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Henry Norman “Bully” Ready was born in Walker County August
1, 1931 to Elmer Lee and Grace (Burnet) Ready and passed away
April 29, 2007.
He is survived by his wife Norma (Howze) of the home, daughter
Alisia Gail Layton and husband Rusty, son Gary Norman Ready and
wife Jenny, daughter Ramona Koch and husband Lex, step-daughter
Linda Wonzer and husband Bill, step-son Jimmy Wayne Niersman,
step-son John Bailey and wife Dianne, step-daughter Ronda
Ledbetter and husband Bill, step-daughter Chyrle McCarty and
husband Merl, granddaughter Tisha Derden, 13 grandchildren, 21
great-grandchildren,
along with sisters; Gwin McMillian, Jerri Williams, Margie Bruce
and husband Pat, and Sonya Moriarty. He was preceded in death by
his parents Elmer Lee Ready and Grace Burnet Ready, daughter
Donna Ready, brother E. L. Ready and sister Barbara Ready.
Services will be held Thursday May 3, 2007 at 2 PM in the chapel
of Sam Houston Memorial Funeral Home. Interment will follow at
Farris Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 6 to 8 PM
on Wednesday at the funeral home.
Those wishing to leave memorial condolences for the family may
do so at www.shmfh.com.
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Billie Grace Donovan
Billie Grace Donovan, 81 of La Marque
went to be with her Lord on Sunday, April 29, 2007 at Mainland
Medical Center in Texas City. Billie was born August 29, 1925 in
Galveston to Herbert L. and Beulah Ezell. Billie was a resident
of La Marque since 1949 and a member of the First United
Methodist Church.
Billie was preceded in death by her parents. Billie is survived
by her husband of 62 years, Walter “Boots” Donovan of La Marque;
daughters and sons-in-law Dianne K. and Roger W. Hoogterp of
Evadale, Texas, Kathleen M. and Jeff Hathway of West Columbia,
Texas; son and daughter-in-law Larry W. and Nancy G. Donovan of
Plano, Texas; seven grandchildren David Hoogterp, Michael
Hoogterp, Brian Donovan, Matthew Donovan, Laurie Bass, Jeremy
Hathway and Dianna Boyett; three great-grandchildren Ki Bass,
Cree Bass and Kian Bass.
Visitation for family and friends will be Tuesday, May 1, 2007
from 5:00 p.m. until 8:00 p.m. at the James Crowder Funeral Home
in La Marque. Funeral service will be at 2:00 p.m. Wednesday,
May 2, 2007 at the First United Methodist Church in La Marque
with Rev. Roger Hoogterp officiating and assisted by Dr. Mike
Deaton. Interment to follow at Galveston Memorial Park in
Hitchcock.
Pallbearers will be Brian Donovan, Matthew Donovan, David
Hoogterp, Michael Hoogterp, Jeremy Hathway, Michael Boyett,
Glenn Bass and Ricky Rygaard.
Billie was greatly loved and will be missed by all who knew her. |
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Anna Merle (Farris)
Wells, 71, went home to be with the Lord May 26,
2007. She and her twin sister, Della Perle, born November 20,
1935 in Walker County, were the youngest of six children born to
Emmett and Edna (Leonard) Farris. Anna graduated from Huntsville
High School in 1954 and worked for the telephone company for a
brief time before marrying James L. “Red” Wells on April 28,
1956.
Anna lived her entire life in Walker County, most of which was in the
West Sandy Community only a few miles from her sisters. She and
Red raised three fine boys, who along with their wives and
children come home every Sunday for dinner with their parents.
She was a homemaker and a dedicated member of Ebenezer Baptist
Church where she was the pianist and Sunday school secretary.
Her home and heart were always open to her family and friends.
She is survived by her husband, James L “Red” Wells, sons and their
wives, Mike and Debbie Wells of Montgomery, Bobby and Sandra
Wells of Huntsville, Larry and Celeste Wells of the West Sandy
Community, her precious and dearly loved grandchildren, Lloyd
Wells, Kelly Wells, Alex Wells, Leighann Wells and Garrett
Wells, her sisters Doris Jean Turner and Della Perle Robinson,
her brothers and their wives, W.L. “Bill” and Helen Farris and
Harold and Nancy Farris, her sister-in-law and brother-in-law
Joyce and James Pulliam and numerous nieces and nephews.
She was preceded in death by her parents, Emmett and Edna Farris, her
stepmother, Della Farris, her brother and sister-in-law Gaylord
and Marie Farris, her brother-in-laws Bob Turner and Delbert
Robinson, her father-in-law and mother-in-law James Cleo and
Lillian Wells and her sister-in-law Jeanette Wells Bolding.
Services will be Wednesday, May 30, 2007 at 10:00am in the chapel of the
Sam Houston Memorial Funeral Home officiated by Bro. Wiley
Dorman and Bro. Deward Mullen with interment at Leigh Cemetery.
Pallbearers will be Lloyd Wells, Kelly Wells, Alex Wells,
Kenneth Bolding, Kevin Bolding, Chris Bolding, Gary Robinson,
and Raymond Kroll. Honorary pallbearers are Roy Lee Walker and
Emmett Otis Turner. Visitation will be Tuesday, May 29 from 5 –
8:00 pm at the funeral home. |
Vaudine Bartee
(May 1,
1928 - June 2, 2007)
Vaudine Bartee, of Huntsville, Texas passed Saturday
June 2, 2007 in a local hospital. She was 79 years
old.
Mrs. Bartee was born May 1, 1928 to Silas and
Pearl Harding in West Sandy, Texas. Her parents
preceded her death. She was a Baptist and was a
devoted wife to her Husband Wilburn Bartee. Her and
Mr. Bartee married December 12, 1945 and in the
early years of there marriage they loved to dance.
Mr. Bartee preceded her in death August of 2000.
Mrs. Bartee loved to work in the garden growing lots
of different types of flowers. Cooked late into the
night for the next day and was an avid hunter. Loved
to talk and sit in her yard on hot summer days and
drink her sweet tea.
She is survived by her son Kenneth and Gina
Bartee of Huntsville, Texas 2 Granddaughters
De'Amdra Bartee of Riverside, Texas and Cassandra
Bartee of Spring, Texas. 3 Great Grandchildren
Rebecca Chambers, Gracie Bartee Thompson and Kennlei
Bartee.
She was preceded in death her husband, parents
and a brother Quincy Edward Harding.
Funeral Services will be held Friday 10:00 am
June 11, 2007 at the Brooke Funeral Home Chapel with
burial to follow at Black Jack Cemetery, with pastor
Jim Parrish Officiating. Visitation Thursday night
from 6-8 pm at Brooke Funeral Home Chapel 672 FM 980
(936) 295-4330 |
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Hattie Lou Pool
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Visitation:
Sunday, June 3, 2007
5:00 PM until 7:00 PM
Sam Houston Memorial Funeral Home
1700 Normal Park Dr.
Huntsville, TX 77340
Service:
Monday, June 4, 2007
10:00 AM
Sam Houston Memorial Funeral Home
1700 Normal Park Dr.
Huntsville, TX 77340
Special Services:
Interment at Pools Cemetery
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Hattie Lou Pool was born Januray 21,
1905 in the Mustang Community of Walker
County to Willie and Mattie Harman
Reaves. She was the only girl in the
family with five brothers. She passed
away May 31, 2007 at the age of 102. She
had many hobbies, but her passion was
the flowers which she grew in her yard.
She loved here roses. If she saw a
flower she had never seen before in
someone elses yard she would stop and
ask them about it and often bring home a
start for her yard. Friends were often
bringing her something else to plant.
Her love of working in the yard extended
into her vegetable garden where she grew
tomatoes, peas, corn, cucumbers, beans,
and squash, in abundance, all of which
she would can during the summer months
to feed here family throughout the year.
There was never a time that you went to
her house that she didn’t have something
good to eat. During the winter months
you’d find her sitting at her Singer
treadle machine piecing quilts, most of
which were given to family members
throughout the years. Also during the
cold weather she would crochet and
embroidery.
She is survived by three sons and their
wives; Homer and Elsie Pool, Joey and
Jane Pool and Travis Aad Brenda Pool,
seven grandchildren, fifteen great
grandchildren, nine great-great
grandchildren, sister-in-law Gertrude
Reaves and many nieces, nephews and
other family members. She was preceded
in death by her parents, husband C.E
“Ebb” Pool of sixty years, and five
brothers; Olie B., Edgar, John Aaron,
Dallas, R. and Hughie Edwards Reaves.
Services will be held Monday June 4,
2007 at 10 AM in the chapel of Sam
Houston Memorial Funeral Home. Interment
will follow at Pool’s Cemetery in
Montgomery County. Serving as
pallbearers will be her grandsons;
Ricky, Randall, Aubrey, Glen, Gary,and
Barry Pool and Gary Bowen serving as
honorary pallbearer. The family will
receive friends from 5 to 7 PM on Sunday
afternoon at the funeral home.
In lieu of flowers donations may be made
to the Union Grove Baptist Church of
Richards. |
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