Ballinger, Feb. 20 - Mrs. Mary Eleanor Lusk, 90, resident of Runnels County, for 56 years, was buried here this afternoon.
Funeral was at the Newby - Davis Chapel with the Rev. Clarence A. Morton, pastor, officiating.
Mrs. Lusk died here Monday night at the home of a daughter, Mrs. B.C. Kirk, after an illness of several years.
Survivors, in addition to Mrs. Kirk, are three sons, Robert and Bryan of Ballinger, and George of Coleman.
Lister Towner JENKINS
Born: 9 May 1892 Crews, Runnels County, Texas
Died: 26 December 1970 Temple, Texas
Buried: Coleman City Cemetery, Coleman, Texas
Wife: Ruby Lee GRAY
Marriage: 12 March 1919
Parents: Benjamin Jackson JENKINS & Mollie HAMMONDS
Funeral Services For L.T. Jenkins Held Here Today
Funeral services were held at Stevens Memorial Chapel today (Tuesday) at 2:00 p.m. for Lister T. Jenkins, 78, who passed away in Veterans Hospital at Temple, at 10:00 p.m. Saturday, December 26, 1970.
Interment followed in Coleman Cemetery under direction of Stevens Funeral Home.
Rev. A.J. Wormwood, pastor of Trinity United Methodist Church, officiated and James West, Bobby Traylor, Barney Ransberger, Randall Watson, Henry Dodson and Nance Campbell served as pallbearers.
Mr. Jenkins, son of the late Mr. and Mrs. B.J. Jenkins, was born at Crews May 9, 1892, and he and Miss Ruby Gray were married at Winters, March 12, 1919.
A resident of Coleman, since 1957, he was a farmer, a member of the Methodist Church, a veteran of World War I, and a member of the American Legion.
Surviving him are his wife, Mrs. L.T. Jenkins of Coleman; three sons; five daughters; two sisters, Mrs. Zula Marshall of Lamesa, Mrs. Bertha Fleming of Corpus Christi; three brothers, Sam Jenkins of Abilene, Clyde of Artesia, New Mexico, Jessie of Winters; 20 grandchildren; and six great-grandchildren.
Mrs. Lister T. (Ruby) Jenkins
Born: 28 June 1900
Died: 4 July 1975 San Angelo, Tom Green County, Texas
Mrs. Lister T. (Ruby) Jenkins, 75, of Coleman, died at Baptist Memorial Hospital in San Angelo.
Funeral services were 2 p.m. Monday, July 7, in Stevens Memorial Chapel.
Officiating were Rev. Chester Wilkerson and Rev. Archie Phillips.
Interment was in the Coleman City Cemetery with funeral arrangements by Stevens Funeral Home.
Born on June 28, 1900 in Runnels County, she was the daughter of Bill and Sally Meadows Gray.
She married Lister T. Jenkins in Winters, on March 12, 1919.
He preceded her in death in 1970.
She lived most of her life in Runnels County, moving to Coleman, in 1958.
She was a member of the Methodist Church at Crews.
She is survived by five daughters, Lillie Burnell Jenkins, Reba Mae Jenkins, Ruby Jean Jenkins, Betty Sue Jenkins and Mollie Kay Jenkins; three sons, Quincy Lister Jenkins, Wesley Edward Jenkins, Ralph Melvin Jenkins, and Franklin D Jenkins; 21 grandchildren; 13 great-grandchildren; and one brother, Will Gray of Dublin.
Pallbearers were J.D. Lee, Roy Lee, Carl Pearson, W.E. Robertson, Gordon Robertson, Mennis Mathis, and Clovis Jennings.
Samuel Brown JENKINS
Born: 14 March 1889 Crews, Runnels County, Texas
Died: 18 December 1971 Abilene, Taylor County, Texas
Samuel B. Jenkins, 82, of the Williamsburg Nursing Home died at 1:30 a.m. Thursday in Hendrick Memorial Hospital following an long illness.
Funeral will be at 10 a.m. in Elliott’s Chapel of Memories with the Rev. F.R. Cole, retired Baptist pastor, officiating.
Burial will be in Elmwood Memorial Park.
Born March 14, 1889, at Crews, he married Ethel Edith Goats in 1909.
The couple moved to Abilene, from Content in 1942.
He worked for McMurray College before retiring.
Survivors are his wife; three daughters; two brothers; one sister, Mrs. Bertha Fleming of Corpus Christi; seven grandchildren and eleven great-grandchildren.
Frankie Berryman
Saturday, February 24, 2007
Over the years, Frankie Berryman had lots of opponents - but only at dominoes.
Berryman, who successfully ran for Runnels County Clerk 10 times, died in Ballinger, on Wednesday, at the age of 93.
He retired from the county clerk's office in 1982 after serving in the elected position since 1946.
He never had an opponent on the 10 occasions he ran for office.
Those who worked with him called him a great boss and a friendly guy.
In fact, he was elected president of the District and County Clerks Association of Texas and was named "Clerk of the Year" in 1979.
Friends and co-workers remember Berryman for his unique personality.
Linda Bruchmiller, who retired as county clerk in 1998, worked under Berryman for many years.
"He was a very interesting man and he loved people," said Bruchmiller, who visited him regularly.
"He ran his office the way it should be run," said Runnels County Judge Marilyn Eagan.
Most folks in Ballinger will remember Berryman for his love of dominoes.
He was a member of the Ballinger Domino Club and played five days a week, even on holidays.
"He was a character," said his best friend and domino partner, Kelly Chapman, 80.
At its peak, the Ballinger Domino Club had about 30 members, but the membership has dwindled to about 8 or 10, Chapman said.
"With him gone, we are about to run out of players," Chapman said.
When it came to dominoes, Berryman was serious.
"He had a short fuse sometimes," Chapman quipped. "But we'd just all laugh it off."
Even when his vision started to go later in his life, he could still play.
Berryman played his last game about 8 months ago, when a mild stroke forced him out of the game for good.
Services for Berryman, a veteran of World War II and a member of many community organizations, will be at 2 p.m. today at First Baptist Church in Ballinger.
H.H. `SHORTY' WILSON
BALLINGER - Harlon H. "Shorty" Wilson of Ballinger, died at 6 a.m. at his home Tuesday, March 17, 1998.
Shorty was born Oct. 16, 1915, in Clay County, Texas.
He was the son of E.L. and Annie Magnolia Wilson.
He married Lucy Laura Casey Dec. 8, 1943, in Coleman.
He was a Christian and a member of the First United Methodist Church and the Doss Bible Class.
Shorty and Lucy were members of Trinity United Methodist Church in Coleman, where he served on the official board.
He was employed for most of his working life as a rural lineman and built electric lines in Texas, Arkansas, Oklahoma, and Missouri.
After moving to Coleman in 1953, he was employed with Coleman County Electric Co-op and was the Ballinger area lineman from 1959 until 1981 when he retired.
Shorty was preceded in death by his parents and 11 brothers and sisters.
He is survived by his wife, Lucy; a son, Robert H. "Bobby" Wilson of Coleman, and his wife, Peggy; his daughter, Martha Gail Beimer, and son-in-law, Daniel, of Ballinger.
He also is survived by two granddaughters, two grandsons, two grandsons-in-law and one granddaughter-in-law.
They are Elizabeth Schaffer and Dr. Andrew Schaffer of Arlington, Melissa and Shawn Wade of Lubbock, Anthony Beimer of McKinney, and Christopher Wilson and Elizabeth of Santee, Calif., Lydia Rose and Lila Carol Schaffer of Arlington, are great-granddaughters, as is Emily Noelle Wade of Lubbock.
Two sisters, Clessie Hendon and Norma Slagle of Wichita Falls, and one brother, Billy C. Wilson of Littleton, Colo., also survive.
Service will be at 1 p.m. Thursday, March 19, at the First United Methodist Church, with the Rev. Dale Schultz and the Rev. Bobby Baggett officiating.
Interment will be in Rough Creek Cemetery in Novice.
A visitation will be at the Rains-Seale Funeral Home from 6:30 to 8 p.m Wednesday, March 18.
Jack Pruette Rites Today at Winters
Died November 19, 1963
