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Caleb Dale McCann
     Caleb Dale McCann, 5 months, passed away on Friday, March 26, 2004 in Bowie, Texas.
Funeral services were at 2:00 p.m. Tuesday, March 30 in the Drawing Room of White Family Funeral Home.
Interment followed in Elmwood Cemetery.
     The family received friends from 5 ‘til 7 p.m. Monday, March 29 at the White Family Funeral Home.
Caleb Dale McCann was born October 15, 2003 in Nocona, Texas. He was a beautiful blue eyed baby boy who was dearly loved by all who knew him. His smile and laughter will be greatly missed.
When God sends forth a tiny soul to learn the ways of earth, a mother’s love is waiting here, we call this wonder birth.
     When God calls home a little soul and stills a fleeting breath, a father’s love is waiting there, this too is birth, not death.
     He is survived by his parents: Nicole Lynn McCann and Cody Dale Read of Bowie, TX; grandparents Shirley Drager and Thomas Pierce of Bowie, TX, Ronald McCann of Michigan, Beverly and Joe Bob Jones of Bowie, TX, Ronald Read of Nocona, TX; great grandparents, Nell Jones and Beth Pierce, Bowie, TX; aunt Heather Jones; and two uncles, Mathew Lleverino and Rusty Read, of Bowie.
     Pallbearers included: Alex Dominguez, Kevin Foster, Robert Parr, Roy Fuller.
Honorary pallbearer was Mathew Lleverino

Diane Sue Sampson...
     Diane Sue Sampson, age 34, of Saint Jo, TX passed away Thursday, March 25, 2004.
Mrs. Sampson was born January 31, 1970 in Bowie, TX to Don and Frances Morgan. She married Phillip Sampson and worked at Bowie Nursing Center. She was a member of the First Baptist Church in Saint Jo, TX.
     Memorial services for Mrs. Sampson were held Saturday, March 27, 2004 at 4:00 p.m., under the direction of White Family Funeral Home.
     Surviving relatives include: her parents, Don and Frances Morgan, Bowie, TX; her husband, Phillip Sampson, Saint Jo, TX; three children, Jessica Don Sampson, Michael Paul Sampson and Shawn Dillon Sampson, all of Saint Jo, TX; one sister, Reina Ann Rodi, Bowie, TX; three brothers, Donny Morgan, Bowie, TX, Jamie Lee Morgan, Bowie, TX and Ricky Lee Morgan, Wichita Falls, TX; grandparents, J.W. and Juanita Allen, Bowie, TX; seven nephews; and dear friends, Nolan Phelps, Judy Brewer and Melissa Hendricks all of Saint Jo, Tx.

Vera Gane McKee...
     Vera Gane McKee, age 99, of Bowie, TX and formerly of Levelland, TX passed away March 28, 2004 at the Bowie Nursing Center.
     Mrs. McKee was born November 28, 1904 in Washita County, OK to Charly and Lidia Ann Helvey Allison. She married Phillip McKee June 20, 1924 in Henrietta, TX. They lived in Anton, TX and later resided in Levelland for many years. In 1996 she moved to Bowie. She was a restaurant operator, housewife and a member of the Methodist Church.
     Graveside services for Mrs. McKee were held Monday, March 22, 2004 at 10:00 a.m. at the City of Levelland Cemetery with Brother Glenn Reece officiating, under the direction of Kerrville Funeral Home.
Surviving relatives include: four daughters, Mary Fagan, Myrtle Lee Bosher, Marie Riddle, all of Levelland, TX, and Pauline Jackson, Bowie, TX; four sons, Phillip McKee, Omaha, NE, W.C. McKee, Sundown; Ben McKee, Splendora, and Elmer McKee, Everman; and many grandchildren and great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her parents, Charly and Lidia Ann Helvey Allison, her husband, Phillip McKee, and a daughter, Catherine Haddox.

Thomas Byron “Tom” Branson...
     Thomas Byron “Tom” Branson, age 59, of Walnut Grove, passed away March 26, 2004 in the St. John’s Hospital.
     Mr. Branson was born in Brownwood, TX. He married Lucinda “Cindy” Corbin Hankins on July 24, 1975. He was a longtime resident of the state of Texas before moving to the Ash Grove and Walnut Grove area after his retirement. He was a retired educator and coach. He had taught in Midland Junior High School System and retired from the H.E.B. School District Euliss Junior High. He graduated from Bowie, TX in 1962 received his B.S. in Education and Industrial Arts degree from Abilene Christian College and his Master degree from North Texas University. He was a member of the Church of Christ.
     Services for Mr. Branson were held Monday, March 29, 2004 at 10:30 a.m. in the Wilson Brim-Daniel Chapel in Ash Grove, with Norman “Bud” Branson officiating. Cremation will follow and private inurnment will be at a later date in Mount Pleasant Cemetery, west of Willard.
     Surviving relatives include: his wife, Cindy, of the home; daughter, Michelle Hardy Dent, Lubbock, TX; step children, Shelly Douglas, Walnut Grove, Frank Hankins, Lowry Crossing, TX; three grandchldren; his mother, Annie Branson, Bowie, TX; two brothers, Norman “Bud” Burkburnett, TX and Jim Branson, College Station, TX; and one sister, Martha Andreasen, Bowie, TX.
     Memorial contributions may be given to Muscular Dystrophy Association in his honor.

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