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DEATHS
Myrtle Coker
Mrs. Myrtle Ada Coker, 86,
of Corpus Christi died Wednes-
day evening at a Corpus Chris-
ti hospital.
Mrs. Coker was bom Mar.
25, 1893 in Daingerfield to Mr.
and Mrs. Joe Perkins. She was
a member of the Baptist
church and was married to
Thomas Byron Coker. She had
lived in Corpus Christi since
1932.
Graveside services for Mrs.
Coker were at 10:30 a.m.
Saturday in the City Cemetery
with Dr. Jack Robbins officiat-
ing.
Survivors include a son,
Thomas Randall Coker of
Corpus Christi; a sister, Hallie
Parker of Sulphur Springs; a
brother, Luther Perkins of Sul-
phur Springs; a grandson and
two great-grandchllcken.
Murray-0 r w o s k y Funeral
Home was in charge of local
arrangements.
Lydia Valentine
Mrs. Lydia Valentine, 73,
of 31 Beauregard Drive in
Gretna, La. died at 3:30 p.m.
Tuesday at her residence.
She was bom Feb. 9, 1906
in Dustin, Okla. to Mr. and
Mrs. William Thomas Stamps.
She married Tolbert A. Valen-
tine. He preceded her in
death. She was a member
of the Reiger Street Baptist
Church in Dallas, and was a
retired waitress.
Services will be at 2 p.m.
Saturday in the Murray-Or-
wosky Chapel with the Rev.
Elmer Rush officiating. In-
terment will be in the Green-
view Cemetery.
Survivors include a daugh-
ter, Kathryn Ridge of Gretna,
La.; a son, T. A. Valentine of
Sulphur Springs; a brother,
W. B. Stamps of New York
City; seven grandchildren and
six great-grandchildren.
Grandsons will serve as
pallbearers.
Bertha Massey
Mrs. Bertha Massey, 86, of
the Mahoney community died
at 10:10 a.m. Sunday at Me-
morial Hospital.
She was born June 23, 1893
in Atlas, Texas to William
Henry and Nancy Emma Den-
nis McManus. She married
Richard Massey on Nov. 30,
1908 in Mount Sterling and
was a member of the Ma-
honey United Methodist
Church. She had resided in
the Mahoney community for
the past 65 years and had
a member of the Rebekah
Lodge for 21 years.
Services were at 10 a.m.
Tuesday in the Murray-Or-
wosky Chapel with the Rev.
John Gaunce officiating. In-
terment was in the Ma-
honey Cemetery.
Survivors include two sons,
Leonard Massey of Weaver
and John D. Massey of Ma-
honey; three daughters, Len-
nie Sandifeer of Dike, Nannie
Lou Richey of Wylie and Na-
dyne Ticer of Garland; two
sisters, Essie Huffmaster of
Mobile, Ala. and Claudia Tay-
lor of Albuquerque, N.M.; 12
grandchildren and 18 great-
grandchildren.
She was preceded in death
by her husband and a sister.
Serving as pallbearers were
Ricky Massey, J. L. Mas-
sey, Kenneth Massey, Billy
Mack Cromer, Grady Conner
and Joe £hell.
Honorary' pallbearers were
j. D. Richey, Leroy Click,
Ford Massey, Hester Jordan,
Bryant Lawson, Roy Gregory,
R. C. Cromer, Welcome Dodd, .
Marvin Keelin and Earl
Cooke.
Virgil Payne
i r
Services for Virgil William/
Payne, 69, of 5624 Meadowick
Lane in Dallas were held at
the Sparkman-Hillcrest Gar-
land Road Chapel recently
with the Rev. Douglas Hoke
and the Rev. Luther Hall of-,
ficiating. Interment was in
the Grove Hill Cemetery.
Mr. Payne, a long time resi-
den of Hopkins County prior
to moving to Dallas, died at
II p.m. Friday.
He was a member of the
Saint Johns’ Methodist
Church. He was the son of
Mr. and Mrs. A. R. Groves
and married Lorena Ledford
in 1928.
Survivors include his wife;
three sons, William Payne of
Rowlett, Glen Payne of Dal-
las and David Payne of Gar-
land; five brothers, A. R.
Groves of Florida, Joe Groves
and Herman Groves, both of
Arkansas, Rufus Groves of
Garland and Pat Groves of
Sulphur Springs; seven grand-
children and one great-grand-
child.
He was preceded in death
by a brother, Vernon Payne.
Serving as pallbearers were
Lesie Newton, James Perkins,
Lloyd Fray, Bennie Wilson,
Kenneth Cole and Carlton
Smith.
Mollie Clayton
Mrs. Mollie P. (Babe) Clay-,
ton, 96, of Cumby died Sun-
day at 5 p.m. at the Com-
merce Medical and Surgical
Center.
She was born Aug. 19, 1883
in Illinois to W. H. and Susan
Grisold Elsberry. She mar-
ried Andy Clayton in Cumby
in 1902. He preceded her in
death in 1911. She was a mem-
ber of the Cumby Presbyter-
ian Church.
Services were at 2 p.m.
Tuesday in the Jones Memo-
rial Chapel in Commerce with
the Rev. Robert Ridley offi-
ciating. Interment was in the
|FrfendshJp Cemetjery.
Survivors include two sons,
Charles Clayton of Greenville
and Grady Clayton of Lufkin;
three daughters, Mrs. Gladys
Brown of Cumby, Mrs. Nova
Melton of Sulphur Springs
and Mrs. Velma Moore of
Brownsvile; seven grandchil-
dren, 12 great-grandchildren
and one g r e a t-great-grand-
child.
Grandsons served as pall-
bearers.
Mrs. Humphries
Mrs. John C. (Elbe Ear-
hart) Humphries, 70, of 817
College died Saturday at 1:35
a.m. at Memorial Hospital.
She was born Oct 30,1906 at
Black Oak to Thomas J. and
Lillie Bell Foust Earhart. She
married John C. Humphries
in Mena, Ark. on Sept 18,1932.
She was a member of the First
Baptist Church.
Services were at 2 p.m.
Sunday in die Murray-Orwoe-
ky Chapel with the Rev. L B.
Morgan officiating. Interment
was in the Black Oak Ceme-
tery.
Survivors include her hus-
band; a son, Billy Humphries
of Sulphur Springs; two daugh-
ters, Mrs. Helen Romans of
Dike and Mrs. Clara Smith of
Como; three brothers, Aubrey
Earheart of Black Oak, J. T.
Earhart of Como and Everett
Earhart of Greenville, Calif.;
three sisters, Mrs. Mildred
Moore of Black Oak and Mrs.
Clarence Thurman and Mrs.
Mena Fay Howett, both of
Dallas; six grandchildren and
three great grandchildren.
Grandsons served as pall-
bearers.
Ella Rape
____. \
Allen officiating. Interment
was in the Rockdale Ceme-
tery.
Mrs. Jacobs died at 6:05 a.m.
Saturday in Memorial Hos-
pital.
She was born May 19,1917 at
Old Tarrant to Will and Lula
Chester Snow. She married
Jim W. Jacobs in Hopkins
County on Nov. 30, 1951 and
was a member of the First
Assembly of God Church.
Survivors include her hus-
band; a sister, Mrs. Gerald
(Dorothy) Haney of Deer Park
and four brothers, Earl Snow
of Weatherford and Eunice
(Shorty) Snow, W. L. Snow
and Boss C. Snow, all of Fort
Worth.
Graveside services were
held at 2 p.m. Saturday at the
Mel Haven Cemetery for Mrs.
Ella Rape, 101, of Lewisville.
Mrs.- Rape died Tuesday in
Lewisville. She was a former
Hopkins County resident and
is survived by two sons and
six daughters.
Tapp Funeral Home was in
charge of local arrangements.
Beulah Rettmann
Mrs. Beaulah E. Rettmann,
76, of 716 Pampa died at 8:55
a.m. Saturday in Memorial
Hospital.
She was born Aug. 16, 1903
in Hopkins County to John
William and Cora Williams
Culpepper and married Bill
Rettmann. She was a member
of the Wesley United Methodist
Church.
Services were at 4 p.m.
Sunday at the Murray-Orwos-
ky Chapel with die Rev.
George Topper and the Rev.
L. B. Morgan officiating. In-
terment was in the Pine Forest
Cemetery.
She is survived by a son,
Frank Rettman of Sulphur
Springs.
Mrs. Rettman was preceded
in death by a sister and her
husband.
Serving as pallbearers were
Chester Eddins, Guy Brad-
ford, Garvis Anglin, Bascom
Walkers, Maurice Jordon and
Albert McMullan.
Bertha Jacobs
Services for Mrs. Betha Eliz-
abeth Jacobs, 62 of 1026 N.
Jackson were Sunday at 2
p.m. in the Tapp Funeral
Chapel with the Rev. M. C.
Admitted
Earl S. Johnson, Como.
Jeff Burkett, Saltillo.
Mrs. Bertha Burgin, 155
Russell Drive.
Mrs. Donnie Friddle, Como.
Kevin Moreland, Star Route.
Mrs. Jack Holmes, Route 1.
Misty Haggard, Route 3.
Mrs. John Edwards, 732 Cal-
vert.
Mrs. Thomas Cannon, 124
Goodman.
Mrs. R. D. Denny, 309 Jar-
bo.
William Tuck, 1601 College.
Gerald Bowen, 611 Connally.
Mrs. Mittie Neal, \ Leisure
Lodge Nursing Home.
Mrs. Nancy Gilliam, Hop-
kins County Nursing Home.
Jody Stevens, Route 4.
Mrs. Jody Stevens, Route 4.
Mrs. Lester Glossup, 610
Van Sickle.
Stephanie Betts, Route 3.
Mrs. Essie Wade, 308 Beck-
ham.
Woodrow Kirlty, 208 Morris.
Mrs. Ed Woodson, 220 Mid-
dle Street.
Jerry Formby, Route 5.
Mrs. K. C. Smith, Com-
merce.
Joe Don Dial, 722 Calvert.
Doyle Glossup, Route 5.
Mrs. Syble Funderburk, 222
Reservoir.
Pete Oliver, 833 Longino.
Bill Thompson, Route 3.
Mrs. John Harris, Route 3.
Randy Landers, 917 Church
Kemia Wright, 409 Ross.
Fred Tubb, Dike.
Mrs. James Nash, 706 Car-
ter.
Mrs. James Weston, 322
League. v
Mrs. Lewis Woodard, Cum-
by.
Mrs. J. D. Alexander, 408
Tate.
Mrs. Ann Valdes, 314
League.
Carl Rhodes, Route 1.
Mrs. K e n n et h Blalock,
Route 5.
Elmer Marshall, 326 Weaver
Drive.
Mrs. Alvis Box, 610 Whit-
worth.
Harold Lisk, Route 4.
Mrs. Dial Christenberry,
Pickton.
Tish White, 711 College.
Mrs. Minnie Sellers, 402
College.
Mrs. Lena Houston, 447 Van
Sickle.
Mrs. Jewel Teer, 1010 Ber-
gin.
Jesse Norman, 133 Park.
Timmy Clemmons, 135 Gar-
rison.
Christina Beck, Route 3.
Willie Scott, Emory.
Mrs. Arlie Gaines, Cumby.
Mrs. Jack Rhodes, 1217
Parkins.
Steven Ray, Dallas.
Mrs. Gussie Rushing, 1528
Holiday Drive.
Jimmy Wyrick, Cooper.
Julia Bergin, 514 Connally.
Mrs. Darrell Dodd. Route 1.
Garlin Hankins, 151 Russell.
Mrs. Lillian Sewe 11, 607
Texas.
Gordon Crawford, 619 Camp
Nicholas Pannell, 615 Full-
er.
Shellie McCoy, 300 Weaver
Drive.
Mrs. Gene Hadaway, 1118
Texas.
Charles Mayo, 239 Parkins.
Angela Flanagan, Como.
Mrs. Lola Fowler, Cooper.
Jerry Shelton, Route 1.
Mrs. Dorothy Aynesworth,
1317 Lakeview Drive.
Vance Eversole, Dallas.
William Miller, 323 David-
son.
Mrs. Leona Barnes, 103 Col-
orada.
Mrs. John Brumley, Pick-
ton.
Dtemittad
Mrs. Jeff Redding and baby
girl, Box 857.
William Goodsen, Route 1.
Mrs. Billy King and baby
girl, 282 W. Spence.
Mrs. Glenft Irvin, 941 Jeffer-
son.
Mrs. Lydia Gregg, Route 1.
L. D. Lewis, Cumby.
Mrs. Cecil Stinson, 1511
Mockingbird.
Mrs. Edsel Thomas Jr. and
baby girl, 312 Craig.
Mrs. Ruby Williams, Pick-
ton.
Cortis Boren, 112 Park Circle
Drive.
Merle Attlesey, Route 2.
Mrs. Thomas Cannon, 124
Goodman.
Mrs. Maude Pinion, 363
Weaver.
Mrs. Jerry Dodd and baby
girl, Como.
Stephanie Leach, Route 5.
Mrs. William Joslin, Dike.
Mrs. L. V. Harrison, 417 E.
Ross.
Henry Stapleton, Brashear.
Mrs. Bob Kearby, 211 Bell-
view.
Bobby Wilson, 1108 Lemon
Drive.
Mrs. Lola Trussel, Route 4.
Mrs. Willie Todd, Star
Route.
Mrs. Claude Tilley, 143 Lee.
Jerry Don Fite, Route 3.
Mrs. W. M. Weir, Route 3.
Mrs. Lela Braziel, Bra-
shear.
Mrs. David Cooper and ba-
by boy, 409 Lamar.
Mrs. Alvin Dunn, Star
Route.
Mrs. Donald Adams and
baby girl, Sulphur Bluff.
Mrs. Gerald Wadrop,
Moore.
Mrs. Jerry Smith, Pickton.
Mrs. O. E. Hankins, Lone
Oak.
Carl Stirling, 430 Church.
Mrs. L. D. Woodard, 1129
Bowie.
Horace V. Alford, 926
Church.
Jeff Burkett, Saltillo..
Kevin Moreland, Star Route.
John Moore, 829 S. Cranford.
Gerald Bowen, 631 Gilmer.
Joseph Riley, Route 2.
Dudley Allen, 301 HUlcrest.
Willie Joe Wright, 108 Res-
ervoir.
Emory Dickey, ^Route 2. ^
Mrs. Vincent Irons, Cumby.
Drew Boyd, Route 1.
Mrs. Jack Holmes, Route 1.
Charles Strickland, 1005
Church.
Paul Locke, Davis Street.
Woodrow Kirtley, 208 Mor-
ris.
Harold Singer, 701 W. In-
dustrial.
Ike Brooks, 506 Sheffield.
Carl Acker, Route 1.
Mrs. Berth'al Burgin, 155
Russell Drive.
Robin Rogers, 119 Lou St.
Misty Waggard, Route 3.
Mrs. Katie Munden, 933
College.
Randy Landers, 917 Church.
Mrs. Russell Browning,
Pickton.
Mrs. Ora Mae Hedrick, 1036
N. Davis.
Mrs. James Weston, 322 S.
League.
James Booth, Woodhaven
Nursing Home.
Jackie Blount, 1600 Mocking-
bird Lane.
Mrs. Troyce McLane, 329 S.
League.
Severe Hernandez, Como.
Mrs. Maudie Gardner, Leis-
ure Lodge Nursing Home.
Kemia Wright, 409 E. Ross.
Mrs. Deryl Carr and twin
daugters, Mount Vernon.
Timmy Clemmons, 135 Gar-
rison.
William Tuck, 1601 College.
Jerry Formby, Route 5.
Mrs. Euell Vititow,- Emory.
Mrs. James Nash, 706 Car-
ter.
Ed Woodson, 220 Middle
St.
Mrs. Rickey Wright and
baby boy, Alba.
Joe Dial, 722 Calvert.
Fred Tubb, Dike.
Mrs. Lewis Woodard, Cum-
by.
Teachers ready for
first school bell
at Como-Pickton
Teachers in the
Como- Pickton Independent
School District will be the early
birds of Hopkins County on
Monday as they begin
in-service schedules.
Lewis Ham, superintendent,
reports that school will of-
ficially open for the students at
8 a.m. on Monday, Aug. 27, a
week later.
Ham is expecting a total
enrollment of 500 students, with
135 in high school and 365 in
elementary.
New teachers employed for
the school year include Venita
Sheer, elementary; Linda
White, elementary; Rebie
Nicholson, Junior High
language arts; Ruth Sheer, high
school English; Tom Norrell,
assistant coach, social studies;
and Susan Young, Junior High
language arts.
Other teachers include Patty
Walker, Patsy Evans, Sandy
Henderson named to
A ICS board position
A Hopkins County woman has
been named one of five national
members of the accreditation
group for the Association of
Independent Colleges and
Schools (AICS).
.Carol Henderson of Birthright
is scheduled to leave Monday
for Washington, D.C., for the
initial organization and
orientation meeting of AICS.
The organization is the ac-
crediting committee for in-
dependent and private schools
which do not receive public
funds. In her capacity as a
board member, Mrs., Hen-
derson will have a hand in
shaping accreditation
requirements for all kinds of
educational institutions, in-
cluding business schools,
nursing schools, colleges and
universities.
The former resident of
THE HOPKINS COUNTY ECHO. Sulphur Springs, Texas, Friday, Aug. 24, 1979—3.
Ranch hand
found dead
Hopkins County law en-
forcement officers Monday
afternoon were continuing an
investigation into die apparent
shooting death of a Brashear-
area resident.
Sheriff’s deputies were called
about 11:25 a.m. Monday to a
location near the Blue Moon
Ranch about six miles south of
Brashear.
According to Sheriff John E.
(Junior). Tittle, the body of
Michael Leon Gore, an Indian
male about 20 years of age, was
found in a house trailer.
The victim was an employee
of the ranch and “appeared to
have been shot once with a .22-
caliber rifle,” according to
Deputy Clarence Jones.
Tittle said an autopsy has
been ordered by Justice of the
Peace Bill Bauman.
“The time of death is not
clear at this time,” Jones said.
DWI draws
five years
District Attorney Jim
Chapman reports that Ernest
Edward Bartley of Dike was
convicted in Eighth Judicial
District Court before Judge
Lanny Ramsay of a charge of
DWI-subsequent offense.
Chapman said that the jury
deliberated 20 minutes on the
penalty phase of the trial and
assessed a five-year term in the
Texas Department of
Corrections.
The district attorney
reported that there are still two
DWI cases to be tried in
Hopkins County this week with
the trial of Frankie Joe Simp-
son beginning Thursday
morning.
Stew chef list
grows by four
Four more cooks for the
World Championship Hopkins
County Stew Contest here Sept.
15 were announced Thursday
by the Chamber of Commerce.
They are Jan Goodson,
Murray Stephens and Deborah
Roberts and Larry Maroney.
Holmes, Bee Hawthorne,
Marilyn Thurman, Sherry
Cook, Chloe Spencer, Debbie
Grider, Wanna Lee Nichols and
Linda Mabe, elementary.
Randall Nichols, special
education; Sue Shadix,
business, Diana McGregor,
home economics; Carroll
Nichols, vocational
agriculture; Hashem Rezaie,
mathematics; Buster Fikes,
athletic director, social studies;
Willie Hargett, basketball
coach, social studies; Jean
Nelson, remedial reading and
math; Kathy Woods, remedial
reading and math; James
Fuller, high school principal;
Betty Sprague, librarian; and
Marcie Porter, Pansy Anglin
and Melba Hill, teacher aides.
Superintendent Ham said that
all buses will run on the opening
day and that a full day of school
will be conducted.
Dallas, who moved to Bir-
thright three months ago, is the
wife of Rickey Henderson, a
native of the area.
Her specific assignment, she
said, will be to act in an ad-
visory capacity to review
standards, policy and
procedures for accreditation.
The other members of the
committee are scattered
throughout the Eastern area of
the country, with two from
Washington, one from New
Jersey and one from Maryland,
Mrs. Henderson said.
Mrs. Henderson expects to
make “at least two and possibly
more” trips to Washington
during the year as a board
member.
She was nominated for the
post by a college dean.
Mrs. Henderson holds a
master of education degree.
Ike
Richard Dashnaw
Rockwell
announces
promotion
PITTSBURGH, Pa.-Rich-
ard L. Dashnaw has been
named vice president—Opera-
tions for the Flow Control Di-
vision of Rockwell Interna-
tional Corporation. In this po-
sition, Dashnaw will be respon-
sible for directing the divis-
ion’s manufacturing facilities
located in SulphutJSprings;
Rhleigh, N. C.; Kealrney,
Neb.; Barberton, Ohio; and
Montreal, Canada. He join-
ed Rockwell International in’
January, 1979 as director—
Operations for the Power Tool
Division.
Dashnaw came to Rockwell
from General Electric, where
he was plant manager of Gen-
eral Electric’s Ft. Wayne,
Ind. plant since 1976. He join-
ed General Electric in 1960
under a manufacturing man-
agement training program
and was named quality con-
trol engineer in the Power
Transformer Division in 1964.
Dashnaw received a bache-
lor’s degree in mechanical en-
gineering from Rochester In-
stitute of Technology in 1960.
Shelley Ross of Sulphur
Springs has been admitted to
Citizens General Hospital in
Greenville.
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