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Bee Lottie Clack
PEACOCK - Bee Lottie Clack, 78, died Sunday at her home.
Services will be at 2:30 p.m. today at First Baptist Church with the Rev. Gene Crane officiating. Burial will be in Aspermont Cemetery, directed by McCoy Funeral Home of Aspermont.
Mrs. McCoy was born in Emory and was a Methodist and a homemaker. She married Robert Clack in 1938 in Ranger; he preceded her in death.
Survivors include one daughter, Barbara (Mrs. Gary) Ellison of Peacock; three brothers, Jack Patterson of Littlefield and Vernon Patterson and Joe Bob Patterson, both of Albany; one sister, Elnora Cliff of Cement, Okla.; and three grandchildren.
(Published April 15, 1997)
Ethel Smith
COLEMAN - Ethel N. Smith, 95, formerly of Novice, died Sunday at a local hospital.
Services will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday at Walker Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev. Kermit Sorrells officiating. Burial will be in Midway Cemetery.
Mrs. Smith was born in Alabama and moved to Coleman County in 1908. She was a homemaker and a member of Novice United Methodist Church. She married Bryan Smith in 1920 in Goldsboro; he preceded her in death.
Survivors include two sons, Harley Smith of Snyder and Weldon Smith of Brady; three sisters, Jilia Mangum of Pleasanton, Mrs. Loren Clark of Winters and Elma McAdams of Odessa; and 12 grandchildren.
Memorials may be made to the American Cancer Society.
The family will be at the funeral home from 6-7 p.m. today.
(Published April 15, 1997)
Doris Hass Reece
CLYDE - Doris Hass Reece, 84, of San Angelo and formerly of Clyde, died Monday at a San Angelo hospital.
Services will be at 2:30 p.m. Wednesday at Bailey Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev. Riley Fugitt officiating. Burial will be in Ross Cemetery in Baird.
Mrs. Reece was born in Malvern, Ark., and moved to Callahan County from Jones County in 1936. She was a Baptist. She married Eugene Reece in 1942 in Baird; he preceded her in death.
Survivors include three brothers, Ray Hass and Harold Hass, both of Baird, and Stanley Hass of Hobbs, N.M.; and two sisters, Charlcie Ryan of San Angelo and Ruby Dean of Merkel.
(Published April 15, 1997)
Iva 'Lila' Yancey McDole
FORT WORTH - Iva D. "Lila" Yancey McDole, 94, died Monday in Fort Worth.
Services will be at 11 a.m. Wednesday at Travis Avenue Baptist Church with Dr. Carl Baugh and Dr. Roger Yancey officiating. Burial will be in Greenwood Memorial Park, directed by Greenwood Funeral Home.
Mrs. McDole was born in Miles and was a member of Southpark Baptist Church and a former member of Calvary Baptist Church in Cleburne.
Survivors include six sons, Ralph Yancey, D.O. Yancey and M.M. Yancey, all of Wichita Falls, Truiett Yancey of Reklaw, Marion Yancey of Granbury and William Yancey of Bellingham, Wash.; four daughters, Sylvia Imogene Searle of Wichita Falls, Betty Tullos of Hurst, Sherry Cumby of Burleson and Sarah McCoy of Corsicana; one sister, Vera Ballard of Bronte; 26 grandchildren, 51 great-grandchildren and eight great-great-grandchildren.
The family will be at the funeral home from 6-8 p.m. today.
(Published April 15, 1997)
Mary Jones
HAWLEY - Mary Jones, 86, died Monday in Abilene.
Graveside services will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday in Hawley Cemetery with the Rev. Larry Tarver officiating, directed by Lawrence-Adams Funeral Home of Anson.
Mrs. Jones was born in Elida, N.M., and attended Hawley schools. She moved to Lake Hubbard in the 1940s and returned to Hawley in 1979. She was a homemaker and a member of First Baptist Church. She married Delton Jones in 1931; he preceded her in death.
Survivors include one brother, Robert "Sooner" Grisham of Hawley; and two nieces.
(Published April 15, 1997)
Mabel McCurdy
BROWNWOOD - Mabel McCurdy, 88, died Monday at a local nursing home.
Services will be at 2 p.m. today at Davis-Morris Funeral Home Chapel with Alvis Fisher officiating. Burial will be in Moro Cemetery in Brown County, directed by Davis-Morris Funeral Home.
Mrs. McCurdy was born in Brown County, was a longtime resident of Odessa and had lived in Brownwood for several years. She was a member of Brady Avenue Church of Christ. She married David Hubert McCurdy in 1926 in Comanche; he preceded her in death.
Survivors include one sister, Mrs. Freddie Hanson of Fort Worth; two grandchildren, four great-grandchildren, four great-great-grandchildren and one niece.
(Published April 15, 1997)
Miley Mae Flowers
BROWNWOOD - Miley Mae Flowers, 70, died Sunday at her home.
The body will be cremated. Services will be held at a later date.
Mrs. Flowers was born in Fort Worth and had lived in Brownwood for 45 years. She was retired and was a member of Woodcreek Baptist Church. She married Melvin Edwards Flowers in Brownwood; he preceded her in death.
Survivors include one daughter, Karen Aycox of Brownwood; one son, James Flowers of Houston; and four grandchildren.
(Published April 15, 1997)
William David Allen Taylor
BROWNWOOD - William David Allen Taylor, 15, of Howard, Colo., died Saturday at a Denver, Colo., hospital after a sudden illness.
Graveside services will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday in Greenleaf Cemetery with the Rev. Kyle Horton officiating, directed by Davis-Morris Funeral Home.
William was born in Dallas and was a high school freshman. He had lived in Colorado for two years, moving from Dallas. He was a Baptist.
Survivors include his father, Regenia Keeton of Howard; his stepfather, Scott Kimberlin of Howard; his father, William Taylor; one sister, Faith Taylor of Howard; grandparents Norma Smith Keeton of Dallas, Gene Keeton of Sanger and Jo and J.R. Murray of Corsicana; a great-grandmother, Hanna Smith of Brownwood; and numerous other relatives.
The family will be at the funeral home from 6:30-8:30 p.m. today.
(Published April 15, 1997)
Willard Katherine Culpepper
Willard Katherine Culpepper, 91, died Monday in a local hospital.
Services will be at 10 a.m. Thursday in University Church of Christ Chapel with Eddie Sharp and Ed Coates officiating. Graveside services will be at 1 p.m. Friday in Restland Cemetery in Dallas, directed by Elliott-Hamil Funeral Home, 542 Hickory.
Mrs. Culpepper was born in Dalton, Ark., and graduated from high school in Wellington, Kan. in 1923. She attended Dague Business College in Wichita, Kan. She worked as a secretary and bookkeeper for eight years at Highland Park Church of Christ in Dallas and also taught adult and children's Bible classes at the church. She moved to Abilene in 1978 from Dallas. She was a member of Highland Park Church of Christ in Dallas and, later, University Church of Christ in Abilene, and was the widow of Cleve H. Culpepper, whom she married in 1934 in Dallas.
Survivors include two daughters, Harriet Culpepper and Nancy Hill, both of Abilene; three grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren.
Memorials may be sent to The Way of the Cross, P.O. Box 721300, Dallas 75372-1300.
Visitation will be from 6-8:30 p.m. today in the funeral home.
(Published April 16, 1997)
