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Mrs. George
Lillian E. George, 96, died in Albertville, Alabama February 23, 2003. Graveside funeral services were held March 1 in the Pottsville Public Cemetery with Jim Sullenger officiating.
Mrs. George was born December 24, 1906 at Hamilton, the daughter of the late A.E. and Myrtle Smith.
She was a member of the Park Heights Church of Christ while living in Hamilton and after moving to Albertville, Ala. she attended the Broad Street Church of Christ. She was also a member of the Silver -Haired Texans. Lillian was a devoted Christian, a loving mother, grandmother and great grand-mother.
She is preceded in death by her husband Olin George, three children, Harold Lloyd George, Dale George and Doris Evelyn Oliver.
Seven grandchildren and a number of great grandchildren survive her.
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Mr. Eisen
William (Willie) Gus Eisen, 86, died March 1, 2003 at his home in Harrison, Ark. Funeral services will be conducted at 10 a.m. Wednesday March 5 at the Riley Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Russell Nebhut officiating. Burial will follow in St. John Lutheran Cemetery at Priddy.
Mr. Eisen was born December 25, 1916 at Clinton, Okla., the son of John and Christine Feldman Eisen.
At an early age the family moved to Hamilton County were he grew up. He was a veteran serving in the Navy during World War II. Willie was united in marriage to Frieda Wahl August 22, 1953 at Aleman, Texas. He was a devoted husband, father, grandfather and great- grandfather.
Mr. Eisen was a farmer, stockman and livestock trader and a member of the Lutheran Church.
He is preceded in death by a son, Larry Willie Eisen who died in infancy; two sisters and six brothers.
Survivors include his wife, Frieda Eisen of Harrison, Ark.; one son, Elroy Wahl and his wife Sharron of Everton, Ark.; two grandchildren, Eddie Wahl and his wife Brenda and John Dyson and his wife Kelly, all of Harrison, Ark.; four grandchildren, Ethan Wahl, Paige Wahl, Craig Dyson and Katie Dyson; one sister, Martha Blacklock of Fort Worth,; one brother, Rudolph Eisen of Hamilton and many nieces and nephews.
Pallbearers will be Ray Lubke, Karl Obst, Paul Obst, Gene Rosentreter, E.E. Schrank and Paul Eisen.
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Mrs. McCarthy
Mary Patricia McCarthy 69 died at Hamilton on February 26, 2003. Funeral services were held March 1 at the Riley Funeral Home with Dick Stovall officiating. Burial followed in Kingsbury Cemetery near Evant.
Mrs. McCarthy was born August 14, 1933 at Houston, the daughter of John I. and Gertrude Fischer Mahoney. She was a loving and devoted mother, grandmother and great-grandmother. She was a retired teacher from the Houston School District.
Survivors include one son, John Patrick McCarthy of Houston; six grandchildren, Ryan, Shannon, Magen, Ethan, Johnathan and Katlyn; one great-grandchild; three sisters, Martha Goldsy of Houston, Margaret Ballow of Evant and Eileen Evans of Chappell Hill.
Pallbearers were Ryan McCarthy, Jim Ballow, Will Payne, Perry Payne, Johnathan McCarthy and Ray Freeman.
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Mrs. Cox
Donna Cox, 53, died in Fort Worth March 2, 2003. Graveside funeral services will be at 2 p.m. March 6 in I.O.O.F. Cemetery in Hamilton.
Mrs. Cox was born December 28, 1950 at Carlsbad, NM. Her parents, Tommie and Thelma Chambliss Lang, precede her in death. She was an accountant and secretary.
Survivors include a son, Richie Grantham and a daughter, Shauna Moseman of San Angelo; two sisters, Nellie Messiner of Denver Co. and Desie Yarnell of Hallsville, Okla.; two brothers, Darrow Cowart of Arlington and Arnold Wilson of Cincinnati, Ohio.
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Mrs. Willeford
Doris Willeford, 88, of Flowery Branch, Ga. died March 3, 2003. Funeral services will be on March 6, 2003 at 11:00 a.m. at
Fairy Baptist Church in Fairy, with Rev. Robert Ray officiating. Burial
will be in the Fairy Cemetery.
Mrs. Willeford was a native of Hamilton County. She was a
homemaker and was a member of Fairy Baptist Church.
She is preceded in death by her husband, Oran Reynolds Willeford; a daughter, Delia Levy and a grandson Toby Levy.
She is survived by her daughter, Doran Stanford, Flowery Branch,
Ga.
The family has designated the Fairy Baptist Church for memorials c/o Rev. Robert Ray, 412 Arbor Lawn Dr., Burleson, TX 76028.
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Mr. Willis
Porter Donald Willis 81, died February 27, 2003 in Hamilton. Funeral services were held March 2 at the Riley Funeral Chapel with burial in Oak Grove Cemetery at Walnut Springs with Rev. James Ballard and Rev. Robert Cavanaugh officiating.
Mr. Willis was born November 26, 1921, at Irene in Hill County, the son of Robert Love Willis and Ethel Callaway Willis.
He graduated from McMurry College at Abilene. He served as president of Alpha-Chi; he was all conference all four years at McMurry, junior year runner up for all conference scorer, he led the conference in scoring his senior year. In 1989, he was voted into The McMurry Athletic Hall of Honor and inducted in 1990.
He graduated from Notra Dame midshipmen school as an ensign in 1943. He served in the Navy serving three years on a destroyer as part of the Naval support on D-Day at Normandy. As the war was closing down he served on a high-speed mine sweeper in the Pacific. His ship helped sweep Tokyo bay prior to the USS Missouri coming into the harbor for the signing of the peace treaty with Japan. His ship was also assigned duty to sweep mines from the water after the treaty was signed.
After his military service was concluded, he entered the field of education. He taught school and was head coach at O’Donald; served the Turkey school for five years; one year at Dawson as principal and coach; three years at Hico teaching and coaching; three years at Glen Rose as principle; and twenty-two years at Hamilton.
He was a Mason, a member of the Retired Teachers Assoc.: and the First United Methodist Church.
On September 29, 1943, he was united in marriage to Doris Mackin at Abilene, Texas.
He is preceded in death by his parents and two brothers Robert L. Willis and William Leland Willis.
Survivors include his wife of Hamilton; two daughters, Donna Hayward of San Jose and Denise Porter of Hamilton; three grandchildren, DeAnn and her husband Dan (Corky) Golden, Billy Hayward and Donald Hayward; one great grandchild, Jonathan Porter Golden; one sister, Valeria Ruth Pullin of Walnut Springs; a brother-in-law, George Dawson and his wife Evelyn of San Antonio; two sister-in-laws, Margie Willis of Abilene and Rita Willis of South Fork, Co.
Pallbearers were Bill Barkley, Jim Crouch, Milton Harelik, Alfred Schmidt, Harry Bullard and Larry Pullin.
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Mr. Wilson
Major Floyd Madison Wilson 78, died February 26, 2003 at Hamilton. Funeral services were held March 3 at the Riley Funeral Home Chapel. Burial was March 4 at Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery in San Antonio.
He was born December 29, 1924 at Oklahoma City, Okla., the son of Madison and Lillian Grisham Wilson.
Major Wilson served in combat in Europe during WW II with the 35th Infantry Regiment. He served in the noted 5th Infantry Division for five campaigns from Normandy to Czechoslovakia where he distinguished himself as a combat patrol leader, a position of extreme importance during that time. He graduated from Parachute and Glider School at Fort Benning, Ga. in 1948.
During the Korean War he served with the 35th Infantry, the 25th Infantry during the first six campaigns of that war. He was one of a very select group of Army personnel chosen by the United States Air Force to receive fighter-bomber training. During Vietnam he served as Division Chief in MACV for 1966-1967, through four campaigns. As Chief of the Training Aids Division while in the Republic of South Vietnam part of his duty was to provide information to military and government leaders gathered from various intelligent sources.
Throughout his military career he received many citations, medals and awards for his diligent faithful service to his country. He is the recipient of the Bronze Star with two-oak leaves, more than one Purple Heart and many others. He was known through out the military for his judgment, integrity and exemplary personal conduct that won for him the respect of his superiors, contemporaries, and subordinates. He received his degree from the University of Oklahoma.
He was united in marriage to Dorothy Conner on November 15, 1983 at Santa Barbara, Calif. He was 32 degree Mason and a member of the Episcopal Church.
He is survived by his wife Dorothy Wilson of Evant and two stepchildren, Fred Rose of Bakerville, California and Rick Rose of Royal Oaks Michigan and by a number of grandchildren.
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Mr. Thompson
J.H. Thompson, Jr., 82, of Hamilton, died March 2, 2003. Funeral services were held March 4 at the Riley Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Bill Schibler officiating. Burial was at Oakwood cemetery in Hamilton.
Mr. Thompson was born May 7, 1920, at Hamilton, the son of the late J. H. (Doodle) Thompson, Sr., and Mamie Irene Easterling Thompson.
On August 23, 1941, he was married to Erna Lorene Kelm. She preceded him in death on May 4, 1986.
He was a veteran of the Army serving in World War II in Europe. J.H. retired after managing H.B. Davis Variety Store and Winn’s Store in Hamilton with more than fifty years of service to these firms. He was a member of the Baptist Church.
Mr. Thompson is preceded in death by his parents; one sister, Cloie Nail; and one brother, Billy Harold Thompson.
Survivors include five children, Jimmy Don Thompson of Gatesville, Tommy Wayne Thompson of Lake Waco, Pam Jones of Hamilton, Lea Ann Rea of Pottsville and Kellie Puckett of Hamilton; 11 grandchildren; one sister, Betty Ogle of Hallsville; four brothers, Cleo Thompson, Vernon Thompson, Bobby Ray Thompson all of Hamilton, and Hercel Thompson of Georgetown.
Pallbearers were West Jones, Carson Jones, Kyle Don Thompson, Dustin Rea, Buddy Puckett and Darren Tubbs.
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Mrs. Thompson
Phelo Mae Resek Thompson died March 3, 2003. Funeral services will be held March 5 at 2 p.m. at Riley Funeral Home in Hamilton. Dr. Richard Chaffin will officiate and Rev. James Ballard will read the eulogy. Burial will be at the IOOF Cemetery.
Phelo was born June 5, 1911 in Kopperl, Bosque County, Texas the daughter and only child to Maude and Joseph Resek. Her dad was a devoted employee and station agent for the Santa Fe Railroad Company, for fifty years. As a child, Phelo spent many enjoyable hours playing around the depot and watching the trains go by.
In 1918 the family moved to Eden, Texas where Phelo started school. Because her parents taught her to spell, read, count, and write, Phelo was far more advanced than the other students and was promoted to the third grade her first year! In 1919 they moved back to Kopperl and lived there many years. In about 1923, the new Baptist preacher, Rev. Thompson and family moved to Kopperl. It happened they had a son about the age of Phelo and immediately the two became very close friends. Then in 1926 Phelo graduated, and in the fall started to Meridian College. That same year, the Thompson family moved away, so the two friends lost contact for about five years.
Phelo attended North Texas State two years and Texas Tech her senior year. At 18 years old, she was the youngest student to ever graduate from Texas Tech University. She taught school at Byers, Texas the following year. Her high school boyfriend found out where she was and they began corresponding regularly. During the school year, he came all the way to Texas from Indiana with a friend and paid her a surprise visit. They renewed their old friendship at once, and were soon married on August 28, 1931 at the home of her aunt, who was living in Topeka, Kansas. After visiting both his and her parents in Texas, they returned to Indiana and lived there about a year and a half where A.G. started flying airplanes.
On a visit to Texas they decided to buy a small grocery store and stay in Kopperl. Three years later, in 1936, they moved to Hamilton where they raised their children and became very active in the community. Here they operated a very successful grocery store for over 50 years. A. G. was an avid flier, which allowed them to fly extensively to interesting places and make wonderful new friends. They were happily married for 65 years.
Phelo is survived by her children, Gaye Thompson of Grants Pass, Oregon, Dorothy Atwater of Richmond, Texas, and Joe Thompson of Ft. Worth, Texas; one granddaughter, Kim Henderson and husband, Mark of Richmond, Texas and one great-grandson, Justin Wayne Henderson of Richmond.
She was preceded in death by her husband A. G. and an infant son, Jim.
Education and learning were important to Phelo and A. G. They both enjoyed intellectual pursuits. Therefore, some of the charitable gifts were for the education of the children of friends in Mexico City. A very generous endowed scholarship was set up for Hamilton graduating seniors…a gift that will live beyond all our lifetimes. Phelo and A. G. gave generously to New Horizons Ranch, for children, in Goldthwaite. In addition to providing major funding for the first new group home on the ranch, they continued to remember each child with gifts at Christmas.
A generous gift to the Hamilton Hospital made possible the purchase of CAT scan equipment. This gift may well have saved the hospital financially and continues to save lives every year. The Thompsons donated the land for the beautiful library in Hamilton. But, their caring extended beyond their own area when Phelo made a wonderful and generous contribution to the Cross Plains Public Library.
There are many other caring gestures known only to the ones who benefited from these special gifts. And who can measure the worth of their loyal and faithful friendships - with the love they gave to so many?!!
Immortality: Isn’t it sharing a part of you that will live on after we are all gone? This is what Phelo and A.G. have done.
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Mrs. Prindle
Linda Prindle 65, died April 24, 2003. Funeral services were held at Parkside Baptist Church in Denison with Dr. Dennis Hochgraber officiating and Dr. Bruce Prindle giving the eulogy.
She was born May 23, 1937 in Evant, the daughter of Lynn and Joyce Harbour. She graduated from Carlton High School and received a Bachelor of Science degree from Howard Payne University and a Master of Education degree from Southeastern Oklahoma State University.
Mrs. Prindle was a high school English teacher for 38 years, retiring in 1999 after teaching for 24 years at Pottsboro High School. She was an active member of Parkside Baptist Church in Denison, serving each summer in Emmanuel Chapel in Southfork, Colo.
Survivors include her husband, Frank Prindle of Pottsboro; a son and daughter-in-law, Bruce and Kelly Prindle of Midlothian; daughter and son-in-law, Renee Prindle-Jones and Mike Jones of Arlington; grandsons, David and Brady Prindle of Midlothian; her mother, Joyce Harbour; her brother, Wayne Harbour both of Carlton; nephew and niece, Dennis Harbour of Carlton and Melinda Harbour of Fairhaven, Mass.; two cousins, Leonard Buffee and Nadine Brooks of Indian Gap.
Memorials may be sent to Parkside Baptist Church Seminary Scholarship Fund.
