Jean McClain...
     Jean McClain, age 72, of Nocona, TX passed away March 24, 2005 in the Nocona General Hospital in Nocona, TX.
     She was born September 12, 1931 in Clarksville, TX to Elmer Jewett and Fay Harring. She married Woody McClain. and was a member of the Ladies Auxiliary of the Nocona VFW. She attended First United Methodist Church in Nocona. She retired from Action Line.
Funeral services for Mrs. McClain were held Saturday, March 26, 2005 at 2:00 p.m. at the First United Methodist Church with Rev. Larry Kruger and Rev. Shelly McNew officiating. Services under the direction of Scott Morris Funeral Home.
     Surviving relatives include: her children, son, Mike McClain, Denton, TX, son, Pat McLain and wife, Tonya McClain, Austin, TX, daughter, Kathy Cable, MO, daughter Shannon and husband, Mike Lemons, Nocona, TX, son Tim McClain, Nocona, TX; and special friend, Jimmy Winters, Nocona, TX; eleven grandchildren; and seven great grandchildren.

Hazel Evelyn Pennington...
     Hazel Evelyn Pennington, age 79 of Bowie, TX passed away March 22, 2005 in Wichita Falls, TX.
     Mrs. Pennington was born September 15, 1925 to Leonard Earl and Hazel Bell Maxberry London in Wichita Falls, TX. She married James Melvin Pennington on January 4, 1956. She worked as a jewelry consultant at Foley’s Department Store for twenty-seven years in Houston. She loved to shop and go to flea markets. She was an avid animal lover.
     Funeral services for Mrs. Pennington were held Saturday, March 26, 2005 at 10:00 a.m. in the Drawing Room of the White Family Funeral Home with Ben Wiseman officiating.
     Interment was at the Montague Cemetery under the direction of The White Family Funeral Home.
     Surviving relatives include: her husband, Jim Pennington, Bowie, TX; son, James Pennington, Bowie, TX; daughter Kay Saunders and husband, Sam, Panama City, FL; two granddaughters, Kim Parra, Riverbend, MS and Lana Tygart and her husband, Bryan, Jackson, TN; three great grandchildren; two brothers, Charles Wade London and his wife, Mary Lou, Elkhart and Billy Wayne London and his wife, Hilda, San Antonio, TX; aunts, Mary Lou London, and Ruth Traughber, both of Bowie, TX.
 

Mable Decia Tompkins...
     Mable Decia Tompkins, 88, passed away March 25, 2005 at Bellmire Health Care Facilities in Bowie, TX.
     She was born July 8, 1916 in Sunset, TX to Birnam Magee and Isabel Lofling. She served as Post Master of the Montague Post Office for thirty years. She was a member of the Montague Church of Christ and was active in PTA when her children were young.
      Services for Mrs. Tompkins were Monday, March 28, 2005 at 10:00 a.m. at Scott Morris Chapel with Dale Scott officiating. Scott Morris Funeral Home of Nocona directed the service.
      Survivors include: one daughter, Joan and husband Ronnie L. Hill of Robert Lee, TX; one daughter-in-law, Darlene Tompkins of Fort Worth, TX; three sisters, Alice “Monk” of Wichita Falls, TX, Clara Milson “Bo” of Benjamin, TX and Odella Walker “Wad” of Montague, TX; five grandsons, Chris, Greg and Keith Tompkins and Ron and Erick Hill; and eight great grandchildren.
      She was preceded in death by: her parents; her husband, Red; one brother, Bill Magee; and one son, BR “Sandy” Tompkins.

Doris Kay Latham...
     Doris Kay Latham, age 60, passed away March 21, 2005 in Bowie, TX.
     Mrs. Latham was born June 1, 1944 in Seymour, TX to Theodore and Fannie Elizabeth Waldrup Armstrong. She worked as a nurse’s aid at Bellmire Healthcare for eight years. She enjoyed cooking, singing gospel music, and spending time with her grandchildren.
     Graveside services for Mrs. Latham were held Thursday, March 24, 2005 at 1:00 p.m. in Johnson Cemetery in Munday, TX under the direction of The White Family Funeral Home.
     Surviving relatives include: daughters, Elizabeth Camron and husband Ray, Bowie, TX, Connie Waggoner and husband, Chris, Vernon, Jamie Shaw, Ardmore OK and Jenisu Larabee and husband Fred, Denver, CO, JoEllen Stark and husband, Joseph, Bowie, TX; and ten grandchildren.
     She was preceded in death by her parents, Theodore and Fannie Armstrong and two sisters, Helen Lain and Debbie Carruth.

Milton Matthew Kemp...
     Milton Matthew Kemp, age 78, of Bowie, TX passed away March 22, 2005 in Bowie, TX.
     Mr. Kemp was born November 7, 1926 to Milton Garland and Birdie Adeline Crutchfield Kemp in Prattsville, AR. He married Leona Cole. He was a maintenance supervisor for Menasco Manufacturing for thirty-four years. He loved to work, fish, hunt deer, work in his garden and “piddle” around. He served his country in the United States Army and was a deacon of the First Baptist Church of Wizard Wells, TX. Milton was a simple man who lived a simple life and just wanted to be around family and people. He believed strongly in the Christian faith of which he patterned his life.
     Surviving relatives include: his wife, Leona Cole Kemp, Jacksboro, TX; two brothers, Macybee Kelly Kemp, Little Rock, AR, and Wilford Stokes Kemp, Garden Grove, CA; two sons, James Randale Kemp, Lawton, OK and Rodger Dale Kemp, Rhome, TX; one daughter, Barbara Ann Brickey and husband, Raymond Douglas, Bowie, TX; and one pretty girl, Babette; thirteen grandchildren; and eight great-grandchildren.
     He was preceded in death by his parents, Milton and Birdie Kemp; one son, Victor Lynn Kemp; and grandchild, Gaylord Matthew Kemp.

Julia Elizabeth Ayres...
     Julia Elizabeth Ayres, age 77 of Wichita Falls, TX passed away March 27, 2005 in the Texhoma Christian Care Center in Wichita Falls, TX.
     Mrs. Ayres was born June 17, 1927 in Hamilton, TX to Dr. Lovell C. and Elizabeth Stubblefield Brown. She married Henry Thomas Ayres on June 5, 1948 in Eastland, TX. She was a school teacher.
     Graveside services for Mrs. Ayres were held Tuesday, March 29, 2005 at 3:00 p.m. at Elmwood Cemetery with Rev. Sara Hardaway officiating under the direction of Fry Funeral Home.
       Surviving relatives include: two sons, Warren T. Ayres and wife Pam, Wichita Falls, TX and Don Ayres and wife, Mikki, Wichita Falls, TX; one daughter, Ann Elizabeth Breese and husband, Alan, The Colony, TX; five grandchildren; two great grandchildren; two nieces, Beverly Brown Harrison and husband, Chris, Austin, TX and Cyndi Brown Goebel, Carrolton, TX. She was preceded in death by her parents, Dr. Lovell and Elizabeth Brown; her husband, Henry Thomas Ayres; brothers, Jack brown and Parker Brown.
     Memorial contributions may be made to the First United Methodist Church, P.O. Box 778, Bowie, TX, 76230 or the Bowie Public Library, 315 Walnut Street, Bowie, TX, 76230.

Wilma Marjorie Thurman...
     Wilma Marjorie Thurman, 96, of Forestburg, TX passed away Thursday, March 24, 2005 in Gainesville, TX.
     She was born February 5, 1909 to Henry and Maude Duff DeBorde in Brighton, IL. She completed school at Ross Point and then attended nursing school in Oklahoma. She moved to Forestburg at an early age. On May 25, 1939 she married James Thurman. They were farmers/ranchers. Mrs. Thurman was a member of Forestburg Baptist Church, a homemaker and a loving sibling, aunt and friend.
     Services for Mrs. Thurman were Monday, March 28, 2005 at 3:00 p.m. at Forestburg Baptist Church with Rev. Stewart Holloway officiating. McCoy Funeral Home of Saint Jo directed the service.
Burial followed at Rosston Cemetery.
     Survivors include: one sister, Dorothy Riley of Sanger, TX; three sisters-in-law, Wanda DeBorde of Era, TX, Geneva DeBorde of Gainesville and Ora Thurman of Forestburg, TX; and several nieces, nephews, cousins and friends.
     She was preceded in death by: her parents; her husband, James; four sisters, Hollie Berry, Edith Richardson, Mildred Berry and Beulah Dill; and two brothers, Wilbur and Williams DeBorde.
      Pallbearers were Ray Kent Dill, Charles Berry, Wayne Berry, Hoyt Riley, Bill DeBorde and Jack DeBorde.
Honorary pallbearers include, Dale Berry, Charles Riley, Johnny Berry, Jerry Dill, Carroll Dill, Harold Dill and Paul Berry.

Cora Lee (Harvey) Ash...
     Cora Lee (Harvey) Ash, 96, of Ringgold, TX passed away March 28, 2005 in the Horizon Manor Nursing Home in Nocona, TX.
     Mrs. Ash was born October 3, 1908 in Spanish Fort, TX to George and Susan Moreland Black. She was a homemaker and a member of the Ringgold Church of Christ. She was one of twelve children.
     Funeral services for Mrs. Ash will be held Thursday, March 31, 2005 at 2:00 p.m. at the Scott-Morris Chapel with Dale Scott officiating. Services under the direction of Scott Morris Funeral Home.
     Surviving relatives include: her children, Pat Felt, Ringgold, TX; daughter in law, Darlene and husband Bill Miller, Nocona, TX; sisters, Connie Nelson Spokane, WA and Bettye Murphy, Ringgold, TX; brothers, Travis Black, OK; two grandchildren; six great grandchildren; two great-great grandchildren; and numerous nieces and nephews.
     Pallbearers include: Ronald Rhoades, Graig Rhoades, Bryan Rhoades, Bob Miller, Casey Uselton, Rocky Sloan, with one Honorary pallbearer, Jess Haralson.
     The family request memorials to the Ringgold Cemetery, P.O. Box 69, Ringgold TX, 76265 in lieu of flowers.

Max Ray Evans...
     Max Ray Evans was born July 28, 1935 in Ryan, OK to Ray G. and Florene Stewart Evans. He passed away at the young age of 69 on March 2, 2005 in Nocona General Hospital. He was preceded in death by his father and mother and a favorite cousin, Linda Rice.
     He is survived by one daughter, Sarah Evans Barger, son-in-law Tony Barger of Nocona, TX, and two grandson, Wesley and Colby Ray Barger, all of Nocona, TX; two sons, Wes Bennett and Shane Bennett of Joplin, MO; one sister, Helen Sue Yarbrough of Nocona; one aunt, Lola Rice of Dallas, and an unlimited number of nieces and nephews.
     Max graduated from Prairie Valley in 1953 and soon after joined the National Guard where he went on active duty for a year and there attended two radio schools. After that he returned to Texas and went to college at Midwestern State University majoring in music. While working at music stores (Norsworthy then McCarty’s) and going to college was involved in starting a band called Rick and the Keens, where he started by singing back up vocals, and soon after learned to play the bass on the band stand. Rick and the Keens were a great success! It was 1961 and their style was early rock and roll. They had a major hit with Mercury Records, and they took a little son called Peanuts to #1 in New York, LA and Chicago. It then stayed in the top 100 of the Nation for 16 weeks.
Then in 1966 he was eager to hit the road and be a salesman. He worked for a handful of music companies from Standell Amplifiers to Chicago Music Industries, Norlin and Gibson Guitar. He was awarded salesman of the year for 5 out of 11 years with Gibson. Max had a lead in this industry because he knew his equipment, by selling it and by being a musician himself. He not only sold to the top names in the business, but also played with them on may occasions and was known as the “Commercial Bassist.” And through these years, travels and companies, he made may friends that until his death were very dear to him and him to them as well.
He returned to Texas in 1981 and since had never moved away. He was very active in the community, if there was music, Max was involved. If you ever had the experience of seeing him play, or being on the band stand with him, you knew how much he truly enjoyed it!
     He was also involved in the starting of a recycling center in Lewisville that to this day is still going strong. He had done maintenance at the Nocona Housing Authorities and his final job was driving a TAPS bus until he was too sick to work any longer.
     Max was a member of Bethel Baptist Church and was there nearly every Sunday until just a couple of months ago. He was a good Christian man and his actions proved his words to be true. He loved cars, music and his family.
     Max Ray Evans was a wonderful father, true friend, cheerful volunteer, great listener and he would eagerly share his knowledge with anyone that was interested. He was a wonderful man and will be missed by all that knew him.

Elsie Marie Sowder Thomas...
     Elsie Marie Sowder Thomas, 90, of Forestburg, TX, passed away Friday, March 25 at her residence in Forestburg.
     She was born October 19, 1914 in Clear Creek, IN to Ott and Sarah Sowder. She lived in Bloomington, IN for most of her 90 years. On February 25, 1939 she married Curtis E. Thomas in Green Castle, IN. She was a housewife and homemaker.
     Graveside services were Wednesday, March 30, 2005 at 10:00 a.m. at Perryman Cenetery with Rev. Stewart Holloway officiating. McCoy Funeral Home of Saint Jo directed the services.
     Survivors include: one son, T.J. Thomas of Forestburg, TX; one sister, Ruth Brown; four granddaughters, Lisa Casillas, Julie McGhee, Cheryl and Julie Boruff; one grandson, James Robert Boruff; one niece, Jennifer Brown; four great-grandsons, Johnathon and David Casillas and Jameson and Jeremiah McGhee.
     She was preceded in death by: her husband, Curtis; one daughter, Jane Ann Boruff; and paretns, Ott and Sarah Sowder.
     In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the Forestburg Baptist Church, P.O. 358, Forestburg, TX 76239.

Richard Dale Garrett...
     Richard Dale Garrett, age 72, passed away March 17, 2005 in Silver City, NM.
     Mr. Garrett was born March 19, 1932 in Bowie, TX to Russell Helton and Toy Christine Woolf Garrett. He served his country in the United States Army. He retired after twenty years as a Border Patrolman for the United States Immigration.
     Funeral services for Mr. Garrett were held Monday, March 28, 2005 at 11:00 a.m. in the Drawing Room of the White Family Funeral Home.
     Interment followed at Elmwood Cemetery.
     Surviving relatives include: his mother, Toy Turney, Silver City, NM, uncle, Trusten Woolf and wife, Wanda, Bowie, TX; half sister, Janice Sue Anderson, Gainesville, TX; two half brothers, Jack H. Garrett, Grandview, TX and Jerry Garrett, Fort Worth, TX; and numerous cousins and friends.

Charles Robert Gilstrap...
     Charles Robert Gilstrap, of Saint Jo, TX, passed away March 24, 2005.
     He was born February 6, 1939 in Sunset, TX to Clifford Robert and Gladys Helen Simmons Gilstrap. He worked a large portion of his life in the agriculture associated business such as tractors and equipment salesman, manager of agricultural sales and services facilities, owner/operator of an agriculture repair facility, farming and ranching. He had lived in Saint Jo for twenty years.
     Graveside services were Tuesday, March 29, 2005 at 2:00 p.m. at Mountain Park Cemetery with McCoy Funeral Home directing the service.
     Survivors include: his wife, Margaret Joan McCallum Gilstrap; daughters, Marlene Davis of Saint Jo, TX and Lisa Wright of Frisco, TX; sons, Robert Gilstrap and wife Amber of Saint Jo, TX, Charles Iby of New Mexico; brothers, Mickey Gilstrap and Eugene Gilstrap, both of Kingston, OK; his mother, Gladys Helen Gilstrap of Kingston, OK; and seven grandchildren.
     He was preceded in death by his father, Clifford Robert Gilstrap and one sister, Carolyn Soules.

Loyed Dice Durham...
     Loyed Dice Durham, age 72, of Montague, TX passed away March 26, 2005 in Montague, TX.
     Mr. Durham was born June 5, 1932 in Ryan, OK to Arlie Lee and Edna Lore Hughes Durham. He married Marcia Lynne Tolle January 13, 2001 in Montague, TX. Loyed retired after twenty -one years as a Chief in the United States Navy. He spent twenty years at St. Lukes Hospital in Fort Thomas, KY as head of engineering. He enjoyed fishing and wood-working and spending time with his family.
     Graveside services for Mr. Durham were held Wednesday, March 30 at 10:00 a.m. in the Montague Cemetery with Brother Darrell McKay officiating under the direction of The White Family Funeral Home.
     Surviving relatives includes: his wife, Marcia Durham, Montague, TX; daughters, Linda Gild, Fort Thomas, KY, Connie Hernandez and husband, Joe, El Torro, CA, Jeanetta Cuevas and husband, Marty, Long, CA, Roberto Mounts, Florence, KY; sons, Lloyed Durham, KY and Rodney Lane and wife, Alexia, Killeen; brothers Dickie Durham and wife, Nancy, Garland and L.C. Durham and wife, Wanda, Midland; sisters, Dorris Burlington, CO; nephew, Arlie Carel Bryant, Grapevine; thirteen grandchildren; and thirteen great-grandchildren.

Lillian M. Webb...
     Lillian M. Webb, age 82, of Bridgeport, TX passed away March 27, 2005 at Bridgeport, TX.
     Mrs. Webb was born September 23, 1922 in Lott, TX to John and Mary (Burkmier) Beauchamp. She married J.T. Webb on January 18, 1943 in Marlin, TX. She worked in the nursing field as a LVN. She enjoyed singing in various choirs and arts and crafts. Her grandchildren were her life.
     Funeral services for Mrs. Webb were held Tuesday, March 29, 2005 at 10:00 a.m. at the First United Methodist Church in Bridgeport with Reverends Mike Miller, Johnny Irish, and Joe Newton officiating.
Interment was at the Hillcrest Cemetery in Marlin, TX under the direction of The White Family Funeral Home.
Surviving relatives include: her children, Linda Coffman and husband, Jerry, Cottondale; Sandy Hostetter and husband, Paul, Bridgeport, TX; Jay Webb and wife, Tammy, Randlett, OK; brother, John Beauchamp, Cleburne, TX; eight grandchildren; and four great grandchildren.
     She was preceded in death by her parents, John and Mary Beauchamp and husband J.T. Webb on January 31, 1979.

Joseph Milton Felderhoff...
     Joseph Milton Felderhoff, 70, a lifetime of Muenster, TX, passed away Thursday, March 24, 2005.
     He was born March 19, 1935 in Muenster and graduated from Sacred Heart schools. He received a Bachelors degree in Business from Saint Mary’s University in San Antonio in 1957. He was a teacher for 28 years. He coached the Sacred Heart Tigers in football, basketball, baseball and all sports. He was devoted to his family and Sacred Heart, where he volunteered his time. On August 5, 1961 he married Ruth Frazier in Sacred Heart Church. They were the proud parents of four daughters. He was a loving husband, father and grandfather and a friend to all who knew him.
     Mass of Christian Burial was Monday, March 28, 2005 at 10:00 a.m. at Sacred Heart Church in Muenster with Rev. John Ohner, OSA, officiating. Burial followed in Sacred Heart Cemetery. Services were under the direction of McCoy Funeral Home of Muenster.
      Survivors include: his wife, Ruth; four daughters and sons-in-law; Christy and Bert Hesse, Jenny and Jack White, Anne and Neil Hesse, all of Muenster and Rose and Mauro Ganzon of Decatur, TX; sixteen grandchildren; two sisters, Theresia Mae and husband Sylvan Walterscheid and Joan and husband Alvin Hartman, all of Muenster; and one brother, Charles Felderhoff of Waco, TX.
     He was preceded in death by: his parents, Anton and Theresia Dangelmayr Felderhoff; and one brother, Anthony Joseph Felderhoff.
     Pallbearers were Jeff Felderhoff, Bobby Hartman, Kenny Hartman, Danny Walterscheid, Greg Walterscheid and Larry Felderhoff.
     In lieu of flowers, the family requests donations be made in his name to Sacred Heart Trust Fund.

Lillian Alice Overstreet...
     Lillian Alice Overstreet, age 82, of Kensington, MD passed away March 18, 2005 in Bethesda, MD.
     Mrs. Overstreet was born May 5, 1922 in Perkinston, MI to Thomas Ira and Eva Hathorn Cook. She married Thomas Richard Overstreet, Sr. on November 22, 1947 in San Antonio, TX, and was a homemaker.
     Graveside services for Mrs. Overstreet were held Tuesday, March 22, 2005 at 11:00 a.m. at Elmwood Cemetery with Rev. Mike Henson officating. Services under the direction of Fry Funeral Home.
      Surviving relatives include: two sons, Thomas Richard Overstreet, Fairfax, VA and John Patrick Overstreet, Boston, MA; one daughter, Elizabeth Alice Overstreet, Garrett Park, MD; and two grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her husband, Thomas Richard Overstreet, Sr. on October 26, 1993 and her parents, Thomas Ira and Eva Cook.

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