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Washburn
Carlos Earl Washburn, age 81, of Cleveland, Texas, died Sunday, October 31, 2010.
He was born September 13, 1929 in Cameron, Texas to Lawrence H. and Mattie Washburn who preceded him in death along with his loving wife, JoFrances Washburn; and his son Carlos Wayne Washburn.
Carlos Washburn was owner/operator of Washburn Construction Co. He was well known and loved throughout the community. He found great joy in spending time with his family and friends. He will surely be missed by all who knew and loved him.
Survivors include his daughters, Judy Diane Washburn, Patsy Carleen Washburn; his son, Dennis Earl Washburn and wife, Lori; brother, Wiley Washburn; grandchildren, Jeffrey Washburn, Michelle Carey and husband, Niegel, Stephanie Corlett and husband, Michael, Brandon Alsobrooks, Colby Wells and Ashley Twitty; great-grandchildren, Destiny Lee, Jaxon Carey, George Carey, Stormy Alsobrooks; aunt, Avy Lee Roach; nephew, Kenneth Washburn; nieces, Susie Jo Croft and Tiffany Pyeatt; and dear friends, Gene Raub and Nell Gray; numerous other family members and friends.
Visitation will be held Wednesday, November 3, 2010, 6:00-9:00 p.m. at Pace-Stancil Funeral Home, Cleveland, Texas. Bro. Carl Williamson and Pastor Virginia Bailey will preside over funeral services being held 2:00 p.m., Thursday, November 04, 2010 at Calvary Baptist Church, Cleveland, Texas with interment immediately following at Squier cemetery, Cleveland, Texas.
Pallbearers include Gene Raub, John Davis, Alfred “Pokey” Scott, Niegel Carey, Kenneth Washburn, Michael Corlett, George Carey, and Jaxon Carey; honorary pallbearers include Donny Wall, Lee Groce, Russell Roark, Lester Bittick, Frank Ridley, John Hales, and Dalton Ayers.
Hanagriff
Walter E. Hanagriff, 67, of Crystal Beach, died Sunday, October 31, 2010, at the Triumph Hospital Clear Lake, in Webster.
Memorial services will be held at 2:00 p.m., Friday, November 5, 2010, at the Pace-Stancil Funeral Home Chapel. Services are under the direction of Pace-Stancil Funeral Home in Dayton.
Walter was born August 31, 1943 in Baton Rouge, LA, to parents; Dudley Hanagriff and Monteal Miller Hanagriff, a former resident of Hardin, and has resided in Crystal Beach for the past seven years. He was a graduate of Istrouma High School class of 1961 and LSU class of 1967, a retired CPA for Swaim and Hanagriff of Liberty from 1980 to his retirement in 2009, a former secretary and parade committee member for the Trinity Valley Exposition, and member of the Magnolia Ridge Country Club. He also enjoyed cooking, scuba diving, hunting, fishing, watching LSU games, and sitting on his deck watching the gulf.
Mr. Hanagriff was preceded in death by his father: Dudley Hanagriff and mother: Monteal Miller Hall. He is survived by his wife of 12 years: Debbie Fredenburg Hanagriff of Crystal Beach, sons: Roger Hanagriff and wife Jena of Huntsville, Mark Hanagriff of Huntsville, and Jake Ducote of China, grandchildren: Boyd, Samuel, Kaia and Kane, brother: Ronnie Hanagriff and wife Suzanne of Houston, niece: Emily, his dogs: Ziggy and Tuck, and numerous other relatives, and friends.
Savage
William “Bill” Savage, age 58, a resident of Colorado Springs and Rangely, Colorado, died on Thursday, October 28, 2010 at Memorial Hospital in Colorado Springs as the result of a sudden heart attack.
He was a safety engineer in health and environmental safety and was a devoted husband. William Wayne Savage was born on September 4, 1952 in Houston, Texas, to the late Harold and Belva (Ball) Savage. He was a 1972 graduate of Dayton High School in Dayton, Texas and a 1987 graduate of the University of Houston. He served his country honorably in the United States Air Force with a tour in Okinawa, Japan. He married
Donna Lee Savage on April 29, 1977 in Dayton. For many years he was a safety engineer in Abqaiq, Saudi Arabia. He enjoyed WWF wrestling, woodworking, auction and estate sales and car shows. He was an Elvis fan and will be best remembered for the love he gave to his wife, Donna and to his children Emily and Jake and the light of his life, his adorable granddaughter Zoey.
Bill is survived by his loving wife, Donna; his daughter, Emily Savage of Palmer Lake, Colorado; and his son, Jake Lee Savage of Colorado Springs. He is also survived by his mother, Belva Savage; his sisters: Lea Ellen (husband Lee) Burch and Rebecca (husband Brad) Burditt all of Dayton, Texas. Also surviving Bill is his wonderful granddaughter, Zoey Kay Morris. He is also survived by his mother-in-law, Mary Lee Logan of Dayton, brother-in-law, Raymond Lee, sister-in-law: Rita Lee Dennis and husband Delvin of Houston.
Bill will be missed by his many loving friends and coworkers, both here in the U. S. and in Saudi Arabia.
Bill's father, Harold Wayne Savage preceded him in death in June of 2010.
A visitation will be held on Monday, November 1, 2010 from 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. at the Shrine of Remembrance Vista Grande Chapel, 5440 North Union Boulevard. Funeral services will be held at 2:00 p.m. on Tuesday, November 2, 2010 at Vista Grande Church, 5460 North Union Boulevard. Burial will follow at Evergreen cemetery.
Memorials in Bill's memory may be made to the American Heart Association, 710 2nd Avenue, Suite 900, Seattle, WA 98104.
Crockett
James Leslie Crockett, Sr., 84, of Dayton, died on Saturday October 30, 2010.
He was born June 7, 1926 in Sealy, TX. He served his country in the U.S. Marine Corps during WWII. He worked as a heavy equipment operator for Taylor Pipeline. He was an avid gardener. He loved watching football and old western movies.
He was preceded in death by his wife, Norma Jean Perry Crockett; siblings, David Scott Crockett, Sue Ola Crockett, Minerva Elizabeth Berryhill; stepdaughter, Edna Jean Honey.
He is survived by his children Deborah Hopkins, James L. Crockett, Jr. and wife Nashanda, Filena Resendez and husband Nikolas, Tommy Nance and wife Jennifer; 14 grandchildren; 7 great grandchildren; numerous nieces, nephews, and cousins.
His family will receive friends at Sterling Funeral Home of Dayton on Tuesday November 2nd from 5:00 p.m. until 8:00 p.m. The funeral service is scheduled for 10:00 a.m. Wednesday November 3rd at Sterling Funeral Home of Dayton, officiated by Pastor Michael Blackburn. Burial will follow at Palms Memorial Park.
Serving as pallbearers will be Davy Crockett, Jim Crockett, Robert Wooden, James Brandon Crockett, James Leslie Crocket III and Nikolas M. Resendez. Honorary pallbearers are John Berryhill and Tommy Nance.
Arrangements are under the direction of Sterling Funeral Home 602 N. Main, Dayton, TX, 77535.
Gleason
Earl Richard Gleason, 71, of Kountze, TX, died Wednesday October 20, 2010 in Chambers County as a result of an auto accident.
A native of Jamestown New York, he had lived in Kountze for 30 years and was a self employed Auto Mechanic.
He is survived by his brothers Donald Gleason of Goochland VA, Harold Gleason of Suffolk VA, Robert Gleason of Springfield PA, Steven Gleason of Erie PA. Sisters Joyce Willover of Randolph NY, Betty Wakefield of Falconer NY, Cindi Lois Armstrong of James NY, Carol Timko of Springboro PA, and Karen Gifford of Pierpont Ohio numerous grandchildren and great grandchildren.
Cremation service was under the care of Faith & Family Funeral Services.
Null
Funeral services for Woodrow Null will be 10:00 a.m., Friday, October 29, 2010 at Hardin Chapel Methodist Church with interment to follow at Hardin Chapel cemetery.
The family will receive friends from 5:00 to 9:00 p.m., Thursday evening at Pace-Stancil Funeral Home in Dayton. Pallbearers are Wendell Null, Calvin Null, Shane Null, Steve Null, Jacob Null, Kenneth Fulkerson and Larry Hanson. Honorary pallbearer will be C.L. Null, Jr.
On Feb 4, 1919 Woodrow Null became a son to John Adams Null Jr. and Bell Arlt Null in Muldoon, Texas. He was their last child of many.
His home was a farm nearby. He had brothers named John, Perry, Roy, Elzie, Ralph, and Richard. His sisters were Carrie Bell (Ledbetter), Thelma, Maude (Cunningham) and Mae (Fulkerson). All are all gone now - but hundreds of nephews, nieces, children, grandchildren and great grand children of theirs live throughout the world.
His family was large and prosperous then. He went on cattle drives to San Antonio with his father and brothers and told of the day in the 1920s that his father brought home a car. He remembered the thrill of riding in a new Ford with his parents and sisters across their pasture. There was land and cattle and grass.
In 1932, when he was 13, his father died and his home burned. The remaining family became part of the nation’s poverty. His brothers built his mother, sisters and him another home. They toiled, in fields every day as the land and cattle they owned dwindled and their grass became dust. He reached the seventh grade in a one room school while his mother sold produce, eggs, butter and chickens to sustain them. Thelma died but the remaining three survived.
He joined the Civilian Conservation Corps at 18 and again worked all over central Texas to send home money. His mother saved it all for him. Then in 1941 he became a warrior.
Eighteen months he spent in Dutch Harbor building air bases and battling caribou for passage to the mess. When he was sent home he thought he was free and told his sweetheart Gloria he would survive.
Then one day in 1944 he became a combat infantryman in France. And, it was very different from Alaska. He was in the Third Army, which he noted in those days was not a volunteer position. He walked, fought and watched many, many men die until he reached Belgium. He nearly froze to death but he survived the ice and bullets in the Battle of the Bulge. He told his son there was more carnage than he thought could exist on Earth there. He said he pitied his enemy and regretted their deaths every day.
One morning, on a cellar stair, maybe in France or Germany—he could not remember -- a desperate boy with a machine gun killed all the men in front of him and shot him through the hand. He unloaded his weapon down the stairs, flung the remaining portion of the hand after the casings and fell into the street. He spent the last weeks of the war in a hospital in Luxemburg, squeezing a tennis ball.
After the hospital he began preparing for another invasion – this time in the Pacific. Then one day it stopped and the men were told they could go home. He often told his son that the Statue of Liberty is the most beautiful sight on Earth, especially from the East.
In 1945 he became a husband to the girl who waited all that time, Gloria. He had loved her since she was fourteen but her father did not love him - then. Claude was upset and called him out - and a thief of his daughter. But Woodrow and Gloria slept for 64 years in the same bed. And eventually Claude did love him.
In 1954 Woodrow became a father to his son Wendell and again in 1956 to a daughter named Lawanna. He loved his wife and children as much as a mortal can love another can and it showed in his eyes and when his hand touched them.
He opened his own business in Liberty with his brother in law Raymond Cunningham and from that place he provided a good and safe home for his family. He gave them more than he had ever dreamed of in things but more importantly, in his view, an education.
As the years passed he carefully cultivated countless friendships with people in Liberty and Hardin. He valued them all dearly and looked forward to each day of work so he could see them. He was part of the community and a Master Mason in the Hull Lodge. He was an Elk, a Lion, a Better Businessman, a VFW member, and a member of the Military Order of the Purple Heart. He engaged in as much local activity as he could afford. A Texaco service station owner was not an affluent or abundant position in life, if monetary wealth is viewed as a measure.
By 1976 their children were gone. Woodrow and Gloria moved to Silver Creek Texas to be with their remaining family. There he was active in his church in Burnet and soon cultivated another large and loving group of friends. In time, his grandchildren Shane Neal and later Sarah Null were born, both on January 26th – his and Gloria’s anniversary. And he became a grandfather.
Twenty five years passed and the relatives of his generation slowly left him behind. He grew older and at 85 could no longer see well enough to drive or work. By then he had been shot, stabbed, blown up, burned, had an ear cut severed, breast cancer, prostate cancer and a triple bypass. He never complained about any of it and he survived.
The last few years he and Gloria spent in an assisted living home in Waco and the last few weeks they shared a room in a nursing home there. He hated captivity but understood it and, again, never complained.
Last Saturday afternoon he drifted off to sleep. Monday afternoon with his daughter and wife by his side he became a spirit.
And – perhaps-- in an instant his spirit was hurled beyond the work and war and people and even the stars -- and all else beyond this world we do not know or understand. At the far edge of the universe, hopefully, with all those like him, who came before him at his side, his spirit was allowed to touch the face of God and receive the peace and enlightenment that he believed to be Heaven. And that was Woodrow Null’s life.
Hardy
May 7, 1954 - October 24th 2010
Larry Dwight Hardy was the second child of five boys born on May 7, 1954 to Earnie Mae Broomfield and Edwin Sam Hardy Sr.
Larry moved to Houston, TX in 1967 where he attended Cullen Middle School and graduated from Jack Yates High School. He later focused his career into construction as a carpenter.
Larry was a fun-loving, big talker, a great fisherman, and a faithful Houston Texans fan. He enjoyed cooking and participated in many BBQ cook offs. He enjoyed so much being in, and wanting to live the country life. He especially enjoyed spending time with his family and friends. Larry never met a stranger, he was a friend to everyone he met and was the jokester of the family. In 2008, Larry accepted Jesus as his Lord and Savior, he was baptized at St. John Missionary Baptist Church in Liberty, TX, under the pastoral care of his brother Rev. Edwin Hardy II. Larry changed his life in many ways and had the peace of God in his life.
Preceding him in death were his parents; Earnie Mae Broomfield and Edwin Sam Hardy Sr. and a nephew Troy Harper.
Celebrating his life he leaves three children Matthew Hardy, Arniece Hardy and Shavon Odulate all of Houston, TX. Four brothers Edwin Samuel Hardy II and wife Liz Hardy of Raywood, TX. Ricky Hardy, Anthony Hardy and Tracy Broomfield all of Houston, TX. Four grandchildren Herman and Delissa Speed and Jacob and Joseph Hardy all of Houston, TX. In addition he leaves a host of nieces, nephews, aunts, uncles, cousins and close special friends.
Funeral services for Larry will be held Saturday, October 30, 2010 at North Main Baptist Church, Liberty at eleven o’clock in the morning. A visitation will be held one hour prior to the service. Burial will be private. Allison Funeral Service, 1101 N.Travis Liberty, Texas has been entrusted with the arrangements.
Murray
Randy Eugene Murray, 58, of LaPorte, died on October 21, 2010 after a long illness.
Randy was born in Henderson, Texas on April 30, 1952, the son of Hilton & Betty Murray.
He is preceded in death by his father and is lovingly survived by his wife of 23 years, Janelle Murray; by children, Lucas Kyle Murray and Jordan Kathleen Murray. By mother, Betty Morse; brother, Marvin Murray & wife Debbie; sisters, Marilyn Thompson & husband Max and Sharon Norris; by in-laws, Doris & Carlos Smith, Larry & Grace Robinson and Cindy & Sambo Cole; along with several nieces, nephews, cousins, church family and dear friends.
The family will gather with friends for a time of remembrance Saturday, Oct. 23, 2010 from 1-3:00 p.m. with Memorial Services to celebrate his life at 3:00 p.m.Saturday, at River Pointe Church, 970 Dell Dale Avenue, Houston, TX 77530 with Rev. Rob Morris officiating, under the directions of Carter Funeral Home.
Baker
Mickey C. Baker, 69, of Dayton, died Saturday, October 23, 2010, at his residence.
Funeral services will be held at 10:00 a.m., Wednesday, October 27, 2010, at the Pace-Stancil Funeral Home Chapel in Dayton with burial following at a later date. Visitation will be held from 5 p.m. to 9 p.m., Tuesday, at the funeral home. Services are under the direction of Pace-Stancil Funeral Home in Dayton.
Mickey was born September 29, 1941 in Oenaville, to parents; John M. and Edna Stone Baker, a former resident of Temple, and has resided in the Dayton area for the past 40 years. He was a graduate of the Little River – Academy High School, retired process technician from Exxon of Baytown after 30 years of employment, and enjoyed hunting, fishing, travel, gardening, and barbecuing.
Mr. Baker was preceded in death by his father: John Milton Baker and wife: Wendy Parsons Baker. He is survived by his sons: Randy Baker and wife Michelle of Dayton and Robert Baker of Dayton, daughter: Cathy Baker Kloesel and husband Mark of LaPorte, grandchildren: Ashley and Laura Kloesel and Chloe Baker, mother: Edna Stone Baker of Temple, brother: John Baker and wife Bobbie of Temple, sister: Linda Rister of Georgetown, and numerous nieces, nephews, other relatives, and friends.
Smith
Ernest "Ernie" Smith, Sr., 87, of Huffman, died on Saturday, October 23 2010 at ICON Hospital in Humble with his family by his side.
He was a loving husband, father, grandfather, and great grandfather.
Funeral services will be at 10:00 AM on Tuesday, October 26th at First Baptist Church of Huffman with Brother Mike Martin officiating. Interment will follow in Huffman cemetery. A gathering of family and friends will be from5:00 to 8:00 PM on Monday, October 25th at Sterling Funeral Home in Dayton.
Ernie was preceded in death by his parents, a brother and three sisters. He is was general contractor for over 50 years. He was a 30 year member of First Baptist Church in Huffman. He loved to go fishing, gardening and spending time with his family. Ernie received a purple heart in WWII. in the US Army.
Ernie is survived by his wife of almost 63 years, Felicia M. Smith; daughters, Suzy Cook and husband Mike, Lisha Espinosa and husband Sergio; Ernest "Ernie" Smith Jr. and wife Barbara, Daniel Smith and wife Rita; 10 grandchildren, 14 great grandchildren and a host of other family and friends.
