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HANKS, Minnie Mae Smith: 1873 – 1942
Born August 12, 1873 near the Wabash river in Indiana, the daughter of John Speed
and Julia Lipps Smith.
While Minnie was a child the family moved to Yell County, Arkansas and settled in
old Neely community about 1880.
After the death of her parents by 1884, she lived for awhile with her brothers Ballard
and Frank. After Ballard’s marriage, she lived part time with her sisters, Jennie
Person and Martha Phillips on White Oak mountain. When she was a young lady
she returned to old Neely to pick cotton each fall. While at old Neely she would visit
the graves of her parents at Bata Mill cemetery and Walter Cooper, a young boy at the
time, would accompany her to the cemetery.
Rev. Matthew and Jane Hanks moved to White Oak mountain near Diamond a few
miles beyond the Phillips farm. By 1890 they had moved from Mississippi where their
son, Elmer Tobe Hanks, was born on January 7, 1867 at Bass Springs.
Ila and Pinknie Hanks were a sister and brother of Tobe’s. Pinknie sold eyeglasses
(spectacles) all around the country while the family lived at Diamond.
While at the home of her sisters, Minnie met and married E. Tobe Hanks. The
marriage license was bought at Russellville, Arkansas and the marriage ceremony was
performed at Diamond on May 1, 1891. They lived near his parent’s home which was
the old Pack Store place. Tobe and Minnie lived on the hill in front of the Lish
Blaney farm in Pope County, Arkansas.
They had four children: Gerald Speed Hanks was born February 22, 1892 and died July 20, 1892. B2 Mamie
Iola Hanks was born June 24, 1893 and died December 4, 1896. These two children are
buried in the New Hope cemetery on White Oak mountain. Uncle Tobe built a rock
wall around the graves and it still stands there in 1968. It is said that one of these
children was sick and Grandmother Hanks got the medicine confused when she
reached for it on the fireplace mantel where all the medicine was kept. A wrong dose
is said to have caused the child’s death.
Aubrey Hanks was born April 14, 1896 and B4 Amy Francis Hanks was born
September 29, 1898.
Around 1900, the Hanks left the mountain to live in Oklahoma. The Phillips followed
the Hanks by 1901. From 1908-1910, the Hanks and Phillips lived at Quanah, Texas and
perhaps Medicine Mound in Hardeman County. In 1911 the Hanks family moved to
Floyd County to farm. Later, they owned and operated the Hanks Hotel on North
Main Street in Floydada, Texas. They lived in Floyd County 30 years. While they were
in the hotel business, Jennie Person visited them and they accompanied her to visit
another sister, Martha Phillips, who had settled with her family in Ada, Oklahoma.
Aubrey E. Hanks of Floydada, Texas married Mattie Meadows on December 13,
1913. They had nine children. Mattie died December 10, 1953 and Aubrey Hanks now
lives in New Mexico in 1968 with his second wife. Two of his sons have died, Earl on
Mag 22, 1953 and Fred on November 17, 1955.
Amy Francis Hanks married John Malcolm Daniel on February 23, 1919. He was
in a car parts business in Floydada. Two children were born to them: C15 Kathryn
Daniel and C16 Malcolm Daniel.
Amy Hanks Daniels died of brain cancer on March 17, 1957. She is buried near her
parents in Floydada cemetery.
Minnie Mae Smith Hanks died at Matador in the Motley County hospital September
15, 1942. E. Tobe Hanks died in the People’s Hospital in Floydada on December 11,
1952. Interment for both was in Floydada cemetery. They were lifelong members of the
Methodist Church.
WALL, Elah: 1904 – 1998
Elah Wall, 93, died Friday, July 24, 1998, at her residence following a lengthy illness.
Graveside services will be at 1 p.m. today in Big Valley Cemetey, near Medicine Mound, Texas. Arrangements are under the direction of Sullivan Funeral Home.
Mrs. Wall was born Aug. 17, 1904, in Hunt County, Texas. She and Raymond Lon Wall were married Nov. 11, 1923, in Medicine Mound. She was a homemaker, an artist and a poet. She was a member of South Main Church of Christ of Vernon. She had been a longtime resident of Hardeman and Wilbarger counties. A son, Murell, died in 1995.
Survivors include her husband; a son, Marteen of Chillicothe, Texas; three grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren.
MADDOX, Ken: 1929 – 2008
KEN MADDOX, 78, of Paris, left this life peacefully on Monday May 5, 2008 at Paris Regional Medical Center. Starrett Funeral Home will conduct funeral services at 3:00 p.m. on Wednesday May 7, 2008 at First United Methodist Church, with Rev. Van Lazaroff and Rev. David Rucker officiating. Interment will follow in the Woodland Cemetery. The body will lie in repose at the church for one hour prior to the service.
The family will receive friends from 7:00 to 8:00 p.m. Tuesday at the funeral home.
Ken was born on July 31, 1929 in Medicine Mound, Texas, a son of Benjamin Franklin and Nettie Hightower Maddox. He attended schools in Hardeman County, then served in the U.S. Army from 1951-1953 during the Korean Conflict, serving much of his time in Goose Bay, Labrador. Following his military service he enjoyed the honor of serving as Post Commander of the American Legion post in Memphis, TX.
Upon returning from military service Ken married Jackie Barkley and to this union were born two daughters, Vickie Diane and Debra Lea. He made his home and career in the Borger, Texas area until 1974, when he moved to Lamar County, making his home with his mother in Woodland. On August 31st of that year Ken married Eleanor Vaughan Thomas and acquired four step-children whom he treated as his own: Eddie, Janie, Patti and Joy Thomas.
Ken was a sales representative for MoorMan Manufacturing Company in Nacogdoches, Paris, and northwest Ohio. Upon retiring he continued with his first career choice, cattle ranching, until 1999. A lifelong Methodist, Ken was a member of First United Methodist Church and its New Era/Upper Room Sunday School class.
He was preceded in death by his parents; his first wife, Jackie; six brothers, Porter, Linus, John, Ted, Frank and Jack; one sister, Ruby Goodnight; and one stepson, James Edwin (Eddie) Thomas.
He is survived by his wife; daughters Vickie Ryan and husband Greg, of Big Spring and Debra Martin, of Springfield, MO. Also surviving are three granddaughters, Jennifer Lambillotte, Lindsey Lambillotte and Suzan Lambilllotte and husband Phil Mason. Also surviving to grieve his loss are Janie Thomas and husband Robert Young, of Coppell, Patti Jenkins and husband Shawn, of Carrollton and Joy Negron, of Kingwood; other grandchildren Kenneth and Sean Karl Negron and Sarah and Wesley Jenkins. Surviving brothers are Tom Maddox and wife Colleen and Stan Maddox and wife Edna, of Pinhook, and Bob Maddox and wife Kay, of Carrollton. Surviving sisters are Cecile Grange, of White Deer and Mary Ann Harris, of Burleson, along with numerous nieces, nephews and other extended family.
Named to serve as casketbearers are Jerry Bailey, Ron Martin, Tony Hutto, Harlan Brown, Larry Carney and Andy Fasken. Honorary pallbearers are Steve Wright, Bobby Pratt, Mackey Charles, Leo Caldwell, Carl Cooper, Jay Bost and Gilbert Terry.
If desired, donations may be made to First United Methodist Church – New Era Class or to Woodland Cemetery.
THOMAS, Laura Pearl: 1927 – 2012
Laura was born on September 23, 1927 and passed away on Saturday, January 21, 2012.
Laura was a resident of Kaufman, Texas at the time of her passing.
She graduated from Medicine Mound Schools.
She was preceded in death by her husband Harlan.
Service Schedule Date: Monday, January 23, 2012 Time: 10:00 AM Location: Parker-Ashworth Funeral Home Additional Info: No Visitation Burial Schedule Date: Monday, January 23, 2012 Time: 2:00 P.M. Location: Bluebonnet Hills Memorial Additional Info: Colleyville, Texas.
GRANGE, Cecile: 1918 – 2012
Cecile was born on February 24, 1918 and passed away on Sunday, February 5, 2012.
Cecile was a resident of White Deer, Texas at the time of her passing.
She attended school in Medicine Mound and King High.
She was preceded in death by her husband James.
SERVICES: 10:00 AM Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2012, at the First Baptist Church in White Deer with Rev. Alan Wilson, pastor, officiating. BURIAL: White Deer Cemetery under the direction of Carmichael-Whatley Funeral Directors of Pampa.
MEMORIALS: If desired, the family requests memorials be made to First Baptist Church, 411 S. Omohundro, White Deer, TX 79097 or White Deer Senior Citizens Center, 315 S. Main, White Deer, TX 79097.
PARMER, Elda Mae: 1933 – 2002
Elda Mae Parmer, 68, of Abilene, died Friday, March 22, 2002, at a local medical center. Services will be Tuesday, at 2 p.m. in the Elliott-Hamil Funeral Home Chapel of Faith, 5701 Hwy 277 South, with Reverend Rodney Watson officiating. Burial will follow at Elmwood Memorial Park, under the direction of Elliott-Hamil Funeral Homes, 5701 Hwy 277 South. Visitation will be from 5 to 7 p.m. tonight at the funeral home.
Elda Mae was born July 22, 1933 in Medicine Mound, Texas, to Thomas and Sarah Mulkey. She was a graduate of Coleman High School. She married I.A. Parmer and was a homemaker and a member of Lytle South Baptist Church.
She was preceded in death by her husband, I.A. Parmer, in 1998; and a son, Martin Parmer in 1997.
She is survived by a son, David Green of Dumas; a daughter, Kathy Tidmore of Abilene; two step-daughters, Gayle Corry of Irving and Patsy Devereaux of Arlington; and nine grandchildren.
Memorials may be sent to Hendrick Hospice, P.O. Box 1922, Abilene, TX 79604.
GAGE, Maggie Elma Patterson: 1934 – 2011
Maggie Elma Patterson Gage, age 98, of Joplin, went home to the Lord on Tuesday, Nov. 1, 2011, at Joplin Health and Rehab.
Maggie was born on Sept. 26, 1913, in Medicine Mounds, Texas, the daughter of the late Charles Wesley and Victoria Elizabeth (Pittman) Patterson.
She married Morgan Neil Gage on April 17, 1934, in Floydada, Texas. Together they made their home in Childress, Texas, where they owned and operated the Gage Food Store. Maggie moved to Joplin in October of 2006. She was a former member of the Childress Church of Christ in Childress, and the Rockport Church of Christ in Rockport, Texas. She was active in many church activities and very hospitable. For the past five years she was a member of the Mount Hope Church of Christ in Joplin. Maggie had a beautiful voice. In her younger days she sang in several quartets. She enjoyed sewing and crocheting.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Morgan Neil Gage in 1995; two of her sons, Donald Meredith Gage in December 2010, and Pat Albert Gage in January of 2001; three brothers, Cecil, Wesley and Marshall Patterson; and one sister, Ruby Patterson Miller.
She is survived by one son, Kerry Alan Gage and wife, Mary Jo, Joplin; two daughters-in-law, Donna Kathryn Gage, Austin, Texas, and Shirley Mae Gage, San Antonio, Texas; five grandchildren, Mark Gage, Hendersonville, Tenn., Lisa Owens, League City, Texas, Jill Stadler, Joplin, Lori Gage, Beeville, Texas, and Lyssa Williford, Austin; 10 great-grandchildren; one great-granddaughter; and nieces, Celia Wideman and Jacque Lee, both of Magnolia, Ark.
Funeral services will be at 10 a.m. Saturday at Mason-Woodard Mortuary. Mark Gage and Gary Morrison, Ministers, will officiate. Burial will be in Wild Rose Cemetery in Webb City, Mo. The family will receive friends from 6 to 7 p.m. Friday at the mortuary.
Memorial contributions may be made to the Mount Hope Church of Christ.
Arrangements are under the direction of Mason-Woodard Mortuary & Crematory.
Online condolences may be made at www.masonwoodard.com.
BROCK, Hazel Leota Bogard: 1912 – 2004
Hazel Leota Brock, age 91, of Kermit, went to be with her Lord on Sunday, August 22, 2004 at her residence. She was born the 18th of September 1912, in Timpson, Shelby Co., TX. She was the daughter of a farmer and schoolteacher, Cornelius Allen Bogard and his wife, Una Belle Kyle. The Bogards moved to West Texas, Vernon/Quanah area in 1920.
After graduating from Quanah High School, Quanah, TX in 1929, Hazel attended Ranger Junior College, Ranger, TX, then taught grades 1-7 for one (1) year at Star Valley School, near Chillicothe, TX.
In 1931, Hazel attended Texas Tech University at Lubbock for one semester until all of her students finished picking cotton and harvesting for the year and they returned to school. For four years, she taught at the Medicine Mound School in Medicine Mound, TX, being the first teacher to be hired from the hometown area. She taught grades 3 and 4 for two years, then grades 2 and 3 for two years. After the School District began hiring only affiliated teachers, she went back to Star Valley and taught in the one teacher school again in 1935-36.
Hazel married Leo Langford Brock on April 25, 1937 in Chillicothe, TX. Their next several years were spent traveling with Leo’s job with Gulf Oil Company in seismograph, or “doodle bugging”, and having two daughters, Sandra Kaye and Celia Belle. After several years of moving from place to place with Leo’s work, Hazel returned to college in Crosby, North Dakota where Leo was stationed. She was only allowed one semester there as Leo was transferred to Kansas, then on to Donaldsville, LA. Hazel then attended classes at Nacogdoches, TX and earned her Bachelor of Science Degree in August 1955, from Stephen F. Austin University. She taught 4th grade in Kirbyville, TX during 1955-1956, then moved to Jasper, TX where she taught 3rd grade for 4 years. Hazel received her Masters Degree in Education in August 1959 from Stephen F. Austin as Sandra finished High School in Jasper.
Leo retired from Gulf Oil and they moved to Kermit, TX in August 1960, near his sister Melba Carr (Melba has since moved to California and passed away January 31, 2002). Hazel taught 3rd grade in Kermit for 4 years, went to Sul Ross State Teachers University to earn her counselor’s certificate, and was Counselor at Kermit Junior High School for 15 years. She was Student Council Sponsor, administered commercial academic tests as well as aiding students with various tasks and problems.
Hazel loved her job, the students, her co-workers and staff. Her memories about her work with the students of Kermit have always been her favorite subject since retiring from the school system in 1975. She was a member of: Texas Classroom Teachers Assoc., KISD Retired Teachers Assoc., Lifetime member of Texas State Teachers Assoc., Volunteer/Member of Texas Youth Commission 1990, Eastern Star, Jasper, TX, Delta Kappa Gamma, Kermit, TX, National Retired Teachers Assoc. and Charter Member/Officer of the KISD Credit Union aka Winkler County Credit Union.
Leo and Hazel had two daughters, Sandra Kaye Brock, who passed away in October 2000, from the neuromuscular disease, ALS, or Lou Gehrig’s disease. Sandra had also received her Bachelor of Science Degree at Stephen F. Austin and taught High School English until receiving her Masters Degree and assuming the position of Media Coordinator of the Keller School District, Keller, TX. Sandra was married and had three sons, Terry, Jamie and Jay Lucas. Terry and Jamie are both pilots for American Airlines and Jay is assistant manager of a door and window manufacturing company. Terry and his wife, Carol, and their three sons, Dustin, Daniel and Jacob live near Denton as well as do Jamie and his wife Michele and daughters Jessica and Jennifer. Weldon Lucas, Jr. (Jay) lives in Corinth with his wife Kimber and sons, Kyle and Brock.
Their second daughter, Celia Belle Brock, married Charles Ray Bolf and lives in Kermit. Celia received her Bachelor of Arts degree at UTPB in Odessa and teaches elementary school in Kermit. They have two sons. Thomas Bolf is manager of the Kermit office of Tessco Electric. He and his wife, Dina and their two sons Jerid and Jeremy live in Kermit. Lang Bolf is an electrician for the City of Austin Power Company. Lang lives in Bastrop with his wife Jeanette, stepson Bradley Sutton, and Lang’s son Marcus. Another stepson, Justin Sutton lives in Midland.
Hazel has been a loving influence to all of her family and we will remember her patience, concern and sincerity about each person’s life that she touched. May God bless Hazel and receive her into his Kingdom.
Those left behind to cherish Hazel’s love and memories are her Daughter: Celia Bolf and husband, Charles, of Kermit, TX; Two Brothers: Alton Bogard of Midwest City, OK and Herschel Bogard of Anniston, AL; Two Sisters: Lois Poissoit of Conroe, TX and Stella Sims of Arlington, TX.
Five Grand sons: Thomas Bolf and wife, Dina, of Kermit, TX, Lang Bolf and wife, Jeanette, of Bastrop, TX, Terry Lucas and wife, Carol, of Aubrey, TX, Jamie Sim and wife, Michele, of Crossroads, TX and Jay Lucas and wife, Kimber, of Corinth, TX.
Thirteen Great – Grandchildren: Jerid and Jeremy Bolf of Kermit, TX, Daniel and Jacob Lucas, of Aubrey, TX, Dustin Lucas of Weatherford, TX, Jessica and Jennifer Lucas of Crossroads, TX, Kyle and Jay Brock of Corinth, TX, Justin Sutton of Midland, TX, Bradley Sutton and Marcus Bolf both of Bastrop, TX and Ashton Prather of Kermit, Texas.
Hazel was preceded in death by her husband, Leo Langford Brock, in 1989.
Funeral Service will be held at First United Methodist Church on Monday, August 23, 2004 at 2:00 PM with Rev. Loren Gardner officiating. Concluding Service will follow Tuesday, August 24, 2004 at Chillicothe Cemetery in Chillicothe, TX with Rev. Bud Kidwell officiating. Arrangements are entrusted to Family Services Funeral Parlor of Kermit, TX
SCHELL, Grace Truman: 1909 – 2011
Grace Truman Schell passed away peacefully on August 6, 2011, at the age of 102. Grace was born in Medicine Mound, Texas, on July 4, 1909, the 8th of 13 children. At one year of age, she traveled by covered wagon from Texas to Oklahoma.
In 1926, at the age of 17, she married Marvin Wood and had two daughters and a son. Grace lost her son to spinal meningitis when he was still a young boy. In 1943 she moved to Berkeley, CA. At age 51, when most people are thinking about retirement, Grace enrolled in Beauty College, received her license, and proceeded to work as a hair dresser until she was 80. She later relocated to Lakeport.
Grace moved from Lakeport to Ukiah in 1998. She volunteered at the Senior Center Thrift Shop at least once a week, until her late 90's. When she turned 98, she requested her family take her down to the DMV to renew her driver’s license. She took the test, and her license was renewed for five more years. At the age of 99 and 9 months her family finally convinced her to sell her car and let someone else do the driving. Grace continued to make lemon meringue pies “by hand” and play Dominoes until nearly 100 years of age. Grace loved her church, the First Baptist Church in Ukiah, and attended services until the last few months when she became confined to a wheelchair. When she would ask her granddaughter Stacy how much longer it would be before the Lord came to take her home, her granddaughter always told her, “Only God knows, and he isn’t telling.”
Grace Schell is survived by her daughters, Twyla Benevedes of Ukiah, and Carolyn Bellante of Lincoln, CA, granddaughters Stacy White of Hopland, Tami Graeber of Klamath Falls, Nicole Backster, and grandson Michael Lynch of New York. Grace was great-grandmother to Ryan Funderburg of Bend, Oregon, Madison White of Hopland, Michelle White, Lola Lynch and Kyle Forrester. Grace welcomed her name-sake and great-great-granddaughter Cassidy Grace Funderburg three years ago. Grace was preceded in death by her grandson, Randy Benevedes. A memorial service is planned for Friday, August 12, 2011, at 1:30 at the First Baptist Church. The church is at 302 Henry Street, Ukiah.
If desired, in lieu of flowers, donations to the Ukiah Senior Center are appreciated. Arrangements are under the direction of the Eversole Mortuary.
Ernest Bramlett
FORT WORTH -- Ernest Bramlett, 75, a retired self-employed log home manufacturer, died Wednesday, April 30, 1997, at a local hospital.
Graveside memorial service: 11 a.m. Friday in Mount Olivet Cemetery.
Ernest Bramlett was born Sept. 14, 1921, in Fort Worth. He was a World War II veteran.
He was preceded in death by his mother and father, Gus and Carrie Bramlett, and by a grandson, Jody Walker.
Survivors: Wife, Flo Bramlett; son, Gary Bramlett of Fort Worth; daughter, Tara Minnick of Santa Rosa, Calif.; sisters, Faye McDade and Jane Burt, both of Fort Worth; grandchild, Dustin Walker; several nieces; and one nephew.
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