Obituaries
Obituaries are provided by family members or friends to the funeral director before the service. The funeral director provides the obit to the local newspaper folks, who most graciously provide space free of charge in their paper. I would guess the Paducah Post, over the last 100 years, has used a truckload of paper, a 55 gallon drum of ink and thousands of hours typing and proofreading obituaries for the citizens of Cottle and King Counties and heard countless complaints because they didn't contain the correct information. If you get a chance to see Jimmye Taylor or Sue Wright, tell them thank you for all their work providing these last mementos of those recently departed.These obits are mostly alphabetical but I can't guarantee it. I don't know which previous coordinator wrote the opening note but it's a wonderful sentiment so I'm leaving it here. Thanks, Jimmye and Sue! [Gina]
You're welcome to submit your Cottle County obituaries to be included here.
JEWELL TYE BIDDY
OCTOBER 23, 1967Service will be at 2 p.m. Tuesday from Missionary Baptist Church for Mrs. Bob (Jewell) Biddy, 68, who died at 1:30 a.m. Monday in a Paducah hospital where she had been a patient three weeks. Rev. Robert Beck, pastor of First Baptist Church, will officiate, assisted by Rev. Charles Gates, pastor of First Methodist Church. Burial will be in Garden of Memories Cemetery under direction of Norris Funeral Home. She was born Feb. 24, 1899 in Haskell and had lived in King County 59 years. She was the former Myrtle Jewell Tye. Survivors include her husband; two sisters, Mrs. Elma Russell of Paducah and Mrs. Pearl Simmons of Luling, Tex.; three brothers, Reub and Joe Tye of Paducah, and Williard Tye of Panama Canal Zone.
Claud Bowling
Services were held Thursday Janurary 20, 2000, in First Baptist Church, Paducah, for Claud Bowling, 99. Rev James Hooper pastor, officiated, and interment was in Garden of Memories Cemetery under the direction of Seigler Funeral Home. Born July 1, 1900, at Comanche, Texas, Claud moved to Cottle County as a young man in 1915. He worked as a farmer, and as a maintenance supervisor for Richards Memorial Hospital in Paducah. He was married to the former Bertha Nash on April 3, 1921, in Paducah. She preceded him in death March 10, 1986. Four brothers and one sister proceded him in death. He was a menber of the First Baptist Church of Paducah. Survivors include two sons, Raymond of Texas City and Kenneth of Denville, NJ; and three daughters, Wanda Jones, and George Ola Moore of Paducah and Ruth Biddy, Amarillo. Seven grandchildren and 13 great-grandchildren also survived their grandfather.RALPH E. BRADFORD
Longtime Sterling Alaska resident Ralph Eugene Bradford died Tuesday, December 21, 1999, in Soldotna, Alaska. He was 72. Memorial services were Wednesday, 29 December 1999 at the United Penecostal Church in Sterling. Rev Mitch Glover officiated. Bradford was born 26 August 1927 in Paducah, Texas to Frank and Alma Lee Bradford. He had been a resident of Alaska since 1965, where hhe worked as an industrial x-ray technician for several companies, and was self employed. He was the first worker of radiography doing nondestructive testing on welds on the North Slope oil fields. Bradford served in the US Army in 1946-47 with the occupation forces in Japan. In 1948 he married Lona Nash of Wellington, Texas. He was a member of the Kenai Masonic Lodge No. 11, AF & AM, Scottish Rites, and Shriners. He was proceded in death by his parents along with all his siblings, including his brother Myrl Bradford of Paducah. Susvivors include his wife Lona and his children Jerry Randell and Carol, all of Alaska; 9 grandchildren and 17 great-grandchildren; many close friends and Paducah relatives Mrs. Oleta Bradford and Dale, Carl and Geraldine Savage and family.JOE BAILEY CADE
Funeral services for Joe Bailey Cade,89, of Paducah were 2:00 p.m. Saturday, February 12, 2000 at the First United Methodist Church in Seymour with Rev. A.B. Martin officiating. Burial following in Riverview Cemetery in Seymour under the direction of Archer Funeral Home. Mr. Cade died Thursday, February 10, at Childress Regional Medical Center. Joe was born July 6, 1910, in Kent County on his father's ranch. He had his first cowboy job on the Masterson Ranch in Guthrie, Texas at the age of 13. He moved to Baylor County in 1940 and was the foreman for the Cowan Ranches for 25 years. He and Totsie Wall Townley were married June 2, 1964. He moved to Paducah in 1976 and was foreman for the Burnett and Ruth Richards Ranch until 1982. Joe was a Baptist and a member of the American Quarter Horse Association for over 40 years. Survivors include his wife: Totsie of Paducah; three daughters; Joann Welch of Baird, Jim Bob Jessee of La Vernia, Diane Townley Gardner of Fort Worth; one son; Bill Townley of Seymour; 13 grandchildren, 28 great-grandchildren, and 5 great-great-grandchildren. He was preceded in death by a son, Durwood in July of 1953. The family suffests memorials should be sent to Childress Regional Medical Center Hospice, P.o. Box 1030, Childress, TX, 79201.JOHN ROSS CAMPBELL
John Ross Campbell, 61, a Cottle County native, and graduate of Paducah High School, died April 10, 1993, at his home on the Circle C Ranch in Rosanky, Texas. Born September 17, 1935, he was the son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Romy Campbell, both of whom are buried in Paducah. He loved his hometown of Paducah, and the ranching country in this area, and stayed in contact with a number of boyhood friends here until his death. A rancher and retired attorney with Sherbert & Campbell Law Firm, Campbell graduated Texas Tech University, and received his law degree from the University of Texas at Austin. Memorial services were held in Austin Sunday afternoon, April 13 at the Weed-Corley-Fish Chapel. Survivors include his wife Ellen' daughter D'Lana Anderson; step-son Justin Boyd; three grandchildren; his stepfather, W.R. "Bill" Brown, and a host of loyal friends. He was preceded in death by a son, Chris, several years ago. Honorary pallbearers included Bill Mon Biddy, also a former Paducah resident, friend and classmate of Campbell's.AMOS BRAGG CANON
OCTOBER 21, 1957Funeral services for Amos Bragg Canon, 72, will be conducted Tuesday at 2 p.m. in the First Methodist Church here with the Rev. O.A. McBrayer, pastor; the Rev. Joe P. Self, Jr., pastor of the First Baptist Church of Paducah, and the Rev. Jimmy Tidwell, pastor of the First Methodist Church of Brownfield, officiating. Graveside services will be at Garden of Memories Cemetery, conducted by Masonic Lodge 868 A.F. & A.M. Arrangements will be under direction of Norris Funeral Home of Paducah. Mr. Canon, a retired rancher and farmer, was found dead by his daughter Mrs. Joe Tye at 8 a.m. Monday in his room at the Davis Hotel where he had lived for the past five years. Death was attributed to a heart attack while asleep. He had been in ill health for the past five years. Born September 23, 1884, in Collin County, Mr. Canon came to Cottle County in 1898, moved to Oklahoma and returned in 1915. He was a Mason and a member of the First Baptist Church. Survivors include one son, Q. Canon of Matador; three daughters, Mrs. Barney Garrison of Houston and Mrs. Clyde Floyd and Mrs. Joe Tye, both of Paducah; nine grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren. Pallbearers will be Ted Grayum, R.D. Tye, Elmer Petty, Carl Darr, John Chenault and Jinks Wilson.
"Q" CANON
OCTOBER 16, 1966J.Q. Canon, 61, died Sunday afternoon in Richards Memorial Hospital where he had been a patient only one day. Canon was moved to Paducah, Saturday from a hospital in San Angelo. Born July 13, 1905 in Carter County, Indian Territory, Okla., he moved to Cottle County in 1915 with is parents, Mr. and Mrs. B.Canon. They settled on the ranch then known as the l-Bar Ranch. He attended school at Chalk and married Miss Alene Ruff of Paducah July 26, 1925. The couple had two children, Press and Doris Ann. Mr. and Mrs. Canon lived in Matador for the past ten years, where Mr. Canon was a rancher until entering the San Angelo hospital some time ago. Funeral services were held Monday at 4 p.m. in the First Methodist Church, Paducah, with Rev. Royce Womack officiating. Pallbearers were from Matador. Canon is survived by his wife, Alene of Matador; one son, Press of Paducah; one daughter, Mrs. Doris Moore, Roaring Springs; three sisters, Mrs. B.D. Garrison, Sr., of Houston, Mrs. Joe Tye, Paducah and Mrs. Clyde Floyd of Paducah; and four grandchildren. Burial was in Garden of Memories Cemetery, under direction of Norris Funeral Home.
GERTRUDE COOKLEY
Services for Gertrude Cooksey 89 of Longview, TX. were held at 10 a.m. Friday 4 February 2000 in the Rader Funeral Home Chapel in Longview. Officiating were Bros. Richard Jones and Slim Sullivan. Interment followed at 2 p.m. in Yantis Cemetery at Yantis. Mrs Cooksey was born 8 July 1910 in Van Zandt County. She died in a Longview Hospital. She was a resident of Longview for 18 years, coming from Paducah, TX. She was a homaker and a member of Calvary Baptist Church. Her husband, Arch Sooksey preceded her in death 29 December 1981. Suvivors include her daughters Mary Harris and Jo Frances Cooksey, both of Longview; sisters Etta Jordon of Goldwaite, TX. and Voidean Slape of Paducah, and Bettye Thacker, Midland; a brother Willard Shavor, Paducah; two grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.BEN COWART
Funeral services were held at 2:00 p.m., Tuesday, January 4, 2000 in Paducah Church of Christ, for Ben Cowart of Achille, OK. Mr. Don Tarbet, a former minister to the Paducah Church, officiated, and buriel was in the Graden of Memories Cemetery, Paducah, under the direction of Cunningham Funeral Home, Achille. Cowart, 87 died Sundy Jan 2, 2000 in a Nursing Home. Born October 20, 1912 in Mountain Home Ark., he attended Arkansas schoold, married Geneva Thomas in 1940. She preceded him in death in 1975. He married Thelma Smith in 1977. Cowart lived in Paducah most of his life where he was a farmer and ginner. He had lived in Achille since 1984. Survivors include his wife, son Wade Cowart of Norcross Georgia; daughter Brenda Fell, Paducah; stepson Bob Smith, Oklahoma City, stepdaughter Jjoy Winnett; seven grandchildren and three step-grandchildren, none great-grandchildrenand eight step-great-grandchildren.CHARLES T. ELDER
Graveside rites were held at 2 p.m. Friday in the Farmersville IOOF Cemetery for Charles Thurman Elder, 60, who died December 15, in Greenville. Arrangements were made by the Fielder-Baker Funeral Home of Farmersville. A press operator, Elder was born in Paducah January 2, 1939, the son of Lee Ollie and Veneta Parr Elder. Charles Elder graduated from PHS in 1958. He is survived by his mother , of Farmersville; three sisters, Ina Locke, Farmersville, Norma Tucker, Idabel OK. and Wanda Galyean, Commerce; a brother Leonard of Corinth. He was proceded in death by his father Lee Ollie Elder.ORIN 'CORKY' FELL
Funeral services for Orin George 'Corky' Fell of Paducah were held Wednesday, January 5, 2000, in the Church of Christ, Paducah. Dr. Mike Henderson, Tim Hadley and David Alessandro officiated. Buriel followed in Paducah's Garden of Memories Cemetery, under the direction of Seigler Funeral Home. Fell 69. died Sunday 2, January, 2000, at Childress Regional Medical Center, following a lengthy illness. Born September 26, 1930 in Haviland, Kansas to Orin and Elma Fell, he received a B.S.Texas Tech in Petroleum Geology, and served in the U.S. Air Force during the Korean Conflict. Fell married Brenda Cowart Feburary 8, 1964, in Canyon. He Moved to Paducah in 1962 from Texon, Texas and operated Fell's Spraying Service. He was a deacon in the Church of Christ, and a member of Aircraft Owners and Pilots Assn. for 40 years. Survivors include his wife Brenda of Paducah; two sons, Vincent of Lubbock, and Noel of Weatherford; one daughter Lacy McLemore, of Austin; two brothers, Veri Fell, San Angelo, Roy Fell of Hurst; five sisters, Rose Thompson, Florida, Retia Walsh, Ethel Ensley and Angie Hasty, all of Tennessee, and Cora Lee George of Fairfield, Texas; five grandchildren. The family suggest memorials to the Childress Medical Center Hospice, Westview Boys Home, Hollis, OK. of Childrens Home of Lubbock.JIMMY GOODGAME
Graveside rites for James Oran "Jimmy" Goodgame, 65 of Graham were held at 10:00 a.m. Thursday 23 March 2000 at the Garden of Memories Cemetery in Paducah. Officating was Bill Gilluly. Interment was under the direction of Seigler Funeral Home of Paducah.Mr Goodgame died Monday evening 20 March 2000 in a Wichita Falls hospital.
Jimmy Goodgame was born 7 February 1935 in Paducah Texas to William Thomas and Lora Bentley Goodgame. He graduated from Paducah High School in 1952 and attended the University of Texas. He married Sue Belcher on 10 December 1995 in Jackson Hole Wyoming.
Mr. Goodgame was sureveyor in the petroleum industry and a member of the Baptist Church.
In addition to his parests, he was proceded in death by a brother, Bill Goodgame, and two sisters, Ivan Nell Guinn and Betty Jean Goodgame.
He is survived by his wife, Sue Goodgame of Graham; a son James A. "Buddy" Goodgame, Houston and two daughters; Beth Dennis, Ponca City Oklahoma nd Cynthia Nickson, Canyon, Texas, one brother, Tom Goodgame, Grapevine Texas and four grandchildren and one great-grandchild
BARBARA GORHAM
Severcies for Barbara Jeanne Gorham, 73 of Paducah were 2:00 p.m. Friday, 2 February 2000 at the First Christian Church in Paducah. Officiating was Rev. Roy Cleve Keith, Pastor. Burial was in Garden of Memories Cemetery, Paducah, under the direction of Seigler Funeral Home. Mar. Gorham died February 1, at a Paducah nursing home. She was born in Amarillo, Texas 29 September 1926 to James Madison and Bernice Conner Walker. She married Calvin Charles Groham 6 August 1944 in Claremont. She was a homemaker and a member of the First Christian Church in Paducah. She Returned to Paducah in 1998. She is survived by her husband, two daughters, Annette Hilderbrant, Ardmore, OK>; Rinda DeBeer, Lubbock, TX; two sons, Chuck of Paducah and Bryan of Dumas, TX. a sister Mary Hampton, Port Hueneme, CA. nine grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.BUSTER HANKS
Services were held Tuesday, January 4, 2000 in Wolfforth for Buster Hanks of Hobbs, New Mexico. Rev. Kim Kinsey of First United Methodist Church, Hobbs officiated. Burial was in Rest Lawn Wilson's Funeral Directors Cemetery, Wollforth, Under the direction of Wilsons. Hanks died Friday, December 31, 1999, at Integrated Health Care Services Hospital in Lubbock, after a lengthy illness. Born October 10, 1918, in Nacogdoches, he moved to Paducah in 1924. He worked of Morton Ford Can Curtis Candy Co. and later had the Studebaker dealership. He moved to Hobbs in 1955 and sold insurance for Great Southern Life, until he established a jewelry and clothing store. He owned and operated Discount City Auto Sales at the time of his death. A member of First United Methodist Church and AMBUCS, Hanks was also a veteran of the Army during World War II. Survivors include two sons, Darrell of Mountain Home Arkansas, and Hershell of Garland; four sisters, Lema Parks, and Mollie Axe, both of Paducah; Linnie B. Biddy of Forney, and Pat Richards of Hobbs; two grandchildren and one great grandchild.Boyce D. Hart
Services were held Saturday, Janurary 15, at 2 p.m. in First Baptist Church, Matador, for Boyce D. Hart. Rev Stacy Conner, pastor, officiated and burial was in East Mound Cemetery, under direction of Seigler Funeral Home in Matador. Hart 70, died Thursday, Janurary 13, 2000. Born in Stonewall, he was employed by several ranches of the area, including the 6666 Ranch, the Pitchfork and the Matador. Hart retired from the Texas Animal Health Commission, then was a deputy sheriff and jailer. He married Elaine Blaylock in 1965 in Floydada. He resided in Paducah for several years returning to Matador in 1986. He was a member of First Baptist Church, Matador. He is survived by his wife and two daughters, Clara Waits of Borger, and Jan Hart-Adams of Denton; a brother, Bill Hart of Emory: a sister, Shirley McAree of Alba; and three grandaughters.Mozelle Killingsworth
Funeral services for Mozelle Killingsworth, 82, of Paducah will be at 2 p.m. Monday 25 January at the First United Church in Paducah with the Rev. Jeff Utter officiating and the Rev. Henry Salley assisting. Burial will be in Paducah Garden of Memories under the direction of Seigler Funeral Home. She died Friday, Jan. 21, 2000, in Lubbock. She was born Nov. 22, 1917, in Hedley. She graduated from Crowell High School and attended Texas Tech. She married Clifford A. Killingsworth on Jan. 16, 1938, in Crowell. She was a member of the Friends of the Library Board and the Economic Development Board. She owned Killingsworth Jewelry with her husband. She is preceded in death by her husband, who died Dec. 7, 1989. Survivors include a son, Ed of Rochester Hills, Mich., and three grandchildren. The family will receive guests 2 to 4 p.m. at Seigler Funeral Home.DONALD LOVE
Services were held Wednesday, January 19, 2000 at the Paducah Church of Christ for Donald Love. Officiating were Tim Hadley and David Allesandro, minister. Burial was in Garden of Memories Cemetery, Paducah. Love , 72 died Monday, January 17, at his home. Born July 10, 1927 in Cottle County to Dallas W. Love and Grace Alice Gunn Love, he graduated from Paducah High School in 1944. He was a lifelong resident of the county. Love served in the Air Force from 1944 to 1946, and married the former Joann Cowart April 4, 1952 in Paducah. A farmer and Rancher in the Cee Vee Community, Love had served as president of the Co Op Gin for many years, and was a menber of the Farmers Union. He served on the Paducah School Board, cemetery association and many other civic organizations. Suvivors include his wife, Joann, Paducah; two sons Randy Love, Austin and Terry Love, Amarillo; two sisters, Peggy Browning and Patrica Boykins, both of Childress, one granddaughter, three step grandaughters. Pallbearers were Jerry McClendon, Richard Archer, Arvis Davis, Doug Yarbrough, John Shavor, Jerry Goodale, Billy James and Dudley Dan Chewing. Honorary Pallbearers were Glen Bates, Elmer Jones, George Deaton, Clyde Harrison, Blenn Carroll, Willie Rushin, Kenneth Tippen. Fred Skiner, Tate Timmons, Dale Ray Harrison, Jackie Biddy, Troy Riddle, Gary Couvillion, Billy Smith, James Harrison and Bascomb Rhodes.ESSIE LEE MURRAY
Funeral services for Essie Lee Murray, 89, of Paducah were 2:00 p.m. Saturday, February 12, 2000 at the Missionary Baptist Church in Paducah with Rev. Keith Prather, Pastor officiating. Burial following in the Paducah Garden of Memories under the direction of Seigler Funeral Home. Mrs. Murray died Tuesday, Feburary 8, at a Paducah Nursing Center. She was born March 2, 1920, in Titus County, Texas to Ed Sandlin and Charlotte Fried Sandlin. She married W.A. Murray November 23, 1932 in Paducah. She had been a resident of Paducah since 1919 and worked at City Cleaners. She was a member of Missionary Baptist Church. Survivors include two daughters; Billie Jean Tobias, Dallas, Vera Ann Havins, Paducah; one sister, Opal Karas, Carlsbad, NM; two brothers, Williard Sandlin, Carlsbad, NM, Eugene Sandlin, Corvallis, OR; four grandchildren, six great-grandchildren and one great-great grandchild. She was preceded in death by one sister and four brothers.Dr. PRESTON WARREN NASH
Funeral services for Preston Warren Nash, M.D. 74 of Dallas were held on Thursday, March 16, 2000, at 3:00 p.m. at the Oakwood Cemetery with Rev. Canon James P. DeWolfe Jr. officiating. Interment was in the Oakwood Cemetery as well.Dr. Nash died peacefully in a Dallas Hospital on Monday, March 13, 2000.
A native of Paducah, Dr. Nash was born August 31, 1925. he was the son of Samuel Jefferson and Ruth Huff Nash. Nash attended Tarleton State College and graduated from Texas Christen University. Prior to attend Southwest Medical School, he was a highway patrolman for the Texas Department of Public Safety. Dr. Nash practiced medicine in Fort Worth, Sweetwater, Abilene and El Paso. He was a radiologist.
Dr. Nash is survived by one son, P. Warren Nash, Jr. of Dallas and a daughter, Andrea Nash of Washington D.C.
FRANCES RICHARDS
Services for Frances Richards, 76, of Paducah were held at 3:00 p.m. Sunday, February 14, 1993, at First United Methodist Church. Rev. David Hestand, pastor, Rev. Henry Salley of Friona, and Dr. Charles Lutrick of Lubbock officiated. Burial followed in the Garden of Memories cemetery under the direction of Seigler Funeral Home, Paducah. Frances Richards was born November 26, 1916 in Stephenville, Texas, the second child of D.M. and Eunice Kenny Russell. On December 22, 1938, she was married to T.J. Richards of Paducah, and lived there until her death in Lubbock, February 11, 1993. She was preceded in death by her husband in September of 1990, here parents, and hr aunt, Rookh Kenny Richards of Paducah.RUBYE BROWN RODGERS
Services were held in Wickline United Methodist Church in Midwest City, Oklahoma Thursday 23 March 2000 for Rubye Brown Rodgers. Interment was at Arlington, Texas Memory Gardens.Mrs. Rodgers died 20 March 2000, in a Midwest City nursing home. She was 85.
Born in Murchison, Texas 28 August 1914, to Marvin and Ella Brown, she moved with her family to Delwin Texas, where she attended and graduated from the University School. She married James E. Rodgers 30 November 1932 at Delwin. She and her family moved to Midwest City, Oklahoma in 1947, where she was a member of Wickline United Methodist Church. She was a talented artist and homemaker.
Rubye was proceded in death by her parents, her stepmother, Winnie Brown; two sisters, Alyne Snider and Iva Jo Hermann; a neice and two nephews. She is survived by her husband of 67 years, J.E. Rodgers of the home, a daughter, Shirley Gatchell; and a son David Rodgers all of Oklahoma City; three sisters, Peggy Harrison, Del City Oklahoma, Jimmye Taylor of Paducah, and Reba Ray, Kathmandu, Nepal; five grandchildren, six great-grandchildren and one great-great- grandson.
ELMA S. RUSSELL
September 3, 1971Elma S. Russell, 65, who moved to Houston about eight months ago form Paducah, died Friday in a Houston hospital. A native Texan, she was born April 4, 1906. Service will be at 2 p.m. Sunday at First United Methodist Church of Paducah with the Rev. Phil Widemer, pastor, officiating. Burial will be in Garden of Memories Cemetery under direction of Norris Funeral Home. Survivors include a son, Billie Joe, of Houston; a sister Mrs. Pearl Simmons of Paducah; three brothers Reub Tye and Joe Tye both of Paducah, and Willard Tye of Hurst Tex.; and five grandchildren.
VASSIE LEE SCOTT
Graveside rites for Vassie Lee Scott, 101, of Paducah, were held at 2:00 p.m. Sunday March 12, 2000, at the Garden of Memories Cemetery in Paducah. Mark Taylor officiated. Interment was under the direction of Seigler Funeral Home of Paducah. Mrs Scott died in her home in on Thursday 9 March 2000 in Paducah.The former Vassie Blagg was born 5 July 1898 in New Albany, Mississippi. She came to Texas at the age of 3 and to Cottle County in 1919. She married H.V.(Pet) Scott on 14 October 1917 in Dallam County. Mr. Scott died 23 September 1970. In addition to Mr. Scott she was proceeded in death by 5 brothers, 2 sisters, and 4 sons, Paul, Horace, Frank, and Charles "Jug" Scott.
Mrs. Scott was a homemaker and a member of the Methodist Church. She had attended the Primitive Baptist Church for many years.
She is survived by four sons, Fransis Scott of Plainview, Bob Scott of Paducah, and Billy Scott of Kennedale, and Tommy Scott of Lindale, four daughters: Pauline Love of Trulock, CA.; Sue Gibbe of Clovis, NM.;Helen King of Tuscon, AZ.; and Brenda Simmons of Artesia, NM.; one sister, Opal Hawkins, 31 grandchildren, 50 great-grandchildren, and 14 great-great-grandchildren. The family suggest memorials to the Paducah Cemetery Association
ADE SMITH
Funeral services for Eulalia Erma "Ade" Smith of Paducah were held Saturday, October 30, 1999 at 2:00 p.m. in the First Baptist Church of Paducah with Rev. James Hooper, Pastor, officiating. Burial was in the Paducah Garden of Memories under the direction of Seiger Funeral Home of Paducah.Mrs. Smith died Thursday, October 28 at her home in Paducah.
Mrs. Smith was born August 16, 1911 in Paducah to A.W. Bearden and Sally Titus. She married Fritz Smith December 31, 1927 in Paducah. She was a menber of the First Baptist Church in Paducah, and was the director of the nursery for 30 years, and a life long resident of Paducah. She was the last of 9 siblings.
Survivors include 1 son: Don Smith, Slaton, Texas; three daughters: Joy Evers of Lubbock, Texas; Doylene Jones of Aspermont, Texas; and Sharon Brockman of Paducah, Texas; 12 grandchildren, 26 great grandchildren and 17 great great grandchildren.
JUANITA STEWART
Graveside services for Juanita Lee Stewart, 69, of Lake Charles, LA. were at 1:00 p.m. Monday, February 7, 2000, at the Paducah Garden of Memories. Officiating will be Rev. Jim Stewart. Arrangements are under the direction of Seigler Funeral Home. Mrs Stewart dide Tuesday, February 1, at a Lake Charles Hospital. She was born October 26, 1930 in Paducah, Texas to James William Gibbs, Jr. and Eula A. Bounds. She was a homemaker and a Methodist. She was an avid Golfer and past President of the Lake Charles Country Club Ladies Golf Club. She was a native of Paducah and had lived in Lake Charles since 1987. She was proceded in death by a son Robert Neil Stewart on 21 April 1989. She is survived by her husband Bobby R. Stewart, Lake Charles; one daughter Anne Stewart Naul, Allen, TX; two sisters, Onita Elliot of Tulsa, OK. and Joy Sandlin of Plainview, TX; and three grandchildren.WILLA ADALINE STINSON
Mrs. Willa Adaline Stinson, 72, a Paducah resident 54 years died Saturday, June 6, 1970 in a hospital in Paducah, after a long illness. Services will be at 5 p.m. Sunday in the First United Methodist Church of Paducah with the Rev. Phil Widmer, pastor, officiating. Burial will be in Garden of Memories Cemetery here under direction of Norris Funeral Home of Paducah. Mrs. Stinson was born in Pike, Oklahoma on March 8, 1898. She was a member of the United Methodist Church. Survivors include two daughters, Miss Vila Stinson of Flomot, Texas, and Mrs. Ruth Jones of Paducah; two sons, Fred of Paducah and Clinton of Dallas, and five grandchildren.Capt. Elwin Odell Swint
Services and buriel were held Monday, January 3, 2000 in San Antonio for Capt. Elwin Odell Swint, (Ret Navy). Capt. Swint was born January 9, 1915 in Paducah, Texas and passed away December 26, 1999 in Dallas, Texas. Capt. Swint graduated from the University of Texas in 1939 and enlisted in the United States Navy in 1942 where he served in World War II and the Korean War. He was a resident of Dallas since 1972. He married Billie Frances Cobb in Greenville, Texas in 1942. He was proceded in death by his parents Fred and Stella Swint, sister, Fredda and his sons Keith and Elwin Jr. Survivors include his wife, his daughter, Mary Morrison and two sisters, Miffie Maxie and Jean Holland and two grandchildren.Lucille Thornton
Services were held Thursday, December 9, at Aulds Funeral Home in Archer City for Lucille Thornton. Rodger Deerinwater, pastor of First Baptist Church, officiated, and buriel was in the Archer City Cemertery. Mrs Thorton, 80, died December 7, in an Archer City nursing center. She was born June 12, 1919, in Swearingen community to Ben and Birdie Williams. She attended school in Swearingen and Paducah, and graduated from PHS. She married Monroe Thornton june 7, 1939, in Seymour. She moved to Archer City in 1965 and worked in theArcher City Hospital. She was amember of first Baptist Church. Survivors include a daughter, Nell Vieth, Windthorst; a son Lonnie of Gordonville; a sister Marie Maples, Yucaipo, CA. two brothers Benton Williams and Glenn Williams both of California; four grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren.THELMA F. TRENT
Services were held Friday, January 28, 2000, at 1:30 p.m. in Johnson Funeral Home Chapel, Childress, for Thelma F. Trent. Rev. Norman Rushing, pastor of First Baptist Church, Childress, officiated. Burial saw in Carey Cemetery, under direction of Johnson Funeral Home. Mrs. Trent died Tuesday, January 25, 2000, at her home in Lubbock. She was 86. A homemaker, she was a Sunday School Teacher at the Pine Forrest Baptist Church in Hunington, Texas, and a volunteer in the Democratic Elections returns. She was proceded in death by her husband Elmer Trent on 25 January, 1990, a son-in-law Ray Dickson October 6, 1995; two sisters Ruby Hughlett and Bernice Bisco; and three brothers, Howard, Wayne, and Buster Pharr. Suvivors include a son, Kenneth Trent, Paducah; a daughter Jan Dickson, of Lubbock; four sisters, Cecil Robinson, Kress, Earnestine Sitton, Lubbock; Jo Dell Stallings, Claremore, OK, and Glenna Williams, Petersburg; a grandson, and one great-grandson.BEATRICE TYE
September 16, 1930Sad Event Took Place Monday Night in the Hospital
The entire city of Paducah was made sad Tuesday morning when it was learned that Miss Beatrice Tye had passed form the walks of men to her Eternal Reward in Heaven.
She had undergone an operation in the Paducah Hospital on Monday, September 8th and was doing splendidly it was thought. It had been planned to take her home Tuesday afternoon, September 16th. A short time before she was stricken with the illness which cost her life, a nurse had taken her temperature and she was found to be without any fever, apparently perfectly well, aside form the weakness due to the operation. Some friends had called upon her early in the evening, and she was happy and carefree, telling them about being able to go home the next day. It was not known what caused the sudden illness which took her away. She complained of her head paining her; became very cold and in a few minutes had passed into Eternity. It was said she had congestion of the heart.
Media Beatrice Tye was born in Pinkerton, Texas, February 18, 1902 and moved with her parents to Paducah in 1911, and attuned High School in this city. For a number of years she was employed by the telephone people, accepting employment with the Panhandle State Telephone Co. in 1921. In 1926 the State Telephone Co. bought the Panhandle State Telephone Co., and since that date Miss Beatrice had been Chief Operator in this city. Not only was she appreciated by her co-workers, but high officials of the company regarded her as one of the most efficient employees. The business men of the city looked upon her as a real friend for she was never too busy but that she had time to see personally after the particular interest of each customer of the company by which she was employed.
Funeral services were held by Rev. C.W. Foote, pastor of the Methodist Church of Quanah, at the First Methodist Church, Wednesday afternoon at 3:30 o'clock. The floral offerings, banked around the casket, were beautiful attestations of the high esteem in which the deceased was held by all with whom she had come in contact. The Rebekah Lodge of this city took charge of the remains at the grave. Simple words can not pay a fitting tribute to the merit of this pure young lady. She was everything admirable. A daughter who thought of mother first; a sister whose every sympathy was with her brothers and sisters; a lover of the church and its teachings; past Nobel Grand of the Paducah Rebekah Lodge, and Past Most Excellent Chief of Hawthorne Temple, Pythian Sisters, of the city, she was all that a true fraternal member should have been. Her every thought was of the other person, and selfishness had no part in her life plans. A friend tried and true - in the death of Miss Beatrice Tye Paducah has lost a citizen whose place can never be filled. Wherever found she worked diligently for the accomplishment of the good and the worthwhile. Her influence was cast ever on the right of all questions. Her influence will be a guide to those who knew her best to live a life of usefulness, of purity and of accomplishment. Deceased is survived by her mother, Mrs. Frances Tye: four brothers, Reub, Reece, Joe and Williard Tye; four sisters, Mrs. Leonard B. Simmons, Luling, Texas, Mrs. Robert W. Biddy, Mrs. Marvin A. Russell, and Miss Mayme Tye, all of Paducah; two nieces, three nephews and a host of friends.
FRANCES A. TYE
JULY 24, 1958Funeral services were held Friday for Mrs. Frances A. Tye, a resident of Paducah 47 years. Mrs. Tye, 80, was found dead at her home Thursday, July 24, 1958, about 3 p.m. by her daughter, Mrs. Pearl Simmons. Time of death was estimated at about noon. She had been ill about two years, but was able to do housework. She lived alone. Born in Trinity County October w7, 1877, Mrs. Tye came to Cottle County in 1911 and was married to J.T. Tye, a farmer, Oct. 3, 1893, at Cottonwood. They resided in Haskell and Motley counties before coming to Paducah. Burial was in Garden of Memories Cemetery in Paducah, with Norris Funeral Home in charge. Survivors include four sons, Ruben, Joe and Reece Tye of Paducah, and Willard Tye of Wichita Falls; four daughters, Mrs. Simmons, Mrs. Bob Biddy of Paducah, Mrs. Marvin Russell of Amarillo and Mary P. Tye of Wichita Falls; 14 grandchildren and 21 great-grandchildren.
IDA V. TYE
Service for Ida Vee [Coats] Tye, 84, of Paducah were at 2 p.m. Saturday, December 10, 1988 in First Baptist Church with the Rev. Jimmy Griffith, pastor, officiating. Burial was in Garden of Memories Cemetery under the direction of Myatt Funeral Home. She was found dead at 10 a.m. Thursday, December 8 in her home. Justice of the Peace Jewell Gibbs ruled the death due to natural causes. Mrs. Tye was born in Cottonwood and moved to Paducah in 1925. She married Cleo Reece Tye on January 4, 1925, in Baird. He preceded hr in death. She was a homemaker, member of Pythians Sisters, Order of the Eastern Star and First Baptist Church. A son, Jackie, died in 1966. Survivors include two sons, Doyle of Marshall and Bryan of Grandview; a daughter, Wanda Scott of Perryton; three sisters, Mrs. A.A. Holley of Abilene, Susie Diebert of Coyanosa and Stella Davidson of Cross Plains; two brothers, Leonard Coats of Fort Stockton and John Carl Coats of Kansas Cit, Mo; six grandchildren and three great-grandchildren. Serving as pallbearers were David and Royce Scott, Bret, Chad and Tod Tye, and Mike Seagroves.J. T. TYE
MARCH 19, 1925When the noble and true pass from the walks of men their friends bow their heads in sorrow, and their tears are mingled in deepest sympathy with grieving relatives. On last Thursday morning, March the 19th, a message from a Quanah sanitarium to relatives in this city stated that J.T. Tye had passed to the other shore, and a feeling of deep gloom pervaded this entire city.
Mr. Tye had been operated on for appendicitis, and although all possible within the knowledge of specialists was done to woo him back to health and strength, their efforts were futile, and the tired and suffering spirit was wafted to that City of perfect peace and painless bliss. J.T. Tye was born in Whitley County, Kentucky, October 22, 1868, and moved to Texas in the year of 1878, landing in Fort Worth, Texas. He grew into manhood in this State on October the 34d, 1894, at Cottonwood, Texas; he was married to Miss Fannie Bennett. To this union twelve children were born, ten of whom are living. The life of Mr. Tye needs no eulogy, for he was known and beloved by everyone in this town and section. He was possessed of a sunny disposition, and he always greeted his friends and acquaintances with a cheerful smile and a voice of true welcome. He was considered one of the most progressive farmers of this part of the country, and was also a splendid mechanic.
In 1885 he professed faith in the Master and joined the Methodist Church, and his daily life was a living testimony of his belief in God and the Church. As a friend he was true to the limit, and the night was never too dark nor dreary for him to go n missions of mercy. He spread cheer and comfort in the sick room; he had a word of encouragement for the discouraged; and his life radiated the warmest sympathy for his fellow man.
The home life of the popular citizen was perfect. He was a loyal devoted husband, and a kind, loving father. He was a real pal to all his children, and around this hearthstone there was always harmony and joy. It can be said that his home was an ideal one in every respect.
The funeral services were held at the First Methodist Church last Friday afternoon, at three o'clock, Rev. Foote officiating. The house could not accommodate the vast number of friends who wished to pay their last sad respects to him - many came and could not find standing room in the vestibules. As the casket was removed from the church, Misses Evelyn Foote, Naomi Newton, Winona Cabaniss, Cozette Latimore, Flodelle Armstrong and Onnie Mae Obrien, flower bearers, followed in its wake, carrying beautiful floral offerings. At the grave these young ladies tenderly placed these beautiful tokens of friendship on the mound of the departed one.
The Odd Fellows Lodge of this city, of which Mr. Tye was a member, conducted the service at the grave. The ceremony was beautiful and impressive, and showed the great esteem in which they held the memory of their departed brother.
Mr. Tye is survived by his wife, ten children, a mother ninety years of age, three brothers and one sister. A good man has passed to Eternity. He will be missed by hundreds of friends. Though taken from the busy activities of life, his influence will remain, to prove an inspiration and encouragement to upright honorable living.
The Post extends its sympathy to the heartbroken relatives in this hour of sadness.
JOHN JACKSON TYE
MARCH 29, 1917Jack, the 5-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Jim Tye, passed away last Thursday afternoon about 5 o'clock, after having suffered for three weeks from a complication of measles, whooping cough and pneumonia. All the medical skill, coupled with loving nursing, was done to bring the little boy back to health and strength, but the Father above willed it otherwise, and the tired spirit was called home to its eternal rest. The remains were interred in the city Cemetery, Friday afternoon. Rev. M. S. Leveridge performing the last sad rites. The Post extends condolences to the bereaved relatives.
MARY P. TYE
MAY 7, 1959Funeral services for Miss Mary Tye, 58, are scheduled for 4 p.m. Saturday from the First Methodist Church of Paducah. Miss Tye died Thursday afternoon in a Wichita Falls hospital. She was a registered nurse and a Wichitan for nine years. Miss Tye was born June 17, 1900, in King County, Texas. She graduated from Parkland School of Nursing in Dallas and worked for the Veterans Administration Hospital in Amarillo until 1950 when she moved to Wichita Falls. Miss Tye was a member of District 11, Texas Graduate Nurses Association and the American Red Cross. She served with the Nurses Corp in World War II and was a member of the Flora Heights Methodist Church. She resided at 702-A Warford. An honor guard from Sheppard Air Force Base will be in charge of military graveside services in the Garden of Memories Cemetery at Paducah. Survivors include three sisters, Mrs. L.B. Simmons and Mrs. W.R. Biddy, both of Paducah, and Mrs. Marvin Russell of Amarillo: four brothers, Ruben Tye, C.R. Tye, Joe Tye, all of Paducah, and Willard Tye of 27-B Beaumont.