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Myrle Perry
Myrle F. Perry, 88, died Sunday in a local hospital.
Services will be at 1 p.m. Friday in South Side Baptist Church with the Rev. Jerry Paulding officiating. Burial will be in Mount Hope Cemetery in Anson, directed by Elliott-Hamil Funeral Home, 542 Hickory.
Mrs. Perry was born in Alvarado in Hood County and attended school in Young County. She moved to Abilene in 1927 from Olney, and worked at Lankford's Clothing Factory from 1927-49 and in alterations at Grissom's from 1968 until retiring in 1984. She was a homemaker. She was a member of Chapter 30, Order of the Eastern Star; Daughters of the Nile 100 in San Angelo and the Dorcas Class at South Side Baptist Church. She was the widow of Milton E. Perry, whom she married in 1939 in Abilene.
Survivors include one son, Milton Eugene Perry Jr. of Houston; and three grandchildren.
(Published March 5, 1997)
Louise McCaughan
SANTA ANNA - Louise (Mrs. Ted) McCaughan, 90, lifelong local resident, died Monday in a Bangs nursing home.
Services will be at 2:30 p.m. today in First Presbyterian Church with the Rev. Jasper McClellan and Dr. Dick Wood officiating. Burial will be in Santa Anna Cemetery, directed by Henderson Funeral Home.
Mrs. McCaughan was born in Santa Anna, where she graduated from high school in 1923. She attended Trinity University. She was a homemaker and was a school teacher, and was a member of the Chat and Stitch Club and First Presbyterian Church. She was the widow of Theodore J. McCaughan, whom she married in 1928 in Santa Anna.
Survivors include two daughters, Betty Ann Henderson of Del Rio and Margaret Karthauser of Fort Worth; seven grandchildren; 14 great-grandchildren; and one niece.
(Published March 5, 1997)
Jewell Strange
BANGS - Jewell Strange, 90, charter member of First Baptist Church, died Tuesday in a local nursing home.
Services will be at 2:30 p.m. Thursday in Bangs First Baptist Church with the Rev. Jimmy Allen officiating. Burial will be in Bangs Cemetery, directed by Heartland Funeral Home of Early.
Mrs. Strange was born in Abernathy and attended school in Bangs. She was a longtime Bangs resident and was a homemaker. She was the widow of Olin Strange, whom she married in 1922 in Brownwood.
Survivors include one daughter, Billie Ford of Brookesmith; one sister, Odell Weaver of Fort Worth; two grandchildren; four great-grandchildren; and several nieces and nephews.
(Published March 5, 1997)
David Smith
ALBANY - David M. Smith, 67, died Monday at his home.
Services will be at 2 p.m. Thursday in Albany United Pentecostal Church with the Rev. James Manley officiating. Burial will be in Albany Cemetery, directed by Morehart Mortuary.
Mr. Smith was born in Petway in Robertson County and graduated from Bremond High School. He was a U.S. Navy veteran of World War II and married Jean Hawley in 1948 in Rochester. He farmed in Plainview and Lubbock before moving to Albany in 1982 from Pecos, and was a member of the Church of Christ.
Survivors include his wife, of Albany; three sons, James Smith, Dusty Smith and Justin Smith, all of Albany; two daughters, Charlotte Cox of Kemah and Mamie Lester of Woodson; three brothers, Bud Smith of Dallas, Raymond Smith of Bremond and James Smith of Houston; four sisters, Mae Anderson and Faye Gorman, both of Dallas, Jesse Ganze of Houston and Marion Lyons of Kosse; 13 grandchildren; and one great-grandchild.
Memorials may be made to a favorite charity and left at the funeral home.
(Published March 5, 1997)
Thelma Cullins
BROWNWOOD - Thelma (Mrs. Alfred) Cullins, 87, formerly of Santa Anna, died Monday at her home.
Services will be at noon today in Santa Anna First Baptist Church with the Rev. Freddie Cullins officiating. Burial will be in Santa Anna Cemetery, directed by Henderson Funeral Home of Santa Anna.
Mrs. Cullins was born in Santa Anna and attended school at Loss Creek in Coleman County. She married Alfred Cullins in 1927 in Coleman and was a homemaker. She moved to Brownwood in 1970 from Coleman County and was a Baptist.
Survivors include her husband, of Brownwood; four daughters, Joyce Ralston of Brownwood, Glenda Gassiot of Valera, Clois Cox of Early and Velda Johnson of Cleburne; two sons, Edmond Cullins of San Antonio and Freddie Cullins of League City; 21 grandchildren; 23 great-grandchildren; and two great-great-grandchildren.
(Published March 5, 1997)
David Jacobs
RISING STAR - David E. Jacobs, 89, died Tuesday in a Brownwood hospital.
Services will be at 2 p.m. Thursday in Higginbotham Funeral Home Chapel with E.B. Elswick officiating. Burial will be in Rising Star Cemetery.
Mr. Jacobs was born in Rising Star and was a retired field engineer of Continental Oil Co. He returned to Rising Star in 1972 from West Texas and owned and operated a restaurant and drug store in Rising Star. He was a member of First Methodist Church and was the widower of Georgia Laura Lewis Jacobs, whom he married in 1931 in Henderson.
Survivors include two daughters, Jeannine Bailey of Rising Star and Lucie Roberson of Big Spring; one brother, Frank Jacobs of Big Spring; five grandchildren; and seven great-grandchildren.
(Published March 5, 1997)
Sister Mary Peter Tremonte
Sister Mary Peter Tremonte, O.P., well-known liturgical artist whose works are featured at Holy Family Catholic Church, died Tuesday in San Antonio after a brief illness.
The sculptor and liturgical designer served the church through her art for 40 years. While chairman of the art department at Dominican College in Houston she assisted many new and renovating churches to adopt the liturgical reforms that came from Vatican Council II.
One of those is the Holy Family parish in Abilene, which has an estimated $175,000 worth of her works. She designed and executed a bronze "corpus" for the crucifix in the sanctuary and a six-foot bronze tabernacle for the blessed sacrament. She also designed and sculpted the larger-than-life bronze of the Holy Family which stands at the entrance to the church. The church's stained glass windows were also designed by Sister Mary Peter.
Most than 50 churches in Texas have pieces of her work, much of it cast in Italy.
A native of Port Arthur, she entered the convent at age 19 when she joined the Dominicans. She was assigned to teach other gifted artists in 1950 and later founded a special program for Dominican students to study with Florentine artists in Italy. In 1979, she earned a master's degree in fine arts from the University of Texas at Austin.
She will be buried today at the Dominican Motherhouse in Houston.
(Published March 6, 1997)
Ethel 'Sister' Price Vaughn
Ethel "Sister" Price Vaughn, 64, formerly of Abilene, died Sunday in a local nursing home.
Services will be at 11 a.m. today in Ash Street Baptist Church with the Revs. W.M. Vaughn and Robert Giles officiating. Burial will be in Cedar Hill Cemetery, directed by Curtis-Starks Funeral Home, 542 E.N. 7th.
Mrs. Vaughn was born in Teague, where she attended Booker T. Washington High School. She married Walter H. Vaughn in 1949 and was a member of Teague First Baptist Church.
Survivors include one daughter, Valerie Robertson of Fort Worth; her mother, Mattie Williams of Houston; four brothers, Steve Price of San Antonio, Walter Price of Houston, Franklin Williams of Henderson and Billy Williams of Dallas; two sisters, Carol Holmes of Dallas and Lou Barnes of Houston; one grandchild; and many nieces, nephews and cousins.
(Published March 6, 1997)
David Cairns
David J. Cairns, 63, died Monday in a local hospital.
Graveside services with military honors will be at 11 a.m. today in Elmwood Memorial Park with the Rev. Archie Echols officiating, directed by North's Funeral Home, 242 Orange.
Mr. Cairns was born in Pennsylvania, where he grew up, and married Gladys Mayleen Walker in 1970. He was in the U.S. Army for 25 years and served in the Korean conflict and Vietnam. He moved to Abilene in the 1970s and was a past commander of Disabled American Veterans.
Survivors include his wife, of Abilene; two sons, David Cairns Jr. of Abilene and Jimmy Cairns of Pasadena, Calif.; one stepson, Charles W. Ralston of Clyde; three sisters and three brothers; and many grandchildren, nieces and nephews.
The family will be at 610 Jeanette.
(Published March 6, 1997)
