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don, 62, of Bailey, died April 9,
2000, at her residence.
Graveside services were
held April 12,2000, in Bums Cem-
etery in Trenton.
The Rev. Drew Cottle
officiated.
Arrangements were un-
der the direction of Earnheart
Funeral Home in Whitewright.
Mrs. London was bom
April 13,1937, in Trenton, Texas.
She was the daughter of Dick
Edward Dockery and Marcell
Petty Dockery. She married
the past 12 years as Secretary of
the Lodge. He served in the U. S.
Air Force during WWII. Wallace
was a member of The First Bap-
tist Church in Whitewright.
Family night will be
Thursday, April 20 from 7 until 8
p.m. at Earnheart Funeral Home
in Whitewright.
He is survived by his
wife, Marie of Whitewright;
daughters and sons in law: Gail
and Bill Bradley of Bells and
Kathy and Bill Coley of
Whitewright; brother Leon Wil-
son of Ft. Worth; Grandchildren
Corey Coley of Dallas, Cara
Coley of College Station, Casey
Coley and wife Jana of Tyler, Jim
Bob Bradley and wife Alice of
Bryan; Betsy Bradley of Flo-
rence; Will Bradley of Lubbock;
great-grandson Matthew Coley of
Tyler; niece Dottie Cartrite of
Colorado and several other nieces
and nephews.
Pallbearers will be Jim
Bob and Alice Bradley, Betsy
Bradley, Will Bradley, Casey and
Jana Coley, Corey Coley and
Cara Coley.
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Words can not adequately express our heartfelt love
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shown to our family during the loss of our beloved Mabie.
A special thank you to the many friends who brought
food, to those who sent beautiful flowers, stopped by to visit,
sent a card or called to express their condolences. All the
acts of kindness were so comforting.
Thanks also to the members of the Whitewright
Church of Christ for preparing a wonderful lunch for our
family on Saturday, and to Frazier and Karen Conley for
their loving support.
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Harold Kenneth London on June
10,1967, in Trenton, Texas. She
was retired from Texas Instru-
ments and was a member of the
First United Methodist Church in
Trenton.
Surviving are her hus-
band, Harold London of Bailey;
son, Cleve Edward Brown of Pi-
lot Point; daughter, Brenda Kay
Haden of Trenton; father, Dick
Dockery; and 11 grandchildren
and eight great-grandchildren.
Pallbearers were Harold
Kuhn, J.R. Stephens, David
Holman, Joe Bradshaw, Harvey
Blevins and Robert Stephens.
nieces and nephews and many
friends.
In addition to her hus-
band, Mabie was preceded in
death by her brother G. H.
Simpson of Bells, and her sisters,
Pebble May and Mary
Summerfield of Whitewright.
Simpson Girls ~ 1918
Mabie Elizabeth, Mary Pebble & Olga Sarah
WHITEWRIGHT- Funeral ser-
vices for Wallace Wilson, 78-
year-old retired Whitewright resi-
dent who died Tuesday, April 18,
2000 at Texoma Medical Center
in Denison will be held Friday,
‘ April 21 at 2:00 p.m. at the First
’ Baptist Church in Whitewright.
Rev. Neale Oliver, Rev.
Rodney Stanford and Mr. Dan
Carter will officiate and burial
will be at Oak Hill Cemetery in
Whitewright. Arrangements are
under the direction of Earnheart
Funeral Home.
Wallace was bom March
11, 1922 in Olney, Texas, the son
of Johnny Wilson and Lorene
Williams Wilson. He married
Marie Badgett on August 8, 1942
in Atoka, Oklahoma.
Wallace served on the
Whitewright Board of Education
for 8 years. He was currently
serving as board president of the
Grayson-Collin Electric Co-op.
He has served on the Co-op board
for the past 25 years. He was a
member of the Whitewright Ma-
sonic Lodge for the past 47 years
where he served as Worshipful
| Master and has currently served
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Patty Washburn
BELLS-Services for Patty
BAILEY-Eugenia Dockery Lon- Washbum, 68-year-old Bells resi-
dent, were held Monday, April 17
in Mullican-Little Funeral Chapel.
She died Friday, April 14,2000, at
Community Medical Center in
Sherman. The Rev. Thomas Beall
officiated with burial in Rose Hill
Cemetery.
Mrs. Washbum was bom
on June 24,1931, in Bells, Texas,
the daughter of Lee and Modine
Belote Walker. She was a gradu-
ate of Bells High School. She
married Shirley Washburn on
April 20,1959, in Sherman, Texas.
Patty was a homemaker
and a member of the Church of
Christ. She loved flowers and
gardening. Pallbearers were Max
Arteberry, David Copeland,
Steve Garrett, Bobby Crews,
David Whitlock and Gary
Whitlock.
Surviving are her son and
his wife, Jimmy and Tiana
Washburn of Bells; son, Sam
Washbum of Savoy; grandson, Joe
Washbum of Tulsa, Okla. She
was preceded in death by her hus-
band, Shirley Washbum; and son,
Michael Cross.
Grain in Whitewright for 9 years
after her husband's death. Pascal's
wife, Jewel and Mabie were first
cousins; their fathers were broth-
ers. She was a Methodist.
Pallbearers were Marc
Gamer, Ronnie Brown, Clarence
Bonds, Bub Hill, Jackie Howell
and Jem Mangrum. Harold
Langford was an honorary pall-
bearer. Family night was held at
Earnheart Funeral Chapel on Fri-
day at 7 p.m.
She is survived by her
only child, daughter Clara Jean
"Pokey" Combs, and her husband
Leon of Whitewright; two step-
daughters, Katy Howell and her
husband Dale of Lees Summit,
Missouriand "Tudy" Jackson and .
her husband Paul of Indcp.cn- i
dence, Missouri; brother Ray1
Simpson of Arlington; sisters Olga
Oliver of Glendale, California;
Billie Sue Manchi of Youngstown,
Ohio; Kathryn Sahagon of
Milwaukie, Oregon; Oleeta
Bostick and Betty Garner of
Whitewright.
Mabie had 7 grandchil-
dren, Don Lyle Selman and James
Kelly Selman of Whitewright;
Leah Jean Pittmon of Arlington;
Danny Howell of Phoenix, Ari-
zona; Karen Gist, of Kansas City,
Missouri; Matthew Jackson &
Kelly Jackson. She also had 9
great-grandchildren, several r
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Mabie was bom March 4,
l91l..j“ Bow. Kentucky, the
daughter of Godfrey Hpnter
WHITEWRIGHT -Services for
Mabie Elizabeth (Simpson)
Kelly, 8 9-year-old Whitewright
resident, were held Saturday,
April 15, in Earnheart Funeral
Chapel in Whitewright.
She died Wednesday,
Whitewright Visitors April 12, 2000, at her residence
° at 324 East Maple Street in
O'Brien of Coppell, Rusty May Whitewright where she had lived
and Jennifer Strand of Sherman, for the past 52 years.
Ella Webb and her sister Sue Rev. Houston Gamer of-
Franklin of Garland, Walter ficiated; he and his daughter,
Calvin Simpson of Ft. Worth, Vicki sang three songs including
Kelly and Louise Pierson of Mabie's daughter's request, When
Pottsboro, Mary Selman Barnett They Ring Those Golden Bells for
of Denton, Charles Marion You and Me. Burial was in Oak
Simpson of Anna, Keen and Hill Cemetery in Whitewright.
Freddie Simpson, Jr. of Flower
Mound, Troyce and Pat Walt,
Donna Selman and Ruth
Simmons, Melissa Kells and Jean Simpson and Minnie Sieu (Bow)
Lansford all of Bells, Cindy and Simpson. The town where she
Lonnie McCartney, Ina Williams was born was named after her
and Minnie Belew, Sam and Mar- mother's family. She moved to
garet Nichols as well as many Leonard, Texas from Kentucky
other friends and relatives of with her parents and her older sis-
Mable and her family. ter Pebble on the train when she
was about two years old.
She was a graduate of
Leonard High School and at-
tended East Texas State Teachers
College in Commerce.
She met her husband,
Clarence James Kelly, while
working for the A. Harris Co. in
Dallas during the 1930's, and they
married on December 5, 1937 in
Rockwall, Texas. He preceded her
in death in 1951.
Mabie was a retired res-
taurant owner. She owned and
operated a restaurant located in
1 Bells, Texas for 28 years, [from
| 1961 until 1989] retiring 11 years
l ago. She also worked for Pascal
Farley as a bookkeeper at Farley
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