Today's Obituaries (June 25, 1998)

Jasper Lewis 'Slick' McCaleb

Jasper Lewis "Slick" McCaleb, 80, died Wednesday in a local nursing home.

Services will be at 10:30 a.m. Friday in Pioneer Drive Baptist Church with the Rev. Jack Ridlehoover and Dr. Jeff Reid officiating. Burial will be in Elmwood Memorial Park, directed by Elliott-Hamil Funeral Home, 542 Hickory.

A retired salesman from Battles Home Improvement, Mr. McCaleb was active with Little League, Boy Scouts, Kiwanis Club and Rotary Club. He also served as deacon of Pioneer Drive Baptist.

A Big Country product, Mr. McCaleb was born in Merkel, grew up in Hodges and graduated from high school in Anson. At Hardin-Simmons University, he played basketball, baseball and football and baseball, and was listed in Who's Who of American Universities and Colleges,. He served as student body president in his final semester before graduating in 1941. That same year, he married Betty Wallace in Abilene.

Survivors include his wife; one son, Michael Lewis McCaleb of Irving; two daughters, Patricia "Cissy" Broussard of Kerrville and Molly Lenker of Abilene; eight grandchildren; four great-grandchildren; three nieces and several cousins.

Memorials may be sent to a favorite charity, Sears Methodist Center, 3233 S. Willis, or Pioneer Drive Baptist, 701 S. Pioneer.

Visitation will be from 6-8 p.m. at the McCaleb home, 2049 Brentwood.

Ovelia Sievers

Ovelia Sievers, 81, died Wednesday at home.

Her body will be cremated.

Ms. Sievers worked as a proofreader at the Abilene Reporter-News from 1977-82 and was a member of the Jehovah's Witnesses. She was born in Louisiana and moved to Abilene in 1950.

Survivors include one daughter, Thelma Sargee of Abilene; one son, Leroy Sievers of Tomball; one sister, Norma Phillips of Liberty; 15 grandchildren and six great-grandchildren.

Raymond Allen Landis

Raymond Allen Landis, 51, died Wednesday in a local hospital.

Graveside services will be at 2 p.m. today in Abilene City Cemetery with Randy Avery officiating, directed by Elliott-Hamil Funeral Home, 542 Hickory.

Mr. Landis, a retired disc jockey with WMBD in Illinois, moved to Abilene six years ago. He was born in Peoria, Ill., where he attended high school and college. He was a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints.

Survivors include two brothers, Otis Landis of California and Don Landis of Peoria.

Dale Nolen

Dale L. Nolen, 63, died Tuesday at home.

Services will be at 3 p.m. Friday in Bible Chapel with Quanah Jobe officiating. Burial will be in Sweetwater City Cemetery, directed by Elliott-Hamil Funeral Home, 542 Hickory.

Mr. Nolen was born in Brownfield and moved to Abilene in 1988 from Eunice, N.M.

Survivors include one brother, Robert Nolen of Electra, and other relatives.

Memorials may be sent to Bible Chapel, 5158 Twilight.

Visitation will be from 6-8 p.m. today in the funeral home.

Yvonne Rodriguez Wilson

Yvonne Rodriguez Wilson, 27, formerly of Abilene, died Sunday in Granbury.

Services will be at 10 a.m. Friday in St. Vincent Catholic Church with the Rev. Joe Uecker officiating. Burial will be in City Cemetery, directed by Elliott-Hamil Funeral Home, 542 Hickory. A prayer service will be held at 7 p.m. today in the funeral home.

Ms. Wilson attended high school and lived in Abilene most of her life before moving to the Granbury area in 1988.

Survivors include two daughters, Tamika Wilson and Dusty Wilson, both of Granbury; her father and stepmother, Carlos and Lydia Rodriguez of Abilene; her mother, Carmen Rodriguez of Abilene; three brothers, Carlos Rodriguez Jr. of Rosharon, Joe Rudy Rodriguez and Steven Rodriguez, both of Abilene; two stepbrothers, Reuben Morales of Del Rio and Jerry L. Morales of Abilene; three sisters, Melissa Rodriguez, Lisa Herrera and Lucinda Rodriguez, all of Abilene; one stepsister, Jeannette Foster of Abilene; three grandparents, Joe and Jessie Rodriguez and Bertha Rodriguez, all of Abilene and one great-grandmother, Josephina Munoz of Abilene.

Memorials may be sent to the Yvonne Rodriguez Wilson Memorial Fund, c/o Bank One, Acct. #1827194802, 3444 N. 1st.

Jack Vaught

COMANCHE -- Jack Vaught, 88, died Tuesday in a Brownwood hospital.

Graveside services will be at 11 a.m. today in Eastland Memorial Cemetery with Dr. Van Christian officiating, directed by Hall & Sons Funeral Home.

Mr. Vaught co-founded Texas Peanut Company in Comanche in 1945 and later worked for the Federal Power Commission in Washington, D.C. After retiring in 1978, he returned to Comanche, where he was a member of First Baptist Church.

Born in the Duster community of Comanche County in 1910, Mr. Vaught graduated from Eastland High School and attended the University of Texas in Austin. He married Exma Miller of Eastland in 1932, and the couple resided in Comanche until 1997, when they moved to Redstone Park Retirement Center in Brownwood.

Survivors include his wife; one daughter, Jan Sellers of Dallas; one son, Jack Vaught of Austin; six grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren.

Memorials may be sent to First Baptist Church.

Nunley Farrar

ANSON -- Nunley Farrar, 88, died Tuesday in an Abilene hospital.

Services will be at 3 p.m. today in Prairie View Baptist Church with the Rev. Jerry Pittman officiating. Burial will be in Prairie View Cemetery, directed by Lawrence-Adams Funeral Home.

A retired truck driver, Mr. Farrar served in the Navy during World War II and was a member of Veterans of Foreign Wars. He was born in Van Zandt County but lived Jones County most of his life, and married Erma Dell Davis in Anson in 1943. He was a Baptist.

Survivors include three sons, Garron Farrar of El Campo, Gregg Farrar of Abilene and Roy Farrar of Memphis, Tenn.; three daughters, Sue Nichols, Sharron Herring and Laura Farrar, all of Anson; 21 grandchildren; 16 great-grandchildren and 1 great-great-grandchild.

Anton Freytag

SWEETWATER -- Anton Freytag, 87, died Tuesday in an Abilene hospital.

Rosary will be at 8 p.m. today in Immaculate Heart of Mary Catholic Church and services will be at 10 a.m. Friday in Immaculate Heart with the Rev. Mike Goode officiating. Burial will be in St. Joseph Catholic Cemetery in Moulton, directed by McCoy Funeral Home.

Mr. Freytag was born in Moulton in 1910 and married Martha Pilsner there in 1937. He farmed in the Inadale community and was a member of Holy Family Catholic Church.

Survivors include his wife, of Sweetwater; two sons, Jimmy L. Freytag of Ardmore, Okla., and Tommy L. Freytag of Gilbert, Ariz.; two daughters, Barbara J. Harvel of Little Rock, Ark., and Dorothy A. McKenzie of Abilene; one sister, Marie Appelt of Pasadena; four grandchildren and five great-grandchildren.

Memorials may be sent to a favorite charity or to Alzheimers Association.

Carl Joe Powell

ROTAN -- Carl Joe Powell, 56, died Tuesday in a local hospital.

Services will be at 3 p.m. Saturday in Weathersbee Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev. George Ferguson officiating. Burial will be in Belvieu Cemetery.

Mr. Powell, a lifelong resident of Rotan, was a retired mechanic at National Gypsum Company and a member of Little Zion Baptist Church. He was born in Rotan and married Sandra Wynn in Anson in 1976.

Survivors include his wife, of Rotan; one son, Carl Joe Powell Jr. of Abilene; one daughter, Denise Thompson of Abilene; his mother, Pearl Powell Price of Rotan; five sisters, Billy Newsome of Ontario, Cleo Patrick Donaldson of Columbia, N.C., Bobby Black of Oceanside, Calif., Linda McClain and Judy Jones, both of Abilene; three brothers, Eugene Powell Jr. of Hamlin, Douglas Powell Sr. of Abilene and Donald Powell of Rotan; and two grandchildren.

Gene Lloyd Cox

SNYDER -- Gene Lloyd Cox, 61, died Monday at home.

Graveside services will be at 2 p.m. today in Snyder Cemetery with Wayne Horton officiating, directed by Wright Colonial Funeral Home.

Mr. Cox was born in Wilson, Okla., and married Dorotha Joe Clark in Lubbock in 1965. He served in the Air Force and was a truck driver for the Texas Department of Corrections.

Survivors include two sons, Robert Bruce of Lubbock and Clark Wayne Cox; one daughter, Cynthia Smith of Nacogdoches; and four grandchildren.

Ricarda Carrion

SWEETWATER -- Ricarda Carrion, 90, died Tuesday in a local hospital.

Rosary will be at 7 p.m. today in McCoy Funeral Home Chapel and services will be at 1 p.m. Friday in Immaculate Heart of Mary Catholic Church with the Rev. Tim Guthridge officiating. Burial will be in Sweetwater Cemetery.

Mrs. Carrion was born in 1908 and was the widow of Joe Carrion. She was a member of Immaculate Heart.

Survivors include two daughters, Erlinda Gutierrez of Tahoka and Vera Cantu of Sweetwater; two sons, Rogerio Carrion of Rotan and Roy Carrion of Stephenville; and 24 grandchildren.

Elton Wallace

BIG SPRING -- Elton Wallace, 67, died Wednesday in a local hospital. Services are pending with Myers and Smith Funeral Home.

John Freeman

CLYDE -- John Smith Freeman, 107, died Wednesday in an Abilene hospital. Services are pending with Bailey Funeral Home.

Cecil Pinson

SAN ANGELO -- Cecil Edwin Pinson, 68, died Wednesday in a San Angelo hospital. Services are pending with Heartland Funeral Home of Early.

Eldon Jones

BROWNWOOD -- Eldon M. "Bill" Jones, 74, died Wednesday. Services will be at 10 a.m. Saturday in Davis-Morris Funeral Home Chapel.