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Bernice Izean Park
Services for Bernice Izean Park, 69, of Huntsville, will be held today, Aug. 28, 2003, at 4 p.m. at Park Cemetery, under the direction of Huntsville Funeral Home. The Rev. Andrew Martinez will preside.
Mrs. Park was born May 12, 1934, in Walker County and died Aug. 26, 2003, in Huntsville.
Mrs. Park married Nathan Park in 1955, in Walker County. The newlyweds then moved to Houston. While in the Houston area, they had four children. The Park family moved back to Huntsville in 1980.
She is survived by her husband of 48 years, Nathan Park; four daughters, Brenda and husband, Tommy Cloy, Rhonda and husband, Rick Cook, Melissa Park and Michelle Park; grandchildren, Taylor Cloy, Tracy Cloy, Dalton Laster and Kellie Meyrs; great-grandchildren, Jace Meyrs and Chloe Meyrs; sisters, Mary Ann Wiggins, Nettie Oakes and husband, Jim, and Linda McKenzie; and numerous nieces and nephews and other relatives and friends.
Mrs. Park was preceded in death by her parents, Burnice and Hattie Bartee.
Jacob DeVere Bryant
Funeral services for Jacob DeVere Bryant "Bird," 23, of Huntsville, will be held at noon Saturday, Feb. 22, 2003 at Little Bethel Holiness Church under the direction of Williams and Sons Funeral Home. Burial will be at Todd Robinson Cemetery in Point Blank with Rev. T.C. Freeman and Rev. La Carlton Stephens officiating.
Jacob will lie in state today, Feb. 21, from 10:30 a.m. until 7 p.m. at Williams and Sons Funeral Home, 205 Highway 30 East, and from 11 a.m. until noon on Saturday, Feb. 22, at Little Bethel Holiness Church, 118 Renfro Valley Drive in Huntsville.
Pallbearers include Quentin Derry, Roy Haynes, Chris James, Chris Johnson, Fred Limbrick, Eric Standley and Ezell Standley Jr.
A 1998 graduate of Huntsville High School, he was an honor roll student and member of the National Honor Society. He received numerous certificates and medals of achievement in academics and sports. Basketball being his favorite sport earned him the name, "Bird." Jacob was a drummer and bass guitar player for the Souls of Faith Gospel Quartet of Huntsville. He was a member of Mt. Calvary Missionary Baptist Church where he attended Sunday school, was on the Usher Board and was member of the Youth Choir and Youth Department. He was employed by O'Bryant Lawn Service. Jacob was born Nov. 29, 1979 in Montgomery County and passed away Feb. 18, 2003 in Walker County.
Survivors include his father, James Bryant Jr of Huntsville; mother, Sarah A. Wiley of Huntsville; fiancee, Tiffany Matchett of Houston; brothers, Quentin C. Houston and Ezra Bryant both of Huntsville and Michael Hodge of Lufkin; sisters, Chanda Bryant-Baker and Adah A. Bryant both of Huntsville; five uncles; five aunts; four great-uncles; four great-aunts; one brother-in-law and numerous cousins and other relatives and friends.
Mr. Charner "C.P." Kornegay
Mr. Charner "C.P." Kornegay, 84, of Huntsville, Texas died Tuesday, April 15, 2003. Funeral services will be held on Thursday, April 17, 2003, at 2 p.m. at Huntsville Funeral Home Chapel with pastor Reagan Cooksey officiating. Burial will be at Forest Lawn Cemetery in Huntsville under the direction of Huntsville Funeral Home. There will be a visitation from 1 to 2 p.m. prior to the service.
Mr. Kornegay was preceded in death by his father, James L. Kornegay; mother, Lela Kornegay and his brother, Cuyler Kornegay.
He is survived by his wife of 56 years, Diamond D. Kornegay; daughter, Gayla Staton and husband, Rodney Staton of Spring, Texas; daughter, Glenda Spencer and husband, Dr. Philip Spencer of Austin, Texas and grandsons, Kevin Staton, Bryan Staton, and Phil Spencer III and numerous nieces, nephews, and friends.
Pallbearers will be Rodney Staton, Philip Spencer, Kevin Staton, Bryan Staton, Phil Spencer III and Brad Wall.
C.P. served in the United States Air Force during World War II from 1942 to 1946. He was stationed at Ellington Field and served in Japan and the Philippines with the 57th Troop Carrier Squadron.
After his military service, C.P. worked for Exxon in Houston, Texas. He retired after 35 years in 1980. After retirement, he and Diamond made their home in Huntsville, Texas.
Samuel Douglas 'Dick' Franklin
Mr. Samuel Douglas 'Dick' Franklin, 79, of Angleton, died Saturday, Oct. 4, 2003, in Huntsville, following a sudden illness.
Thomas Brown Tyson Jr., one of the earliest Houston directors of public services to promote a rail-based mass transit system, died Wednesday at Conroe Regional Medical Center. He was 75.
Tyson died of heart failure after a sudden illness said his wife of 54 years, Helen, 73.
Tyson and former City Councilman Frank Mancuso traveled to Europe and Canada during the term of Mayor Fred Hofheinz, 1974-77, to look at rail systems and return with recommendations, Mancuso recalled.
Mancuso, who praised Tyson's work as a public services director, said they traveled with representatives from San Francisco and Washington, D.C., who used information gathered on the trip to develop successful commuter rail systems.
Tyson argued at the time that the city should begin building a rail transit system before it was a necessity, otherwise it would be too late, recalled his son, Todd B. Tyson of Waco.
"It was a really big priority for him," Todd Tyson said. "He felt it was really essential."
Tyson also was an early advocate of taking ambulance service away from some 20 private operators and turning it over to the fire department, a strategy eventually adopted.
Although some private companies did a good job, others didn't, his son said. Tyson was concerned "that whether people lived or died depended on the ambulance service they called."
After his retirement, he was instrumental in bringing emergency medical services to northern San Jacinto County, according to Helen Tyson.
He was born in Point Blank on Jan. 30, 1928. He joined the Navy near the end of World War II and served as a gunner's mate on a destroyer.
He earned a degree in business administration from Sam Houston State College and a law degree from South Texas College of Law.
In 1955, he began working for the city of Houston as a rate analyst and assistant public services director. Tyson left the city in 1960, and returned five years later to become public services director.
After holding the post for 10 years, he left to work for Entex as a rate attorney and retired in 1987.
He moved to Point Blank, where he served as mayor for five years, joined the volunteer fire department and helped bring Habitat for Humanity, which builds low-cost homes for the needy, to San Jacinto County.
He also donated free legal services to the needy, earning the East Texas Legal Service's Pro Bono Award in 2000.
Tyson, who walked five to seven miles each day, often encountered stray animals that had been dumped by their owners, his son said.
"The kids liked to walk with him," Todd Tyson said."They formed something of a parade: him, the kids and four or five dogs."
Tyson is also survived by daughter, Melissa Tyson of The Woodlands and son, Fred Parton of Houston.
Mary Virginia Smither
Mary Virginia Smither, 95, passed away on Oct. 4, 2003. Mrs. Smither was born Jan. 22, 1908, to Hubert Leland Atkinson and Harriett Emily Williams Atkinson. Mrs. Smither attended Cameron Public Schools and the University of Texas. She taught English literature at the high school in Jefferson and at Huntsville High School. She married John Thomas Smither on Thanksgiving Day in 1948.
Mrs. Smither led a very active and productive life which led her to involvement in many civic and patriotic organizations to include The National Society of Daughters of the American Revolution, Colonial Dames of America, United Daughters of the Confederacy, Huguenot Society, founding member of the Walker County Genealogical Society, Outlook Book Review Club and Zeta Tau Alpha Sorority.
Margi Carey
Died Monday October 20, 2003.
Margi was born in Yuba City, Calif., on Jan. 8, 1928. She lived all of her youth in Yuba City until college. She attended Chico State College and graduated from Fresno State.
Her last job was as general manager of the Monterey Peninsula Chamber of Commerce and Visitor and Convention Bureau for 10 years, an organization of six cities and Monterey County. She was involved with the state organization and was president of the State Visitor and Convention Bureau.
In 1967, she met David Carey who was constructing a tunnel along Monterey's waterfront. They were married in Hawaii in 1969. After projects in Hawaii, Washington state and Incline Village, Nev., they came to Texas where David was general manager for Waterwood.
It was here that Margi became active in Business and Professional Women. She was president, district director and "Woman of the Year" for the state. Women's issues were always dear to her heart. She was very involved in politics. Dave and Margi ran the Teen, Young Adult Court for the city of Huntsville for seven years. She was a partner in Palmetto Realty and an active member of the Rotary Club and Women's Forum.
She is survived by her son, Marc Hinchey and wife, Cynthia, of Houston; granddaughter, Brianna and great-grandson, Aiden, of Austin; sister, June Lewis of Monterey, Calif. and brother, Eugene Southworth of Waterwood.
Memorial services will be held at Sam Houston Memorial Funeral Home Chapel, Monday, Oct. 20, 2003, at 2 p.m.
Those wishing to make donations may consider Thee Hospice of Huntsville or the Rotary Foundation.
Rebecca Polk Barksdale
A member of First Missionary Baptist Church
Rebecca Polk Barksdale, 72, passed away Oct. 19, 2003 in a Conroe hospital.
Forest Lawn Funeral Home - Huntsville
Claude Davis
Mr. Claude Davis, 87, passed out of this world, to another place prepared for him by God, with his family at his side on Nov. 30, 2003, at 1:35 p.m.
He was born July 4, 1917, in Gilmer, Texas, to Ben A. and Survilla Davis.
Huntsville Funeral Home
Ann Roskydal
Ann Roskydal was born April 4, 1943, in Houston to Arthur and Lela Fay (Smith) Neill, and passed away April 7, 2004, at the age of 61.
Sam Houston Memorial Funeral Home
Sadie Lea "Miss Sadie" Talley
Funeral services for Sadie Lea "Miss Sadie" Talley, 104, of Longview, will be held at 10 a.m., Tuesday, Aug. 3, 2004, in the Chapel of the Rader Funeral Home of Longview with Chaplain Leo Bailey officiating. Burial will be at 3 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 3, 2004, in Oakwood Cemetery, Addicks Addition, in Huntsville, with the Revs. Charlie Hall and Jerry Elrod officiating.
Mrs. Talley passed away Friday evening, July 30, at Highland Pines Nursing Center.
Visitation will be from 2 to 4 p.m., Sunday, Aug. 1, 2004, and from 6 to 8 p.m., Monday, Aug. 2, 2004, at the funeral home.
Mrs. Talley was born Oct. 20, 1900, in Holly, to John and Ora Meadows, and had been a resident of Longview since 2000, when she moved to be near her son. She was a former longtime resident of Plainview, Palestine and Huntsville. She was a registered nurse, and she was also a florist and an instructor in china painting.
She was preceded in death by her daughter, Nonie Redin, of Plainview; sisters, Bertie M. Stephens and Bessie Robertson, both of Huntsville; and brother, R.C. Meadows of Houston, and Woodrow Meadows, of Huntsville.
Memorial contributions may be made to Lifecare Hospice, 2020 Bill Owens Parkway, 75604.
