award from the Mid-continent Section of the Botanical Society of America in 1998, and the President's Award from the SWARM Division of the American Association for the Advancement of Science in 1994. He published numerous scientific articles in national and international scientific journals.
Survivors include his wife; son, Jeff, of Salt Lake City, Utah; daughter Rebecca J. Hale of Cheyenne, Wyo.; tow brothers, Roscoe and John of Medora, Ind.; two sisters Mary Abner, of Brownstown, and Maxine Spurgeon, Freetown, Ind.; and two grandchildren and two step-grandchildren and one great granddaughter.
He is preceded in death by parents Thornton C. and Flossie O. Jackson and one Brother Robert Jackson.
The family suggests memorials to the Institutional Advancement Department of Bio-medical Sciences, TX.
Doyle Robert Hewitt's
A gathering of family and friends to reminisce Doyle Robert Hewitt's life of 74 years will be tonight from 6-8 p.m. at Lake Ridge Chapel and Memorial Designers, 82nd and Iola Ave. Celebration services will be at 11 a.m., Thursday, April 10, 2008 in Lake Ridge Chapel. Doyle passed from this life peacefully in his sleep Saturday, April 5, 2008 in Amarillo.
He was born on March 1, 1934 in Whitharral to Joel and Ella (Burns) Hewitt. In 1953, Doyle graduated from Whitharral High School. The following year he joined the US Air Force, where proudly served as a Staff Sergeant in Saudi Arabia during the Korean Conflict. He married
Mary Lou Barker on Oct. 9, 1958 in Littlefield. Doyle loved farming and did so in both Hockley and Terry counties until 1980. He later worked in the oilfield as a Reverse Unit Operator. After retirement he served as a foreman for his nephew Tom Dixon's ranch in Goldthwaite.
Doyle's legacy will forever be the family he loved and cared for so faithfully during his lifetime. Those left to cherish his memory are his wife, Mary Lou; two daughters, Trina Rice of Lubbock and Carol Coronado and spouse Eddie of Richardson. The light of his life were his five grandchildren Christopher, Mandy, Zoe, Miranda and Vincent. Doyle's three siblings, Jo Nell Holmes of Lubbock; his twin brother, Dale Hewitt of Whitharral and Shirley Mack of Lubbock will also cherish his memory.
The family suggests memorials to Hospice of Lubbock, 1102 Slide Rd # 3, Lubbock, TX 79416 or the American Lung Association, 61 Broadway, 6th Floor, NY, NY 10006.
Donna Danese Lynskey
Donna Danese Lynskey, 52, of Hot Springs, Arkansas went to be with the Lord on Tuesday April 1st, 2008.
Donna was born in Littlefield, Texas on Nov. 10, 1955 to Paul and Arlene Provence and raised in the small West Texas town of Sudan, Texas where she attended Sudan High School.
Shortly thereafter, Donna married
Jeff Lynskey and moved to Lubbock, Texas where she maintained a wonderful home and raised their only son, Brad Lynskey. Her love for people eventually led her to a career in the nursing field, where she was employed by University Medical Center as both a certified nursing assistant and later a certified monitor technician.
In May of 2006, Donna relocated to Hot Springs, Arkansas where she was employed as a certified nursing assistant with St. Joseph's Mercy Health Center.
Donna had an endless energy for life and a passion for the outdoors. Whether she was sky-diving, fishing, boating, or riding dirt bikes and ATV's, her positive outlook on life and her relationships with the people around her was undoubtedly influenced by her enjoyment of being outdoors.
She is preceded in death by her mother, Arlene Grigsby.
Survivors include her father, Paul "Bud" Provence of Sudan, Texas; one son and daughter-in-law, Brad and Katie Lynskey of Arkadelphia, Arkansas; two brothers, Damon Provence and wife Jeanne and Darren Provence and wife Tracey, all of Sudan, Texas; former husband and good friend, Jeff Lynskey, of Lubbock, Texas, and numerous nieces, nephews, and relatives.
Special thanks to her loving and generous co-workers at St. Joseph's Mercy Health Center.
A celebration of her life will be held at the Chapel in St. Joseph's at 5 p.m. on Saturday April 12th, 2008.
