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Challis, James E. (Ike)
Challis, Marie Beard
Fuller, Barbara Alyne
Grigg, Horace
Johnson, Joe M.
King, Jane H. F.
McAllister, Genevieve Langham
McKnight, Felix R.
Pharr, Mildred Walker
Powell, Johnnie L.
Rogers, Joe Hudnall
Sizemore, Georgia
Strickland, Marjorie
Threlkeld, Delle Cass
Tolley, Donna Shoemaker
Watson, Joseph P. Jr. |
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Delle Cass Threlkeld |
Fort Worth
Star-Telegram June 20, 2006
Courtesy of Wade Family Funeral
Home, Arlington, Texas
Delle Cass Threlkeld, 80, passed
away Sunday, June 18, 2006, in
Arlington. Graveside service: 3
p.m. Wednesday in Pleasant Hill
Cemetery, near New London.
Visitation: The family will
receive friends 6 to 8 p.m.
Tuesday at Wade Family Funeral
Home, 4140 W. Pioneer Parkway,
Arlington.
Delle was born Oct. 19, 1925, to
Leonard and Maudie Cass in
Wortham. She was raised in New
London and was a survivor of the
New London school explosion
March 18, 1937. Delle had been a
resident of Arlington since
September 1956 and was a member
of Hillcrest Baptist Church.
She was preceded in death by her
grandson, Mark Alan Threlkeld
Jr., in 1986.
Survivors: Sons, Stan Threlkeld
and wife, Paula, and Mark
Threlkeld and wife, Rhonda;
daughter, Susan Cass Threlkeld;
and grandchildren, Tiffany,
Amber and Andrew Threlkeld, all
of Arlington. |
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Donna Shoemaker Tolley |
The Recorder
November 4, 2005
DONNA GENELLE TOLLEY
Franklin, WV
Donna Genelle Tolley, 72, of
Franklin, formerly of Covington,
VA, died Wednesday 26 October
2005 at her residence.
She was born in Seminole, OK,
the daughter of the late
Randolph and Charlotte
Wilhelmenia Palstring Shoemaker.
She was married to Dr. Charles
H. Tolley, who died 13 November
2002.
She was a member and organist at
the Church of the Good Shepherd
in Blue Grass, VA.
She graduated from Murray State
University with a master’s
degree in music and English.
She enjoyed quilting, reading,
cooking, gardening, knitting,
and serving as an organist at
church and had a profound love
for her grandchildren.
Ms. Tolley was a professor at
Murray State University, Murray,
KY; Vincennes University,
Vincennes, IN; Davis and Elkins
College, Elkins, WV; Dabney S.
Lancaster Community College,
Clifton Forge, VA; Cape Fear
Tech, Wilmington, NC; and Salem
Teikyo University, Salem, VA.
Ms. Tolley is survived by two
daughters, Leslie Wynn and
husband Randy Bowers of
Franklin, and Karen N. and
husband John Gillespie of
Covington, VA, three sons,
William "Bill" and wife Lori
Tolley, Raymond Howard and wife
Susan Tolley, all of Covington,
VA, and Karl Bryan Tolley of
Baghdad, Iraq; eight
grandchildren, Zachary Bowers,
Lindsay Bowers, Jacob Tolley,
Joseph Tolley, Josh Tolley, Sara
Tolley, Jared Gillespie, and
Bryan Gillespie.
In addition to her husband, she
was preceded in death by two
sons, an infant and Joseph
Tolley; one graddaughter, Afton
Carlyle Gillespie; four brothers
and one sister.
As per Ms. Tolley’s
wishes and love of education,
her body has been donated to the
West Virginia School of
Medicine.
A memorial service will be held
at a later date. Memorials may
be made to charity of donor’s
choice.
Information and reference
courtesy of Judy Neighbors,
Covington Virginia. Donna was
home sick the day of the
explosion which killed her
brother Robert. |
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Joseph P. Watson, Jr. |
Houston
Chronicle
April 3, 2006
JOSEPH P. WATSON, JR., 86,
passed away on April 1, 2006,
after a lengthy battle with
cancer. Noted independent oil
and gas company owner and Texas
A&M alumnus, Joe will be missed
by his family, friends and
business associates. He was born
on January 19, 1920, in Oil
City, Louisiana to Joseph P
Watson, Sr., and his wife, Wille
McKinley Watson. Joe lived in
Mildred, TX near Corsicana, TX,
until he was fourteen when his
parents moved the family to new
London, TX, in 1934. He was a
senior in the New London High
School when the infamous natural
gas explosion on March 18 1937,
destroyed the towns only school
that was full of children,
killing over 300 students and
teachers. Joe and his younger
brother, W. G. "Bud" Watson,
carried caskets of their friends
and classmates for five days of
funerals after the disaster. An
avid Texas A&M Aggie. Joe
graduated in 1942 with a degree
in electrical engineering, and
remained there for a year as a
teaching assistant in the
department before joining the
U.S. Army. He served in the
Signal Corps and was assigned to
the army Air Corps, spending his
tour installing instrument
landing systems in B17s at
Robbins Field, Ga., and at a
base in San Juan Puerto Rico. In
1943, he met his future wife,
Doris Weverstead, an Army nurse,
when both were stationed at
Robins Field, GA. They were
married on January 6, 1946 at
the Robbins Field chapel. After
his discharge, Cities Service
Oil Co. hired Joe for the Junior
Engineering Program in East
Texas. They moved from
Gladewater, TX, to Bartlesville,
Ok. then to Houston, TX. In
1952, he left Cities Service and
worked for two independent oil
companies until joining
Southeastern Public Service as
General Manager in Houston. He
started his own company,
Hydrocarbon Gathering, Inc in
1970, which he ran until his
death. Joe was a member of the
Society of Petroleum Engineers,
Society of Evaluation Engineers,
Traveling Aggie tour group, the
Houston Petroleum Club where he
served on the board of
directors, Houston Power
Squadron, and Tallowwood Baptist
Church. Until his illness, he
had been a guest lecturer at
Texas A&M in Administrative
Skills. He and his wife, Doris,
have been honored by A&M for
their sponsorship of
Presidential Endowed
Scholarships, as well as two
other students there as well as
other involvement in scholarship
drives and building funds. Joe
Watson is survived by his wife
of 60 years, Doris, his son
Joseph P. Watson III "Jody", and
his wife Linda, of Jacksonville,
Fla., his daughter, Vicki Watson
Ash and her husband Gil of
Fulshear, TX., grandchildren,
Mark, Matthew, & Casey Watson,
Corey Watson Reid, Andrea Ash
Adams, and Brian Ash and
great-grandchildren, Devon
Seymour, Tyler, Jake, and Austin
Watson. A fifth
great-grandchild, Cole is
expected in late April. Also
surviving him is his brother
Wellington G. "Bud" Watson, and
his wife, Peggy, of Kingwood,
Texas, and their sons Paul and
Cary and their families. The
Family wishes to thank two
special attendants, Janet Brown
and Jovita Neal for their
assistance over the past year.
The family will receive friends
at Memorial Oaks Funeral Home,
13001 Katy Freeway, Monday
evening April 2, 2006 from 6PM
until 8PM. Funeral services will
be at Tallowwood Baptist Church
Tuesday April 4, 2006, at
11:00AM. Dr. Larry Beyrand will
officiate. Private family
internment will follow a
luncheon at the church for
family members. In lieu of
flowers the family has asked
that contributions be made in
the name of Joseph P. Watson Jr.
to the Presidential Endowed
Scholarship Program at Texas A&M
University, 401 George Bush
Drive, College Station, Texas,
77840-2811. |
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