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| Ammon Louise Martin Sep 2, 1907-Aug 28, 2000 Ammon Louise Martin, 92, of San Diego died Monday. She was born in
Corsicana, Texas. Mrs. Martin was employed as a dressmaker. Survivors include
her husband, Frank C. Martin; and sister, Henri W. Lopes of Providence, R.I. Notes:
Modena Miller Modena (Deanie) Miller, 77, of Austin passed away at her residence on Saturday, November 4, 2000. Born June 9, 1923, in Corsicana, Texas, Deanie was
the daughter of A. J. Edrington and Alan Sue (Shipp) Edrington. They preceded her in death, as did her three brothers, Everett, Micky, and Roland Edrington. Notes:
Lucy Mae
(McDonald) Davis Services for longtime educator Lucy Mae McDonald Davis will be at noon
Wednesday at Salem Institutional Baptist Church, 3918 Crozier St. in Dallas.
Visitation will be from 7 to 8 p.m. Tuesday at Evergreen Chapel, 6449 S. Houston
School Road. Notes:
Florence Lavern
Melton Florence Lavern Melton died Wednesday in Warrensburg, Mo. She was born March 14, 1928, in Corsicana, Texas. A retired seamstress, Mrs. Melton had been a resident of Blue Springs, Mo., for the last four years and a prior resident of Irving. Mrs. Melton is survived by three daughters, Betty Stephens, Patricia Steptoe and Kathy Thomas, all of Irving; a son, Erskin Melton of Little Elm, Texas; eight grandchildren; 11 great-grandchildren; and five sisters, Sybil Ottwell of Greenville, Nettie Molanders and Betty Reeves, both of Dallas, and Lois Amburn and Jeanette Randall, both of Terrell. Funeral services were held Saturday at Chism & Smith Funeral Home Chapel with interment at Oak Grove Memorial Gardens in Irving. Notes:
Nona E. Splawn Riverside (CA) Press Enterprise, March 16, 2002. Notes:
++++++++++++ Nona Ella (Purifoy) Splawn Riverside Press Enterprise 7 April 2002 How many footsteps in 105 years?
Even the strongest heart will wear down, and wear out. Nona Ella Splawn took a
last, easy breath March 11. She passed away gently in the Oregon care home where
she no longer recognized beloved family photos and mistook her daughter, Ellen,
for her own mother, long dead. Nona's soul, her family will smile and tell you,
is surely resting with her God. But an important journey remained. Donand McKinley
"Don" Wyatt
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Janie
Mae (Ellis) Ketchum-Brown
Janie Mae Brown, 87, of Corsicana passed away Wednesday, March 20, 2002 in Corsicana. Graveside services will be 3 p.m. Saturday at Oakwood Cemetery with Brother Bill Honea officiating. Mrs. Brown was born Oct. 7, 1914 in Corsicana. She was a very loving mother. She was preceded in death by her husband, Travis J. Brown Sr. Survivors include her sons, Travis J. Brown Jr. and wife Teresa of The Woodlands, and Joe Ketchum and wife Flo of Dallas; granddaughters, Kimberly Ann Brown of Atlanta, Ga., Stephanie Smith of Dallas and Stacy of Hawkins; grandson, Klark Allen Brown of The Woodlands; seven great-grandchildren and numerous nieces and nephews. Arrangements by Corley Funeral Home. Notes:
Melvin
Ray 'Pete' Kendall Melvin Ray "Pete" Kendall, 74, of Navarro Mills passed away Wednesday, March 20, 2002 in Purdon. He was a 20-year cancer survivor. Visitation will be held from 6 to 8 p.m. Friday at Corley Funeral Home. Services will be 2 p.m. Saturday at Corley Funeral Chapel with Brother Bobby Reid and Brother Bobby Cave officiating. Interment will follow at Frost Cemetery. Pallbearers and honorary pallbearers will be members of the Glorybound gospel group Ronnie Slater, Brandon Cave, Donnie Grounds, Bobby Benton, Bobby Matthews, Martin Jenkins, Paul Ferguson, Darwin Freeman, Bill Hill, Dustin Hill, Mary Slater and Dianne Summers. Mr. Kendall was born Jan. 17, 1928 in Dawson. He was raised in the Brushie Prairie area, and married Frances Thomas Nov. 27, 1948. He served in the U.S. Army from March 1946 to October 1947. He trained at Fort Chaffe, Ark., and served as a medical aidman in Yokohoma, Japan. He worked at Oil City Iron Works and American Rockwool in Corsicana as a welder and in the maintenance department. He moved to Lake Jackson in 1966 and worked at the Dow Chemical Company in Freeport as an operator in the glycerin department. He retired in 1986, moving back home to Navarro Mills. Mr. Kendall was an active member of Navarro Mills Baptist Church, serving as teacher in his Sunday school class and playing in his dobro in the choir. He was a member of the Glorybound southern gospel group for 13 years, playing his dobro and doing recitations. He was preceded in death by his parents, Farris and Corry Lois Kendall. Survivors include his wife of 53 years, Frances Kendall of Navarro Mills; son, Jackie Ray "Jack" Kendall; daughter-in-law, Becki Kendall; granddaughter, Sarah Kendall, all of Lewisville; brothers, Joe Kendall and wife Joyce of Dawson, and Bill Kendall of Eureka; brother-in-law, Roy Thomas and wife Pauline of Barry; sisters-in-law, Lorene Sykes and Betty Honea, both of Corsicana; 11 nieces and nephews, 21 great-nieces and nephews, five great-great-nieces and nephews, and a host of cousins and friends. Memorials may be made to the Hospice of Cedar Lake, 625 N. Main St., Corsicana, Texas 75110. Arrangements by Corley Funeral Home. Clarence
Zale French Clarence Zale French, 66, passed away Monday, March 18, 2002 in Kaufman. Services will be 11 a.m. Thursday at Parker-Ashworth Chapel in Kaufman. Interment will follow at DFW National Cemetery. Mr. French was born Jan. 3, 1936 in Purdon to Lafford and Lillian Kennemore French. He was raised in Purdon and later entered the U.S. Air Force. After the service, he moved to Dallas and in 1999 he moved to Kaufman. He was a member of the Teamsters Local 745 Union. Survivors include his sons, Steve French and Travis French, both of Kaufman; daughters, Naomi French of Kaufman and Laura Wampler of Scurry; mother, Lillian French of Mesquite; sisters, Janette Wendland of Manor, and Linda Sue French and Betty Wiggins, both of Mesquite; and grandchildren, Casey, Travis Jr., Trevor, Justin and Brook. Arrangements by Parker-Ashworth Funeral Home of Kaufman. Yvette Michelle Lechuga Apr 19, 1964 - Feb 9, 2002 Yvette Michelle Lechuga April 19, 1964 - February 9, 2002 Yvette was born in Los Angeles, and was raised in Austin. She died in Corsicana. She is survived by her mother, Hope Arellano; and brother, Eric C. Arellano, both of Austin; and a brother, Alfredo M. Lechuga, of Los Angeles. Also survived by her children, Roxie, Danielle, and Adam - (03/10/20 02) Austin American Statesman. February 1993 Washington Times, Mar 25, 1993 Betty Beaumont Brown, 80, a portrait painter whose work has hung in the Capitol, the Air Force Academy and the Episcopal Cathedral of St. John the Divine in New York, died of natural causes Feb. 19 at a nursing home in Biloxi, Miss. Born in Corsicana, Texas, she lived in both Jackson and Meridian, Miss., and attended the University of Mississippi. In 1941, she married Air Force Gen. C. Pratt Brown, following him to postings in Florida, Georgia and Brazil. In 1949, the Browns moved to Arlington, while he was stationed at the Pentagon. They settled in Bethesda in 1955. Through the years, Mrs. Brown studied painting at American University. After Gen. Brown contracted multiple sclerosis in 1955, they spent their summers in North Carolina, where she received special instruction on painting. She continued to work on her portraits while taking care of her husband. Mrs. Brown was a member of St. Patrick's Episcopal Church, the F Street Club, Columbia Country Club, the Army-Navy Club and the Sulgrave Club. She also was a lifetime member of the House of Mercy. Gen. Brown died in 1982. Mrs. Brown is survived by her sister, Nan Beaumont Word of Falls Church, and her brother, Chet Beaumont of Biloxi. Services were held in Biloxi. Notes:
Palmer Smith Feb 1994 New Orleans Times Picayune, February 14, 1994 Palmer Smith, a retired employee of Gulf Oil Co., died Saturday. He was 78. Mr. Smith was born in Corsicana, Texas, and lived in Buras, La. He was a U.S. Army veteran of World War II. Survivors include his daughter, Carolyn Ann Boone; three sisters, Oma Tanner, Grace Williams, and Jewel Jean James; a brother, John Thomas; and a grandchild. Visitation will be held today at 8 a.m. at Corley Funeral Home, in Corsicana. A graveside funeral service will be held today at 2 p.m. in Richland Cemetery in Richland, Texas. Notes:
Norma Ruth
(Miles) Bryder St. Petersburg Times, Aug 3, 1994 BRYDER, NORMA RUTH, 71, of Clearwater, died Sunday (July 31, 1994) at home. She was born in Corsicana, Texas, and came here in 1972 from Hampton, Va. She was a homemaker and a Red Cross volunteer for 25 years. Survivors include two sons, Vernon M., Corsicana, and Christian J., Safety Harbor; two daughters, Paula A. Bryder, St. Petersburg, and Karen L. Bryder, Tampa; three brothers, Wayne Miles, Rockwall, Texas, Elbert T. Miles, League City, Texas, and Vernon Miles, Panama City; a sister, Zelda C. Montz, Athens, Texas; and five grandchildren. National Cremation Society, Largo. Notes:
Jason Norwood
Calhoun Washington Post, Dec 15, 1985 Jason Norwood Calhoun, 67, an official with the U.S. Public Health Service who later worked for the American Public Health Association, died of cancer Dec. 11 at his home in Olney. Mr. Calhoun was born in Corsicana, Tex. He graduated from Huston-Tillotson College and earned a master's degree in public health from the University of Michigan. During World War II, he was a medical corpsman with the Army in the Pacific. After the war, he moved to Philadelphia, where he joined the Public Health Service in 1953. During the 1950s and 1960s, he helped to establish public health programs in Iraq and Indonesia. From 1967 to 1970, he was chief of education for the agency's Indian Health Service. He was a public health planner in Kenya before he was transferred to Washington in 1974. He was director of the Office of Africa and Eastern Mediterranean Countries in the Office of International Health when he retired from the Public Health Service in 1976. For the next two years, he was an administrator with the American Public Health Association. He retired again in 1978. Mr. Calhoun was a member of the American School Health Association, the Public Health Service Commissioned Corps Professional Association, and the National Association of Health Service Executives. Survivors include his wife, Elizabeth Harris Calhoun, of Olney; two sons, N. Anthony Calhoun, of Washington, and Jason H. Calhoun, of Columbus, Ohio; three brothers, Theodore C., of Austin, Tex., Samuel, of San Antonio, Tex., and Wilbur, of Corsicana; three sisters, Hatti Wilson, of San Antonio, Rosa Calhoun and Bessie Rogers, both of Corsicana, and two grandchildren. Notes:
Tampa Tribune, May 20, 1995 BILLIE D. BEASLEY, 60, of Pinellas Park died Wednesday at home. A native of Kerens, Texas, he moved to this area in 1977 from Emory, Texas. He was a cable splicer for General Telephone, a veteran of the Korean and Vietnam wars, serving in the U.S. Air Force, and a member of Retired Enlisted Association, Air Force Sergeants Association and the National Association for Uniform Services. He is survived by his wife, Edna V.; a son, William A. of Palmetto; three sisters, Margaret Skipper and Dwenelle Bradley, both of Garland, Texas, and Dorothy Douglas of Corsicana, Texas; and two grandchildren. Osgood-Cloud Funeral Home, Pinellas Park. DELILAH E. BISSELL, 73, of Clearwater died Thursday at Sun Coast Hospital in Largo. She moved to this area in 1958 from her native Newcomb, N.Y. She was a laboratory technician for Eckerd Drugs, a school bus driver and a former member of Bethel Presbyterian Church. She is survived by three brothers, Everett West of Balston Lake, N.Y., Henry West of Fort Edward, N.Y., and Warren West of Newcomb; four grandchildren; and five great-grandchildren. Moss-Feaster Funeral Homes, Belcher Road Chapel, Clearwater. Notes:
Gladys Roughton (Kinsolving) Young Washington Times, March 1, 1996 Gladys Roughton Kinsolving Young, 97, a native Texan who had lived in Washington since 1941, died of cancer Feb. 25 at her home. Born in Navarro County, Texas, she attended schools in Corsicana, Texas, and Lausanne, Switzerland, before going to Mills College in California. In 1919 she married William Grady Kinsolving. After his death, she married William H. Young, chief of the bituminous coal division of the Bureau of Mines. Mrs. Young worked with the Camp Fire organization for 64 years and was instrumental in forming the Potomac-area Council of Camp Fire Girls, of which she was president. She also served as secretary and vice president of the National Board of Camp Fire Inc. Mrs. Young received the Luther Halsey Gulick Award and the Wohelo Order, the highet honor awarded to any Camp Fire member. She was involved in the Texas State Society and the Washington Club, where she was active until her death. She was a past president of the American Legion Auxiliary of Texas. Mrs. Young was also a member of the Daughters of the American Revolution, the Woman's National Democratic Club and the Mount Vernon Place United Methodist Church. Survivors include a daughter, Carey K. Miller Jr. of Boyds, Md.; two grandsons; and two great-grandsons. Services will be held Monday in Texas. Notes:
Cordie (Carroll) Cox Baton Rouge Advocate, May 30, 1996 COX, CORDIE C. A homemaker and resident of Baker since 1945, she died at 2:40 a.m. Wednesday, May 29, 1996, at Lane Memorial Hospital, Zachary. She was 81 and a native of Corsicana, Texas. Visiting at Baker Funeral Home chapel, 6401 Groom Road, Baker, 10:30 a.m. until religious services at 2 p.m. Thursday, conducted by the Rev. Michael Haines of Baker Church of Christ. Interment in Hillcrest Memorial Gardens. Survived by husband, Alvis B. Cox, Baker; a daughter, Nancy Joe Cox Barber, Baker; a son and daughter-in-law, Ronald L. and Linda Cox, Baker; two grandchildren, Lori Cox Breland and Tori Cox Chiasson; and four great-grandchildren. Preceded in death by parents, Joe and Sarah Carroll; a granddaughter, Dana Cox Dixon; four sisters, and four brothers. She was a member of Baker Church of Christ. Notes:
Charles P. "Mike" Baxter An East Baton Rouge Parish school teacher and resident of Baton Rouge, he died Friday, July 12, 1996, in a Texarkana, Texas, hospital. He was 53, born Sept. 17, 1942, in Corsicana, Texas, and a former resident of Texarkana. Graveside services at Hillcrest Memorial Park, Texarkana, at 10 a.m. Monday, conducted by the Rev. Richard C. Allen. Survived by mother, Elizabeth Dixon Baxter, Texarkana; sister, Kaye Baxter, Texarkana; niece, Jennifer Baxter, Texarkana; and friend, Kathryn DuPuis, Baton Rouge. Preceded in death by father, Donald Baxter. He was a member of St. James Episcopal Church and a former Jaycee. Memorial donations may be made to St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, P.O. Box 3704, Memphis, Tenn., 38103. Texarkana Funeral Home in charge of arrangements. Notes:
Ruth (Clark) Reedy Baton Rouge Advocate, September 9, 1997 REEDY, RUTH CLARK Retired library director of McNeese State University and a resident of Lake Charles, she died Saturday, Sept. 6, 1997, in a Lake Charles hospital. She was born July 22, 1915, in Corsicana, Texas, and a resident of Alexandria from early childhood until completion of her formal education. Visiting was at J. E. Hixson & Sons Funeral Home, Lake Charles, 4 p.m. to 9 p.m. Monday. Visiting at the funeral home 8 a.m. to 10 a.m. Tuesday. Visiting at First Presbyterian Church, 10 a.m. until religious services at 11 a.m. Tuesday, conducted by the Rev. Tom Pass. Burial in Greenwood Cemetery, Pineville. Survived by several cousins and an extended family of many friends. Preceded in death by husband, John Francis Reedy; and parents, Emma Jarmon Clark and John Edward Clark. She attended elementary schools and Bolton High School in Alexandria, received a bachelor of arts degree from Louisiana College, Pineville, and a library science degree from the University of Illinois, Urbana, and had 24 hours of additional graduate study at LSU. In her early career she served as librarian at Rayville High School and at Lake Charles High School from 1942 to 1961. While at Lake Charles High School, she served as chairman of the steering committee for a 10-year self study for that school. Her library received the Louisiana Library Association Modisette Award for excellence. From 1961 to 1972, she served as librarian of the material center at McNeese State University and became library director in 1972. During several summers, she was a visiting professor at the LSU Library School and was an instructor, NDEA Institute in School Librarianship. After becoming director of the Lether E. Frazer Memorial Library at McNeese, she gained support from the administration for additional personnel, library materials and equipment. Under her administration, the budget for library materials quadrupled and the staff doubled. She restructured the library's departments for greater efficiency, and established faculty meetings, departmental meetings and in-service training. She held memberships in local, state, regional and national library associations, served as president of the Louisiana Library Association, president of the Lake Charles Teachers Association, secretary to the Louisiana Library Association, executive director of National Library Week for the state of Louisiana, chapter council to the American Library Association, member of the board of regents of the Academic Task Force on University Libraries and was council member from the 7th District to the Louisiana Teachers Association (currently Louisiana Association of Educators.) She also served on the library development committee and was chair of the Modisette Awards committee. In 1980, she was presented the Essae M. Culver Award by the Louisiana Library Association. This award is given annually to individuals whose distinguished professional service and achievements have been of significance to Louisiana librarianship. She was a member of Southwestern Library Association and served as membership chairman, American Association of School Librarians and served as president, life member of National Education Association and president of Alpha Phi chapter, Delta Kappa Gamma. She was listed in Who's Who in Library Science and cited in A Biographical Directory of Librarians in the U.S. and Canada, Who's Who of American Women, International Who's Who and Who's Who in the South and Southwest. She conducted library workshops throughout Louisiana, served on the committee which wrote the School Library Standards for the State of Louisiana, served as chairman of most of the major committees of the Louisiana Library Association, appeared as speaker at professional meetings throughout the state, presented the Louisiana Library Association's highest awards, the Modisette and Culver awards, to recipients at state library meetings, served as consultant to school libraries in the state, served on many Southern Association of Secondary Schools and Colleges reviewing committees and was chairman of Library Section of Louisiana Conference of Colleges and Universities. Her publications included articles in Library Journal, Louisiana Schools, Today's Education and The Bulletin of the Louisiana Library Association. After retiring, she became involved in community organizations, serving as president of the Review Club of Lake Charles, president of the Calcasieu Forum and held memberships in the Lake Charles Symphony, Art Associates, the Louisiana Choral Foundation and St. Patrick's Hospice Group. She was an elder of the First Presbyterian Church, Lake Charles, received a life member award in Presbyterian Women and other activities included service to Christian Education Committee and Presbyterian Committee and she was a Sunday school teacher. Memorial donations may be made to First Presbyterian Church Education Fund, McNeese State University Foundation for the library, St. Jude Children's Hospital, American Cancer Society or to a charity of choice. Notes:
New Orleans Time Picayune, February 3, 1999 Julia Mirus Siadous, a retired registered nurse, died Saturday of heart failure at her home. She was 64. Mrs. Siadous was born in Corsicana, Texas, and lived in New Orleans for the past three years. She attended St. Martin's Episcopal High School, Louisiana State University and McLennan Junior College in Waco, Texas. She worked at Parkland Memorial Hospital in Dallas. Survivors include two daughters, Paula Myers and Julia Murphy; a brother, Carl F. Mirus; and seven grandchildren. A memorial service will be held Thursday at 4 p.m. at St. Andrew's Episcopal Church, 1101 S. Carrollton Ave. Burial will be in Corsicana. Tharp-Sontheimer-Tharp Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements. Notes:
Anna Mary (Pierce)
Atchley Chattanooga (TN) Times, May 2, 1999 Anna Mary Pierce Atchley, one of the first women to practice pharmacy in Chattanooga, died Friday, April 30, 1999. She was 81. Mrs. Atchley received her bachelor of science degree in Pharmacy from the University of Texas at Austin in 1939. She was a native of Corsicana and graduated from Corsicana High School and Ward-Belmont College in Nashville. She was a member of First Christian Church where she was elected one of the first women elders. She was past president of the Christian Women's Fellowship, a member of the Kemp Sunday School Class, and she was honored as an Elder Emerita. Mrs. Atchley was preceded in death by her husband, Fielding Atchley. Survivors include a son, Fielding Atchley Jr., Signal Mountain; two sisters, Winkie Stroube and Bette Wells, both of Dallas; and three grandsons. Services will be Monday at 1 p.m. at First Christian Church with the Rev. Phil Summerlin and the Rev. Aline Summerlin officiating. Burial will be at Chattanooga Memorial Park. The family will receive friends today from 3 to 6 p.m. at Chattanooga Funeral Home, West Chapel. Memorial contributions can be made to First Christian Church, 650 McCallie Ave., Chattanooga, TN 37403 or to a favorite charity. Notes:
John Corley Tatum Wilmington (NC) Morning Star, October 25, 1999 John Corley Tatum, 1601 Hawthorne Road, Wilmington, N.C., died October 24, 1999, at Lower Cape Fear Hospice Care Center. He was born December 28, 1920, in Corsicana, Texas, the son of the late G. Liston and Alice Corley Tatum. He was predeceased by his first wife, Joan Lewis Tatum. Mr. Tatum attended Kemper Military Institute, Rice University and the University of Texas. He was a pilot in the U.S. Air Corps during World War II, serving in India. He joined his father as an independent oil operator in Corsicana, Texas, making his home there until he moved to Wilmington in 1996. He is survived by his wife, Jane Bashford Tatum; his son, John Tatum Jr. of Dallas, Texas; his daughter, Lee Usnick of Houston, Texas; his stepson, Frederick Lewis III of Wilmington, N.C.; grandsons, John, Thomas, and Paul Tatum and William, Samuel and Thomas Usnick; brother, Dr. G. Liston Tatum of Port Republic, Maryland; and sister, Alice Tatum Andrews of Dallas, Texas. A memorial service will be held at 11 o'clock on Tuesday, October 26, 1999, at St. James Episcopal Church, Wilmington, N.C. with graveside services in Corsicana, Texas. Memorials may be made to Hospice Care Center, 1406 Physician's Drive, Wilmington, NC 28401 or to the charity of one's choice. Corley Funeral Home, Corsicana, Texas, is in charge of arrangements. Notes:
St. Petersburg (FL) Times, January 28, 2001 CURINGTON, DOUG, 97, of Clearwater, died Thursday (Jan. 25, 2001) at Morton Plant Rehabilitation Center, Clearwater. He was born in Corsicana, Texas, and came here in 1978 from Burlingame, Calif., where he worked as a tailor. Survivors include his wife of 47 years, Betty; and a sister, Frances Speed, Houston. Moss-Feaster Funeral Homes & Cremation Services, Fort Harrison Chapel, Clearwater. Notes:
Lynn Davis Weir November 2001 Washington Post, December 5, 2001 Lynn Davis Weir, 78, a member of First Church of Christ Scientist in Fairfax since she moved to the Washington area 22 years ago, died of cancer Nov. 28 at her home in Fairfax. Mrs. Weir was a native of Corsicana, Tex., and a graduate of Pace University. She accompanied her husband, retired Air Force Lt. Col. John G. Weir, whom she married in 1944, on assignments to Europe and North Africa. He died in 1972. Survivors include three children, Beverly W. Gilbert of Fairfax, John M. Weir of Rockville and Charles Davis Weir of Martinsburg, W.Va.; and six grandchildren. Notes:
Emma J. Austin, 71, born April 13, 1930 in Corsicana, Tex., passed away Sunday, November 4, 2001 at Adena Medical Center, Chillicothe, Oh. Preceded in death by parents Bee Ervin and Willie Mae Roberts, sister Imogene Pugh, and son George Austin, Jr. Survived by husband of 49 years, George Austin, Sr.; three children, Carnell (Terri) Austin of Tulare, Calif., Donald (Mary) Austin of Holyoke, Mass., and Theresa Austin of Urbancrest, Oh.; eleven grandchildren, Tashea, Talisha, Oliver III, Dawayen, Roshad, David, Kathy, Mike, Derrick, Alex, and Michel George; four great-grandchildren; one sister, Beatrice Lewis; special friend, Joe Dean Carter; other relatives and friends. Service of Memory, Saturday 10 a.m., in the chapel of DIEHL-WHITTAKER FUNERAL SERVICE, 720 E. Long St., where the family will receive friends 9 a.m. until time of service. Interment Green Lawn Cemetery. Notes:
W. Floyd Hamilton W. Floyd Hamilton, 91, of Richard Road, Simsbury, husband of Dorothy Lathrop
Ellsworth Hamilton, died Friday (April 29, 1994) at Governor's House Convalescent Home, Simsbury. He is survived by his wife, Dorothy; sons, Edwin
of Lawrenceville, Ga., and Wentworth, and Christopher of Simsbury. He was predeceased by a son, Floyd of Annapolis, Md. In addition, he is survived by
two sisters, Elizabeth Spruill, and Winnie Lou Bush of Corsicana, Texas; six grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren. Born in Navarro County, Texas,
Jan. 9 1903, he was the son of the late James and Emma (Portwood) Hamilton and had
lived in Simsbury since 1927. He was a graduate of Corsicana Texas High
School, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Ga., and received his Master's of
Mechanical Engineering degree from the Sheffield School of Engineering at
Yale University, New Haven. After graduating from Yale University in 1927, he
joined the Ensign-Bickford Company, where he was employed until his retirement in
1973. While working at The Ensign-Bickford Company, he held many positions, including, Director of Engineering and Manufacturing, Secretary of the
Company, and Executive Vice-President. Throughout his years of engineering and administrative experience, he held to the highest of professional and human
values in his day-to-day activities. His mechanical genius and safety
awareness for industrial process led to an abiding belief that safe operation was the
keystone to the quality performance of industry's products. His active
interest in the development of The Ensign-Bickford Company carried over into his civic
activities on the School Building Committee, Flood Control and Erosion Board, Sewer Commission, and other activities. His personal character, positive
attitude, sense of humor, concern for his family, and demonstrated love for life will forever be remembered. Calling hours will be Monday, May 2, 1994,
6:30-8:30 p.m., at Vincent Funeral Home, 880 Hopmeadow St., Simsbury.
Memorial funeral services will be at First Church of Christ Congregational, Simsbury,
Tuesday, 2 p.m. Interment will be private at the Center Cemetery, Simsbury. Notes:
Lamont M. Temple Hartford (CT) Courant, January 24, 1996 Lamont "Monty" Temple, 81, of West Hartford, the husband of the late Mary Ellen (Farrell) Temple, died Tuesday (Jan. 23, 1996) in West Hartford. Mr. Temple was a native of Corsicana, TX, but had lived in West Hartford for the past 50 years. He was an Army Air Corps veteran of World War II, where he served in the European Theater of operations. Prior to his retirement, he was employed by Heublein, Inc. An avid collector and antiques dealer, Mr. Temple belonged to the CT Numismatic Society and the CT Railroad Collectors Club. He is survived by his daughter, Jeanne Harrigan and former son-in-law, Robert S. Harrigan, Jr., both of West Hartford; his grandchildren, Robert S. Harrigan, III of Vernon, Thomas M. Harrigan of West Hartford, and Jarrett J. Harrigan of Hartford; seven great-grandchildren, Brandi, Erin, Melanie, Shaw, Zachary, Christina, and Emily. He is also survived by his niece, Joyce Scholhamer in Texas. Funeral services will be this evening (Jan. 24), 7 p.m., in the Molloy Funeral Home, 906 Farmington Ave., West Hartford, followed by calling hours until 9 p.m. Burial will be at a later date. Donations in his memory may be made to Friends of Heublein Tower, P.O. Box 991, Avon 06001. Notes:
Eula
(Wheeler) Bilbrow Eula Bilbrow, 97, of Waco passed away Tuesday, March
19, 2002 at a Corsicana nursing home. Stanley
Eugene Farrar Stanley Eugene Farrar, 63, of Corsicana passed away
Thursday, March 21, 2002 in Corsicana. Alice Loomis of Sherman and formerly of Corsicana
passed away Thursday, March 21, 2002 at Texoma Medical Center in Denison. + + + + + Alice Maude Loomis Alice Maude Loomis, 64, passed away Thursday, March 21,
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