Today's Obituaries (Aug. 17, 1998)
Iva Sue Adams
Iva Sue Adams, 90, died Saturday at a local nursing home.
Graveside services will be at 2 p.m. today in Elmwood Memorial
Park with Dr. Elbert Peak officiating, directed by Elliott-Hamil
Funeral Home, 542 Hickory.
Mrs. Adams was born in Taylor County and grew up in Abilene,
Wylie, Caps and Buffalo Gap. She attended Tuscola and Abilene
high schools. She worked for Lankford's for nine years and as
a practical nurse at Abilene State School for 10 years. She was
a homemaker and a member of Order of Eastern Star Chapter 30,
300 Club Biblical Faith Ministry and Faith Baptist Church. She
was the widow of Victor B. Adams and Lonnie Sales.
Survivors include a grandson, a great-grandson and a great-great-granddaughter.
Memorials may be made to Meals of Wheels, P.O. Box 903, Abilene
79604; or 300 Club Biblical Faith Ministry, 3300 S. 14th, Abilene
79605.
Arttie Freeman Polk
Arttie Freeman Polk, 84, died Saturday at a local hospital.
Services will be at 2 p.m. Tuesday at Elliott-Hamil Funeral
Home Chapel of Memories, 542 Hickory, with Woodrow Wilson officiating.
Burial will be in Elmwood Memorial Park.
Mrs. Polk was born in Rains County and lived in Abilene most
of her life. She attended school in Noodle, Truby and Buffalo
Gap. She was a homemaker and a member of Oakland Church of Christ.
Survivors include two daughters, Wanda Malone and Winell Townzen,
both of Abilene; one son, Glen Freeman of Abilene; four sisters,
Dessie Kirk of Abilene, Gladys Franklin of Clyde, Eda Hester of
Angleton and Mary Cook of Mesa, Ariz.; seven grandchildren, 13
great-grandchildren and several nieces and nephews.
The family will be at 4409 Flintrock before and after services.
W.L. 'Dub' Campbell
BRECKENRIDGE - W.L. "Dub" Campbell, 77, died Sunday
at a local nursing home.
Services will be at 2 p.m. Tuesday at Elliott Street Church
of Christ with Jim Cox officiating. Graveside services will be
at 4:30 p.m. Tuesday in Willow Cemetery in Haskell, directed by
Melton Funeral Home.
Mr. Campbell was born in Tishomingo, Okla., and was a farmer
and a gager for West Texas Utilities. He was an Army veteran of
World War II, a member of Elliott Street Church of Christ and
past director of Breckenridge Senior Citizens Center. He was a
member of Rogers Cox Post 221, American Legion of Haskell. He
married Effie Slovak in 1982 at Possum Kingdom Lake.
Survivors include his wife, of Breckenridge; one brother, O'Dell
Campbell of Haltom City; and numerous nieces and nephews.
Eunice Cayce
BROWNWOOD - Eunice Cayce, 80, of Granbury and formerly of Brownwood,
died Sunday at a Fort Worth hospital.
Services will be at 10 a.m. Tuesday at Heartland Funeral Home
Chapel with Paul McClung officiating. Graveside services will
be at 4 p.m. Tuesday in Fairview Cemetery in Midland.
Mrs. Cayce was born in Navarro County and was a retired bookkeeper
for Woolworth Co., where she worked 20 years. She was a member
of Suez Nomads, the bridge club and 4th and Stewart Street Church
of Christ. She married Ben Cayce in 1972 in Abilene.
Survivors include her husband, of Granbury; two sons, Conway
Crawford of Midland and Kenneth Cayce of Arlington; two daughters,
Melba June McKandles and Marsha Kay Blanck, both of Midland; two
brothers, Preston Vest of Smyer and R.C. Vest of Stanton; one
sister, Wanda Morrow of Brownwood; eight grandchildren and a number
of great-grandchildren.
Memorials may be made to the donor's favorite charity.
The family will be at the funeral home from 6:30-8 p.m. today.
Martha Payne
COMANCHE - Martha Payne, 73, died Saturday at her home. Services
will be at 9:30 a.m. Tuesday at Comanche Funeral Home Chapel.
John Cline
BIG SPRING - John W. Cline, 65, died Saturday at his home.
Services will be at 11 a.m. Tuesday at Nalley-Pickle & Welch
Funeral Home Rosewood Chapel.
Adelaido 'Lalo' Netro
SWEETWATER - Adelaido "Lalo" Netro, 52, died Sunday
at a local hospital. Services will be at 11 a.m. Tuesday at Immaculate
Heart of Mary Catholic Church, directed by McCoy Funeral Home.
Jewel Webb
BIG SPRING - Jewel Webb, 91, died Saturday in Big Spring. Graveside
services will be at 10 a.m. Tuesday at Mount Olive Memorial Park,
directed by Nalley-Pickle & Welch Funeral Home.
Rev. Edd King
STEPHENVILLE - The Rev. Edd C. King, 83, died Saturday at his
home. Services will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday at Lacy Funeral Home
Chapel. The family will be at the funeral home from 7-9 p.m. Tuesday.
Arthur 'Art' Lantzy
Arthur H. "Art" Lantzy, 53, died Saturday in Abilene.
Services are pending with Elliott-Hamill Funeral Home, 5701 Hwy.
277 South.
Marshall 'Gus' Meyers
COMANCHE - Marshall "Gus" Meyers, 89, of Keene died
Sunday at a Keene nursing home. Services will be at 11:30 a.m.
Tuesday at Comanche Funeral Home Chapel.
Frances Centner
MERKEL - Frances Centner, 75, died Sunday at an Abilene hospital.
Services are pending with Starbuck Funeral Home.
Eva Alcantar
BIG SPRING - Eva Alcantar, 62, died Sunday at a Lubbock hospital.
Services are pending with Myers & Smith Funeral Home.
Pearl Thompson
COLEMAN - Pearl Thompson, 91, died Sunday at a local nursing
home. Services are pending with Stevens Funeral Home.
Terry Joe Pickett
COLEMAN - Terry Joe Pickett, 42, died sunday at a local hospital.
Services are pending with Stevens Funeral Home.
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