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Annie Henning Prescher
Funeral services were held for Annie Henning Prescher, 96, on Monday, Dec. 2, 2002, in the Clifton Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Albert Henning officiating. Prescher was born on Oct. 3, 1906, to Richard and Emma Henning in the LeRoy Community. She passed away on Nov. 30, 2002. Prescher was reared in the Womack community, and was confirmed in the Zion Evangelical Church of Womack. She married
Henry Prescher on Oct. 29, 1925, and together, they farmed in the Womack community, and worked in the church. In 1949, they moved to Clifton and joined the First United Methodist Church. After the death of Henry, she moved to the Clifton Lutheran Sunset Home. Prescher was preceded in death by her parents, four brothers, Alec, Bill, Richard Jr., and Earnest Henning, and three sisters, Tonie Stoerner, Clara Mueller, and Emma Louis Henning. Survivors include one brother, Lawrence Henning and wife Corene of Waco, and one sister, Ruby Carpenter of Waco. Pallbearers were John Henning, Calvert Henning, Donald Henning, Darin Henning, Joseph Thiele, Douglas Thiele, and Edwin Conrad. Internment was at Clifton cemetery under the direction of Clifton Funeral Home.
Eldor Louis Conrad
Funeral services were held for Eldor Louis Conrad, 91, of Clifton on Wednesday, Nov. 27, 2002, at Zion United Church in Womack, with Dr. Charles Rice officiating, along with the Rev. Cleon Flanagan. Rev. Flanagan provided special music accompanied by Mildred Conrad playing the organ. Kate Turner, great-granddaughter and her father, Dan Turner, also performed a special song. Conrad was born on May 6, 1911, to Paul and Minna (Pietzsch) Conrad, in Womack. He passed away on Tuesday, Nov. 26, 2002, at Clifton Lutheran Sunset Home. He attended school in Womack and lived his entire life in the Womack and Clifton area. Conrad married
Johnnie Lee Ryan on Oct. 14, 1934. He worked for more than 20 years at General Tire and Rubber Plant in Waco. He retired from there in 1973. Pallbearers included nephews Jim Conrad and Ron Conrad, grandsons-in-law Dan Turner, Rick Smith, and John Perry, and grandson, Bob Conrad. He was preceded in death by his parents, two sisters, and a brother. Survivors include his wife, Johnnie Lee Conrad; a son, Bobby and wife, Betty Conrad of Clifton; a daughter, Linda and husband, Bill Newberry of Midlothian; a brother, Edwin Conrad of Clifton; two sisters, Takla Borah of Clifton and Olivia Walsleban of Hamilton; four grandchildren, and eight great-grandchildren. Interment
was at Clifton Memorial Park under the direction of Clifton Funeral Home.
Keith Rebecca (Becky) Coone Johnson
Funeral services were held for Keith Rebecca (Becky) Coone Johnson, 60, of Wylie, on Wednesday, Dec. 4, 2002, at the Charles W. Smith and Sons Funeral Home of Sachse, with the Reverends Aubrey Lawrence Jackson, Carl Wayne Coe, and Bill Moore, officiating. She was born on Sept. 16, 1942, in Riesel, the daughter of Kenneth A. and Ruby Coone. She passed away on Monday, Dec. 2, 2002. She was preceded in death by her parents, Kenneth A. and Ruby Coone; a brother, Sam Allen Coone; and a sister, Janette Gail Jackson. Survivors include her husband, C.F. Johnson; a daughter, Lois Janette Johnson McGee; granddaughter, Jennifer Lois McGee; grandson, Christian Don McGee; brother, Lonnie Ray Coone; and sister Meredith Lynn Neff. Interment
was in Dallas Fort Worth National cemetery (Lane B) under the direction of Charles W. Smith and Sons Funeral Home of Sachse.
Mary Evelyn Williams Oney
Funeral services were held for Mary Evelyn Williams Oney, 75, of Clifton, on Tuesday, Nov. 26, 2002, at First Presbyterian Church of Clifton with the Rev. Teri Matthews officiating. She was born on June 3, 1927, in Poplar Bluff, Mo., to Emma and Vernon Williams. She passed away on Friday, Nov. 22, 2002, in Clifton. She loved life, laughter, family, and friends and never stopped learning and teaching. She was sustained throughout by her deep abiding faith. Her love of God and His church was unwavering and abiding. She constantly took great joy and solace from God’s promise. Her childhood and youth was filled with music, poetry, and a great love of literature instilled by her parents. She graduated high school in Upper Sandusky, Ill., and continued through college in Indiana and Illinois, graduating from Southern Illinois University with a Masters in Education. She taught hundreds of children in her 33-year teaching career, retiring in June 1987, from Dallas Independent School District. She has never stopped learning and teaching, laughing and loving. She was preceded in death by her mother and father. Survivors include her children, Beth Johnson and husband, Bob, of Clifton; Jim Oney and his wife, Evangeline, of Dallas; and Bill Oney and his wife, Karen, of Dallas. Also, her brothers and sisters, C. Duane Williams and wife, Joyce, of Jonesboro, Ark., Lavern Humphrey and husband, Glynn, of Racine, Wisc., and Mary Lee Noltkamper of Belleville, Ill. She has five granddaughters, Natasha, Brittany, Elizabeth, Rebecca, and Shelby Oney; two nieces, and three nephews, and their children. In lieu of flowers, the family requests memorial donations be made to First Presbyterian Church of Clifton or St. Mark Presbyterian Church of Dallas, or to any charity of choice. Interment
was at Clifton Memorial cemetery under the direction of Clifton Funeral Home.
Ottie Ray “Hat” Young
Funeral services were held for Ottie Ray “Hat” Young, 60, of Jewett, formerly of Morgan, on Saturday, Nov. 30, 2002, in the Lawson Funeral Home Chapel in Meridian with Rev. Bill Schibler officiating. “Hat, ” as he was known by his family and friends, was born July 29, 1942, in Marble Falls, Texas. He passed away Thursday morning, Nov. 28, 2002, in the Goodall-Witcher Hospital in Clifton. Young was the son of the late Achie and Leta Alleen Ratliff Young. He moved to the Morgan area as a small child where he was raised and educated. He lived there most of his life where he worked on farms. He had been a resident of Jewett for the past six years. He was a Baptist. Survivors include three daughters, Cheryl Young of Valley Mills, Teresa Young of Austin, and Rayleen Evans and husband, Allen, of Hewitt; one son, Billy Ray Young of Valley Mills; four grandchildren, Brandi Young, Krystal Young, Jimmy Johnson, and Cody Evans; two sisters, Fionnie Payne of Morgan and Marie Patrick of Cranfills Gap; three brothers, Alton Young of Buffalo, Gene Young of Springtown, and Bill Young of Meridian; and many nieces and nephews, other relatives and friends. Pallbearers were Eric Young, Jason Payne, James Young, Belbert Patrick, Michael Young, and Jimmy Johnson. Honorary pallbearers included Kelly Payne, Achie Young, Derek Young, Johnny Young, Ricky Patrick, and Kevin Patrick. Internment was in the Morgan cemetery at Morgan. Lawson Funeral Home in Meridian was in charge of arrangements.
Oma Pope
Funeral services for Oma Pope, 98, of Clifton, were held Sunday afternoon, Nov. 24, 2002, at Turrentine-Jackson-Morrow Chapel in Celina, the Rev. Mac Pope officiating. Pope died Thursday, Nov. 21, 2002, at Goodall-Witcher Hospital in Clifton. Turrentine-Jackson-Morrow was in charge of arrangements.
Blanche Matson
Graveside funeral services for Blanche Matson, 76, were held Saturday, Nov. 23, 2003, in Lawnhaven Memorial Gardens. She died Wednesday, Nov. 20, 2002, in the Plaza Park Nursing Home. Bobbie Blanche Estella Horn was born on April 5, 1926, in Denton, to Henry and Vivian Horn. She moved to San Angelo at age six, and lived here most of her life. She married
Lloyd Matson on Nov. 25, 1948, at The Little Chapel in Woods, on the campus of Texas Women’s University, where she received her bachelor’s and master’s degrees. Matson was a lifetime member of the First Presbyterian Church. In all spheres of her life, she cultured and nurtured a love of learning, evident from her 31 years of teaching. She touched many lives, both inside the classroom and out. She was interested in art, genealogy, and history, and enjoyed entertaining friends and family. She was a member of The San Angelo Retired Teachers, Tom Green County Historical Society, The Daughters of the American Revolution, The Huguenot Society, The Norwegian Society of Texas, The 32 Club, and The San Angelo Art Club. Her parents, Henry D. and Vivian Horn preceded her in death. Survivors include her husband, Lloyd V. Matson; children Christy Marro and husband, Michael, of Springfield, Va., and Mark Matson and wife, Rebecca, of Austin; stepdaughter Mary Helen Wheeler and husband, Dr. John Wheeler; four grandchildren, Matthew Marro, Christopher Marro, Daniel Matson, and Thomas Matson; and two step-grandchildren, John Wheeler Jr. and Christopher Wheeler. Memorials may be given to Hospice of San Angelo or the First Presbyterian Church. The family wishes to thank Park Plaza Nursing Home and Hospice of San Angelo for the loving care extended to Blanche. Johnson’s Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements.
Rhae Paul Nutt
Funeral services were held for Rhae Paul Nutt, 37, of Valley Mills, on Saturday, Nov. 16, 2002, at the Valley Mills Church of Christ with minister John Fields officiating. Nutt was born on Nov. 27, 1964, in Waco, the son of Rufus and Barbara Heath Nutt. He died on Wednesday, Nov. 13, 2002, in a local hospital. He attended elementary school in Valley Mills and was a 1983 graduate of Mason High School. He had attended Abilene Christian University where he was a member of the Big Purple Marching Band. He had moved back to Valley Mills this year from the Fort Worth-Decatur area. He was a member of the Malley Mills Church of Christ. He was preceded in death by his father, Rufus Nutt, and a brother, Shae Nutt. Survivors include his mother, Barbara O’Banion and her husband, Bill, of Valley Mills; a grandmother, Reba Heath of Valley Mills; two sisters, Jackie Vardiman and her husband, Phil, of Abilene, and Jan Hummel and her husband, Chuck, of North Carolina; two step sisters, Karen O’Banion Jackson and husband, James, and Kelly O’Banion Rose and husband, Vance; along with several aunts, uncles, nieces, and nephews. Interment
was in Valley Mills cemetery under the direction of Foss Funeral Home of Valley Mills.
Sara Hendon Bankhead
A celebration of the life of Sara Ann Hendon Bankhead, 68, of Valley Mills, was held on Saturday, Nov. 23, 2002, at the First Baptist Church in Valley Mills. Graveside services were held at 1 p.m., at the Post Oak cemetery in Oglesby. She was born on July 13, 1934, the youngest of six children of James Whitt and Annie Mae East Hendon. She rushed to the arms of her Savior on Nov. 19, 2002, after a long and hard-fought battle with cancer. She grew up on the family farm in Lineville, Ala., and after graduating from high school, moved to Chattanooga, Tenn. She met Bill Bankhead on a blind date and married
him six months later on March 1, 1953. She always said she was a country girl, but her life as a military wife, took her to live in places around the globe - Germany, Okinawa, Arizona, Florida, New York, New Jersey, and Georgia. In nearly 50 years together, she and Bill loved and raised three children, then watched as their children fell in love, married
, and raised families of their own. There was no role Bankhead relished more than being Nana to her seven grandchildren. She worked outside the home for most of her adult life, but one particular job, ministry, actually allowed her the opportunity to be God’s hands and feet. She started as a volunteer at the Crisis Pregnancy Center in Columbus, Ga., helping young women with unplanned and often unwanted pregnancies, see they had options besides abortion. Before long, her convictions and compassion for these women and their unborn babies, led her to become the director of the center. No one will ever know how many hearts she touched, but hanging in her bedroom is a portrait of a few of the hundreds of babies who were given a loving family and a future through the center’s adoption agency. Bankhead is survived by her husband, Bill Bankhead of Valley Mills; son, Bill Bankhead, Jr. and wife, Donna, of Boise, Idaho; son, Jeff Bankhead and wife, Kathy, of Mesquite; daughter, Kim Mensching and husband, Bill, of Cordele, Ga.; six grandchildren, Emily, Chance, and Abby Bankhead of Boise, Kerry and Jenna Bankhead of Mesquite, and Johnathan Mensching of Cordele; three brothers, Hugh and Martha Henderson Hendon, George and Jessie Hendon, and Lewis and Edna Hendon; a sister, Dorothy and James Daniel; several sisters-in-law and families, including Margaret Compton, Bobbie and Robert Tagg, June and Cotton Garner, Juanita Boren, Donna Ballard, Maybelle and Bud Toten, Linda and Jerry Fulcher, Anne and Ed Honea, Barbara Salazar, Joyce and Tim Beadle; several brothers-in-law and families including Lawton Bankhead, Larry Bankhead, Jerry and Donna Bankhead, Kenneth and Judy Bankhead, Gary and Jo Bankhead, and several nieces and nephews. Memorials may be made to First Baptist Church, Valley Mills; or Vista Care, 809 S. 5th Street, Temple 76504. Interment
was in Post Oak cemetery under the direction of Foss Funeral Home of Valley Mills.
