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Raymond House
1913-2004
Raymond Harvey House, longtime Snyder resident, died Friday, April 30, in Cogdell Memorial Hospital after a lengthy illness.
Service for Mr. House, 91, is set for 2 p.m. Monday at Trinity United Methodist Church. The Revs. James Merrill and Tom Woodward will officiate. Burial will follow in Hillside Memorial Gardens under the direction Bell-Cypert-Seale Funeral Home.
Born on Jan. 28, 1913 in Miami, Texas, he married Erma Pauline Gatlin on Oct. 27, 1934 in Snyder. She died April 11, 2001. Mr. House was a farmer and was a member of Trinity United Methodist Church where he served as Sunday school superintendent for over 30 years. He also was a 32nd Degree Mason and a member of Scurry Lodge 706.
Three sisters, Ethel Watson, Ruby Andrew and Opel Marriott, and one brother, Melvin House, preceded him in death.
Survivors include three sons and daughters-in-law, Larry and Carolyn House, Jerry and Reta House, all of Snyder, and Milton and Patsy House of Odessa; 14 grandchildren; and 24 great-grandchildren.
Family visitation is from 7-8 p.m. Sunday at Bell-Cypert-Seale Funeral Home.
Gertrude League
1920-2004
Gertrude League, longtime Snyder resident, died Tuesday, May 4, in Cogdell Memorial Hospital after a lengthy illness.
Services for Mrs. League, 84, are pending at Bell-Cypert-Seale Funeral Home.
Born Jan. 14, 1920 in Vivion, La., she married Joseph League on April 3, 1936 in Tyler. He died March 10, 2001. A resident of Snyder since 1974, Mrs. League was an active member in the Snyder Garden Club, serving two terms as president during 1979-81 and was vice-president at the time of her death.
She was a member of the National Council of State Garden Clubs and Texas Garden Clubs Inc. She wrote the schedule for the Scurry County Fair garden shows and has won numerous district and state awards. She earned the Master Flower Show Judge and served on the National Flower Show Judges Council for District VIII.
Mrs. League has helped plant trees throughout Snyder and has worked in other community beautification efforts. She taught horticulture at Humble-Smith School and hosted Christmas parties for the students.
She also was a longtime member of the Women’s Golf Association at the Snyder Country Club. A longtime member of Colonial Hill Baptist Church, she had served on the church’s landscape committee and she was a member of the Order of the Eastern Star, serving two terms as Peacemaker.
Survivors include a son, Joe C. League of San Angelo; two sisters, Geraldine Alford of Houston and Mary Lois Burge of Longview; and two grandsons, Joe Foster League of San Angelo and James Charles League of Tocca, Ga.
Mrs. Ainsworth
1910-2004
Maybelle Ainsworth, longtime Scurry County resident, died Sunday, May 2, in Snyder Oaks Care Center after a lengthy illness.
Funeral service for Mrs. Ainsworth, 93, is set for 2 p.m. Friday in the Bell-Cypert-Seale Funeral Home Chapel. Bruce Smith will officiate. Burial will follow in the Fluvanna Cemetery.
Born Nov. 27, 1910 in Wood County, she was married to Lloyd Ainsworth who died May 11, 2003.
A homemaker, Mrs. Ainsworth was a longtime Fluvanna area resident.
She was preceded in death by a daughter, Mary Ellen Keith, on Jan. 13, 1999; two brothers, Bill and J.C. Tucker; and a sister, Janelle Nanny.
Survivors include two grandchildren, Kerrie Keith and Chad Keith, both of Austin; and a sister, Margarette Jacobs of Odessa.
Mildred Clark
1924-2004
Mildred Yvonne Clark, a former Snyder resident, died Sunday, May 2, in Park Plaza Nursing Home in San Angelo after a lengthy illness.
Funeral service for Mrs. Clark, 79, is set for 11 a.m. Thursday in the Bell-Cypert-Seale Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev. Karen Schmeltekopf, associate minister of the First Christian Church in San Angelo, officiating. Burial will follow in Hillside Memorial Gardens and arrangements are under the direction of Bell-Cypert-Seale Funeral Home.
Born Dec. 11, 1924 in Fort Worth, she married Oran Kendale Clark on Nov. 4, 1944 in Snyder. He died May 31, 1991.
Mrs. Clark had been a resident of Snyder since 1929, moving to San Angelo in 2001. A member of Snyder’s First Christian Church, Mrs. Clark was a homemaker and had worked as a ward clerk at Cogdell Hospital for about 10 years.
Survivors include three daughters and sons-in-law, Susan and Joe Nichols of San Leandro, Calif.; Sarah and Wayne Schulz of San Angelo, Sandra and Cecil Davis of Midland and a sister-in-law, Mickey Clark of Austin; five grandchildren, Paul Nicholas Schulz of San Angelo, Stacy Michelle Schulz of Two Rivers, Wis., Wes Davis of Phenix City, Ala., Casey Davis of Greenwell Springs, La., and Kenny Davis of Lubbock; two great-grandchildren, Brianna Valadez and Jeanette Davis.
Visitation will be held from 7 to 8 p.m. Wednesday at Bell-Cypert-Seale Funeral Home.
Felix Garcia
1916-2004
Felix Rodriguez Garcia of Snyder died Sunday, May 2, in Snyder Health Care Center.
Service for Mr. Garcia, 87, is set for 2 p.m. Wednesday at Our Lady of Grace Catholic Church in Lubbock with the Rev. Cornelio Ramirez officiating. Burial will follow in Peaceful Gardens Memorial Park in Woodrow, Texas.
Arrangements are under the direction of White Funeral Home in Lubbock.
Born Dec. 2, 1916 in Laredo to Adelaido and Leandra Rodriguez Garcia, he married Aurora Guajardo in 1967 in Susampaco, Texas. Garcia was a retired laborer and a member of Our Lady of Guadalupe Church. He also was a U.S. Army veteran of World War II.
Survivors include two sons but only one is known, Joe Gonzales.
Scyble DeLavan
1916-2004
LUBBOCK -- Scyble DeLavan, a native of Scurry County, died Sunday, May 2.
Funeral service for Mrs. DeLavan, 88, is set for 10 a.m. Wednesday in the Rix Funeral Home Chapel.
Born Feb. 26, 1916 in Snyder, she was a 1933 graduate of Snyder High School and also graduated from the Lubbock General School of Nursing.
She married Edwin B. DeLavan on Oct. 4, 1938 in Clovis, N.M. He died July 5, 1965.
Mrs. DeLavan was employed by St. Mary’s Hospital for many years and also worked for the city health department for 17 years, retiring in 1986.
She also was preceded in death by her parents, Thomas B. and Blanche Burrough.
Survivors include two sons, Thomas DeLavan of Lubbock and William DeLavan of Midland; two daughters, Bryan Kay White of Ropesville and De Ann DeLavan of Lubbock; 10 grandchildren; and 16 great-grandchildren.
Joy Keller
1927-2004
Joy Fay Keller, a life-long resident of Scurry County, died Sunday, May 2, at her home in Snyder after a sudden illness.
Service for Mrs. Keller, 76, was held this morning in Northside Baptist Church with the Rev. Dave Phillips, pastor, officiating. Burial was to follow in Snyder Cemetery and arrangements were under the direction of Bell-Cypert-Seale Funeral Home.
Born Oct. 6, 1927 in Hermleigh, she was a 1945 Hermleigh High School graduate. She was an all-state guard on the HHS basketball team that played in the state championship game.
She married Raymond Keller on July 31, 1948 in Snyder. She had worked for Clark Propane for more than 20 years and also had worked for J.C. Penney and for Stinson Drug. Mrs. Keller also was a longtime secretary for Northside Baptist Church.
A son, Douglas Wade Keller, preceded her in death on April 2, 1952.
Survivors include her husband, Raymond Keller of Snyder; two sons, Barry Dean Keller and Randall Max Keller, both of Snyder; three sisters, Jean Blackwell, Geraldine Greene and Connie Green, all of Snyder; two grandsons, Mark Alen Keller and Joshua Ryan Keller, both of Snyder; and a step granddaughter, Nicole Dabney.
The family suggests memorials to the Northside Baptist Church, 1909 26th Street in Snyder.
Red Walker
1922-2004
Raymond James “Red” Walker, a former longtime resident of Snyder, died Tuesday, March 23, after a long struggle with Alzheimer’s.
Graveside service for Mr. Walker, 82, is set for 1 p.m. Saturday in Hillside Memorial Gardens.
Born March 2, 1922 in Ft. Towson, Okla., his father died during the Depression and Red, at age 18, joined the CCCs to help support the family.
He then enlisted in the U.S. Army in El Paso where he served in the last mounted Cavalry at Fort Bliss. There he met Sue Bentley and they were married on Nov. 30, 1941. She died Feb. 19, 2004.
Then came Pearl Harbor and he enlisted in the U.S. Navy. He served on the Destroyer Doyle in both the Pacific and Atlantic. It made 16 crossings, including the D-Day landing at Normandy.
After being discharged from the military in 1945, he went to work for Texaco and moved from town to town in West Texas.
Mr. Walker was transferred to Snyder in 1954 as a surveyor in the production and drilling department. He retired in 1984 after 38 years. The couple remained in Snyder until 2000.
In 1960, Mr. Walker drew a map of Snyder and adjacent property with the assistance of Willie T. Morrow, city draftsman.
His love of surveying and mapmaking also resulted in The Historic Map of Scurry County on display in the Scurry County Museum on the Western Texas College campus. He also authored several historical markers in the city and served on the Scurry County Library board.
He also completed a book, “A Mound and Four Pits,” about early surveying in Texas and he was working on a book about the significance of water and mineral rights.
Mr. Walker was a member of Colonial Hill Baptist Church where he was a Sunday school teacher.
Survivors include a son and daughter-in-law, James and Lynn Walker of Virginia; two daughters and sons-in-law, Molly and Michael Droge and Amber and Eric Delvin, all of Dallas; two grandsons, Matthew and Owen Walker of Virginia; two step-grandsons, Matthew and Michale Delvin of New York; a brother, Herbert Hendricks of Van Alytne; and numerous nieces and nephews.
The family suggests memorials to the Alzheimer’s Association, 225 N. Michigan Ave., Suite 1700 in Chicago, 60601.
