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Coleman, Texas, June 14, 1983
COLEMAN DEMOCRAT-VOICE
Page 3-A
MIKE WRIGHT
Mike Wright To
Receive Award
Mike Wright of Brown-
wood, formerly of Cole-
man, will be recognized
with 50 year award at the
meeting of Texas Funeral
Directors and Embalm-
ers Association to be held
in Dallas Wednesday, June
15, at the Loews Anatole
L
D. H. Williams
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•Major Medical
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Supplement
309 Santa Anna Ave.
Coleman, Texas
Phone 915-625-5021
Hotel.
Eight people will be
recognized as having
license for 50 years at the
awards ceremony.
Wright attended the
Dallas College of Mortuary
Science in 1933. That same
year he went to work for
White and London Funeral
Home in Brownwood, and
in 1934 accepted position
with the S. Amsler’s firm
in McGregor.
In 1935 Wright married
Lois Lamb of Brown-
wood. She took the first
State Board Examination
to license funeral directors
in September, 1935.
In 1936 Mike Wright was
contacted by Horne Hard-
ware and Undertaking and
he moved to Coleman. In
1939 he moved to Ballinger
where he had an interest in
Agnew Funeral Home. In
the summer of 1940 he
went to Houston for more
advanced work at Landigs
College of Mortuary
Science.
In March of 1941 oppor-
tunity arose to purchase
Horne’s Funeral Home in
Coleman, which was fol-
lowed by 18 years in this
city. In July, 1958 Mike
Wright purchased the Lon-
don and Burton Funeral
Home in Brownwood, and
five years later built a new
funeral home facility there.
In 1975 Wright sold the
firm to Steve Morelock. In
retirement, Mike Wright
now freelances at several
funeral homes in the area.
Mike and Lois Wright
have one son, Mickey, who
operates a photography
studio at Lake Belton.
Mickey and his wife have
two children, Kelly and
Drew.
Mike Wright has served
as president of West Texas
Funeral Directors and Em-
balmers Association, as
director of Texas Funeral
Directors and Embalmers
Association, was a member
of the Lions Club for 47
years, served as president
of Coleman Jaycees, direc-
tor of Brownwood Cham-
ber of Commerce, presi-
dent and director of Heart
of Texas Shrine Club,
member of Oriental Band
and Suez Temple, deacon
and elder of Presbyterian
Church and member of
Civil Service Board of
Brownwood.
~ Masonic bodies member-
ship includes: York Rite,
Scottish Rite, 32nd degree,
Suez Shrine Temple, San
Angelo, all Brownwood
Masonic bodies and Waco
Scottish Rite.
Reservations Requested
For '83 Buffalo Reunion
CHRIS ELKINS
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Notice To Customers:
We Will Be
Closed
June 13-17
For Vacation
Thanks for Your Cooperation
We Will Be Open For
Business As Usual On
Monday, June 20
Jack's Garage
Moore Reunion
Here June 4-5
The children of Thomas
and Amanda Moore held a
family reunion at Coleman
National Guard Armory
Saturday and Sunday,
June 4-5. Thirty-six were
present for supper Satur-
day night and forty-four
for dinner Sunday.
Those attending were
Mrs. Nora Jennings; Eve-
lyn Williams; Mr. and Mrs.
Terry Davis and Cody;
Rosie Lee Payne, Cindy
and Marla; Peggy Boat-
right; Mr. and Mrs. Perry
Davis, Lynn and Stephen,
all of Coleman; Mr. and
Mrs. Garland Morgan of
Santa Anna, Mr. and Mrs.
Raymond Jennings of Bur
kett.
Also Mr. and Mrs. Fred
Lancaster of Goldsmith;
Mr. and Mrs. Chuck Camp-
bell and Ricky of Wichita
Falls, Johnnie Spence of
Winters; Mr. and Mrs.
Earl Vallier of Abilene;
Glenda and Jeff Hutchins
of Bangs; Wilma, Stacy
and Chris Elliott of Crow-
ley; Mr. and Mrs. Leo
Moore of Denver, Colo.;
Mr. and Mrs. Earl Moore of
Ft. Worth; Mr. and Mrs.
George Stout and Adam of
Crowley; Mr. and Mrs.
Kennith Campbell of Has
kell; Mr. and Mrs. Carl
Campbell of Odessa; and
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Hav-
ner of Jal, N. M.
NED ELKINS
Chris And
Ned Elkins
Get Degrees
Chris and Ned Elkins,
the sons of Mr. and Mrs.
Merle G. Elkins of Carls-
bad, N.M., received de-
grees from their respective
universities this May.
Chris was awarded a
B.A. in communication
from the University of
Southern Mississippi in
Hattiesburg. An honors
graduate, he is presently
enrolled in post-graduate
studies at USM, where he
will teach speech this fall.
Ned Elkins was granted
a PhD. in biology and in
civil engineering at New
Mexico State University,
Las Cruces, on May 7. The
interdisciplinary doc-
torates were the first ever
granted by NMSU. Ned
taught biology and engine
ering at the university
before accepting a position
as environmental engine-
er with an Albuquerque-
based coal firm.
They are the grandsons
of Mr. and Mrs. H. A.
Elkins and the late Mr. and
Mrs. Kay Anderson, all of
Coleman.
Former residents and
students of the Buffalo
Community are reminded
to make reservations for
the meals for the Fourth
Annual Buffalo Reunion to
be held at the Santa Anna
Civic Center Saturday and
Sunday, June 25 and 26.
Odie Griffith of Cole-
man is chairman of the food
committee and is taking
reservations for the two
catered meals. Cost will be
$4.50 per person per meal.
• Lucille' Wylie is chair-
man of the registration
committee. She will be on
hand as registration starts
June 25 at 9 a.m. Visiting
and entertainment are
planned during the day,
with the catered supper to
be served at 6 p.m. A
dance will be held begin-
ning at 9 p.m.
Sunday activities will be-
gin with a memorial ser-
vice at 9:30 a.m. A barbe-
cue lunch will be served at
12 noon.
Leland Thompson is
chairman of the arrange-
ments committee, and vol-
unteers are being enlisted
to help prepare for the
event.
President of the organi-
zation is Lonnie Holland of
Brownwood. Carl Penning-
ton of Bangs is vice presi-
dent and Sybil Gilliam
Nichols of Casper, Wyom-
ing is secretary-treasurer.
Several hundred former
residents of the community
attend the homecoming
and reunion each year, and
all friends are welcome to
be part of the occasion
later this month.
A list has been prepared
of Buffalo High School
graduates, with the first
listed in 1918. Those in that
group were AUie Bennett,
Ruth Cummings, Leo
George, Irene Jackson,
Zerelda Kelley, Velma
Singletary, Jess Swann,
Harry Terrell, Elmer
(Tom) Terrell and Katy
Whiteside.
No graduates were list-
ed from 1919 through 1922,
and Evelyn Jones was the
only graduate listed in
1923. Audrey Bull, a grad
uate in 1925, was the only
one listed through 1927.
A long list was given for
1928, being Alma Cope-
land, Bertha Copeland, Lu-
cile Curry, Lena Mae
Curry, Walter (Buster)
Curry, W. V. (Pete) Curry,
Mayola Eads, Vestula
Everage, Roger George,
Lula May Gilliam, Helen
Ingram, Ora Kelley, Willie __
Pennington and Leora Theodore Roosevelt was the
Stephens. first U.S. President to visit a
Names of more gradu- foreign country while in of-
ates will be listed in later fjce. He traveled to Panama,
stories.
Coleman
Monument
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Near Cemetery
Entrance
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room.
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The Coleman Democrat-Voice (Coleman, Tex.), Vol. 103, No. 5, Ed. 1 Tuesday, June 14, 1983, newspaper, June 14, 1983; Coleman, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth735210/m1/3/: accessed July 5, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Coleman Public Library.