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Roy Glen Stewart
KNOX CITY -- Roy Glen Stewart, 59, died Friday in an Abilene hospital.
Services will be at 3 p.m. Sunday in O'Brien Baptist Church with the Rev. Bill Trice and John Gillispie officiating. Burial will be in Johnson Cemetery in Munday, directed by Smith Funeral Home.
The owner and operator of The Hairdresser in Knox City for 39 years, Mr. Stewart was a member of the Knox City Chamber of Commerce and O'Brien Baptist. He was born in Haskell County and was a lifelong resident of Haskell and Knox counties. He attended Weinert High School and married Anna Kay Sparks in 1957 in Lawton, Okla.
Survivors include his wife, of Knox City; one daughter, Tammy Harris of Abilene; two sisters, Bertie Lou Ivie of Knox City and Mary Sue Stephens of Lipan; and two grandchildren.
Memorials may be sent to American Cancer Society or Hendrick Hospice Care, P.O. Box 1922, Abilene 79604.
(Published June 27, 1998)
Neva Dell Spurgin Sasser
ANSON -- Neva Dell Spurgin Sasser, 81, died Friday in an Abilene hospital.
Services will be at 2 p.m. Sunday in First Baptist Church with the Rev. Lee Welch officiating. Burial will be in Mount Hope Cemetery, directed by Lawrence-Adams Funeral Home.
Mrs. Sasser was born in Compere in Jones County, attended school in Noodle and graduated from Anson High School in 1935. She attended Draughn's Business College and worked for the Texas Department of Human Services for 30 years, retiring in 1982. She married James Carlton Sasser in 1942 in Stamford and moved to Anson in 1952. She was a member of First Baptist, where she attended the Rebekah Sunday School class and was a member of Anson Garden Club.
Survivors include her husband, of Anson; one daughter, Barbara Holmes of Anson; one son, Jimmy Sasser of Anson; one brother, Gene "Jeep" Spurgin of Anson; one grandson and one great-granddaughter.
(Published June 27, 1998)
Troy Henson
BROWNWOOD -- Troy S. Henson, 84, formerly of Lubbock, died Thursday in a Brownwood hospital.
Services will be at 2 p.m. today in Heartland Funeral Home Chapel with Al Creel officiating. Burial will be in Bangs Cemetery.
A Lubbock furniture salesman, Mr. Henson was born in Frisco and married Novis Thornhill in Lubbock. He moved to Brownwood 15 years ago and was a Pentecostal.
Survivors include his wife, of Brownwood; three sons, Weldon Henson of Clyde, Thelbert Henson of Midland and Dennis Henson of Teriton, Okla.; two stepsons, Lewis Savage of Amarillo and Carl Savage of Paducah; one brother, Chester Henson of Lubbock; one sister, Lois Gaston of Clyde; several grandchildren and great-grandchildren and a host of cousins, nieces and nephews.
(Published June 27, 1998)
Walter Estus Steele
GORMAN -- Walter Estus Steele, 95, died Thursday in a Gorman nursing home.
Services will be at 10 a.m. Monday in Higginbotham Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev. Ray Seckinger officiating assisted by the Rev. Darryl Dossey. Graveside services will be at 2 p.m. in Veals Creek Cemetery near Ivan.
A Baptist and a mechanic, Mr. Steele was born in Stephens County. He married Dahlia Marie Deaton in 1939 in Graham.
Survivors include one daughter, Mollie Jones of Gorman, four grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.
(Published June 27, 1998)
Eula Bernell Wilkinson
ROBY -- Eula Bernell Wilkinson, 81, died Thursday in an Abilene hospital.
Services will be at 3 p.m. Sunday in Roby Methodist Church with Bonnie Dunsworth officiating. Burial will be in Belvieu Cemetery in Rotan, directed by Weathersbee Funeral Home of Rotan.
Mrs. Wilkinson was born in Lawton, Okla., and married Dr. Robert T. Wilkinson there in 1935. She assisted her husband at his practice in the Wilkinson Clinic and Hospital for many years and lived in Rotan for 20 years before moving to Roby in 1955.
Survivors include one son, Robert Wilkinson of Roby; two daughters, Jean Baugh of Snyder and Marie Wilburn of Carlsbad, N.M.; two brothers, Elton Kriss of Cashe, Okla., and Wayne Rutherford of Pompano Beach, Fla.; 8 grandchildren and 4 great-grandchildren.
(Published June 27, 1998)
Norman Bruce Howe
Norman Bruce Howe, 72, died Wednesday at home.
Graveside services will be at 10 a.m. today in Cedar Hill Cemetery with the Rev. Steve Burns officiating, directed by North's Funeral Home, 242 Orange.
A pipefitter in Kansas for 35 years, Mr. Howe was born in Springfield, Ohio, and grew up in Ohio and Kansas. He was a veteran of World War II, serving with General Patton. He was a member of the World Wide Church of God, Veterans of Foreign Wars and the Pipefitter's Union.
Survivors include two daughters, Patricia JoAnn Howe of Springhill, Kansas; Janice Kay Walker of De Soto, Kansas; one son, David Howe of Springhill, Kansas; two sisters, Florence McNally of Abilene and Audry Howe of El Chaon, Calif., two grandchildren and one great-grandchild.
(Published June 26, 1998)
Ada Lois Millican
Ada Lois Millican, 80, died Thursday in a local nursing home.
Services will be at 10 a.m. Saturday in Elliott-Hamil Funeral Home Chapel of Faith, 5701 Hwy 277 South, with Dr. Elbert Peak officiating. Burial will be in Elmwood Memorial Park.
Mrs. Millican was born in Stephens County and attended school in Moran. A homemaker and a caregiver to elderly and disabled people, she lived most of her life in the Abilene area. She married James Dewey in 1935 and, after his death in 1974, married P.W. Millican in 1976. She was a Baptist.
Survivors include one son, James Leland Millican of Sealy; one daughter, Glenda Coleman of Abilene; 16 grandchildren and 22 great-grandchildren.
Memorials may be sent to Alzheimer's Association of West Central Texas, P.O. Box 3344, Abilene.
Visitation will be from 7-9 p.m. today in the funeral home.
(Published June 26, 1998)
John Smith Freeman
CLYDE -- John Smith Freeman, 107, a lifelong farmer who published a book of poetry at age 92, died Wednesday in an Abilene hospital.
Services will be at 10 a.m. Saturday in Bailey Funeral Home Chapel with grandsons John Freeman, Bill Freeman and Doug Barron officiating. Burial will be in Clyde Cemetery.
Born in Troy, Ala., Mr. Freeman began farming at age 11 and purchased his first farm, in Erath County, at an early age. He married Iris Irene Watson in 1921 in Smith Spring and in 1940 they moved to Callahan County, near Baird. A move to Clyde one year later was the occasion for Mr. Freeman to buy his first tractor, although the family kept their horses for pleasure riding. The family moved to Wylie in 1951, and in the 1960s bought Black Angus cattle, which, after Iris died in 1978, Mr. Freeman helped his son Bill raise.
Mr. Freeman graduated from McIlhaney Academy in 1911, where an extra year spent studying grammar prepared him to write Echoes: Poems, Essays and The Story of My Life 70 years later, he told the Abilene Reporter-News in 1982. The 90-year-old began writing the book after a fall in 1980 forced him to give up plowing 8-10 hours a day. Inspired by a dream he said was "like walking through a picture," Mr. Freeman sent copies of the red volume of 115 poems and the story of his life throughout the country and the world.
Survivors include his son, of Clyde; two daughters, Johnnie Irene Hammett of San Saba and Mary Loy Hudnall of Odessa; 19 grandchildren; 38 great-grandchildren and four great-great-grandchildren.
Visitation will be from 6-8 p.m. today in the funeral home.
(Published June 26, 1998)
Benjamin Read Barbee Sr.
DUBLIN -- Benjamin Read Barbee Sr., 86, a former member of Abilene Chamber of Commerce and other civic organizations, died Thursday at a Glen Rose hospital.
Services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday in Trinity Episcopal Church, directed by Harrell Funeral Home.
A graduate of McCallie Military School in Chattanooga and Dartmouth College, Mr. Barbee was born in Jackson, Tenn., and joined Anderson Clayton and Company in Lake Charles, La., in 1933 after graduating from Dartmouth.
He worked for many of the company's divisions throughout his career. He was named general manager of Western Cotton Oil Co. in 1949 and became division president in charge of Western Cotton Oil, Southern Cotton Oil Co. and Paymaster Feed Mills throughout New Mexico, Texas, Oklahoma, Louisiana and Mississippi. He was made a director in 1957 and elevated to president of the company's agricultural products division in 1965.
Mr. Barbee served on the board of Citizens National Bank of Abilene from 1965-75 and on the board of visitors of M.D. Anderson Cancer Center.
He moved to Abilene in 1945, where he was recognized as one of Abilene's youngest executives. He helped raise funds for Heavenly Rest Episcopal Church and was a member of Abilene Chamber of Commerce and the board of directors of West Texas Chamber of Commerce from 1960-65. Active in the West Central Texas Municipal Water District, he participated in studying and solving the water problems of the region. He was president of Texas Cottonseed Crushers Association and served on several state and national committees of that organization.
After retiring from Anderson Clayton, Mr. Barbee, moved to his ranch in Erath County.
Survivors include his wife, Louise Vaughn Barbee; two sons, John W. Barbee of Abilene and William C. Barbee of Austin; one daughter, Suzanne Barbee Crawford of Beaumont; one sister, Leland Barbee Mandelbaum of Hanover, N.H.; 12 grandchildren and 13 great-grandchildren.
Memorials may be sent to a favorite charity, M.D. Anderson in Houston or Glen Rose Medical Center.
(Published June 26, 1998)
