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Harold Keith Lackey, 67, of Hico died May 6, 2008 at Hico Nursing and Rehab Center. Memorial services were held May 10 at 2 p.m. at the Hico Church of Christ with Mark Roberts and Gary Montgomery officiating.
Mr. Lackey was born July 5, 1940 in Fairy, the son of Bill and Edna Lackey. He lived most of his life in Hico and worked as a telephone repair clerk for Bell Telephone.
He was a member of the Hico Church of Christ. He was also a member of the Hamilton County Genealogical Society, the Irving Metroplex Glass Club, the Sons of American Revolution and was vice president of the Hamilton Historical Commission.
He was preceded in death by his parents and his brother, Jerry Lackey.
Survivors include his son, Raegan William Lackey of Roanoke; grandchildren, Trevor Williams Lackey and Lacie McGhee, both of Roanoke as well as numerous nieces, nephews and cousins.
Memorials may be made to the Hico Church of Christ Navajo Mission Fund or the Hico Historical Society.
Rutledge-Jones Funeral Home
L.A. “Babe” Summers
L.A. “Babe” Summers 93 of Burleson, a retired labor negotiator for the National Electrical Contractors Association, died May 7, 2008 in Hamilton. Graveside services were held at Burleson Memorial Park.
Laurel Ambrose Summers was born Ag. 15, 1914 in Ray, North Dakota to Charles Andrew and Mary Heinen Summers.
He was married to Mary McGhee on June 29, 1945 in Brownwood. He proudly served his country as a lieutenant in the US Army during WW II. He was instrumental in setting up blood banks for the Red Cross in St. Paul, Minn. and Waco.
Mr. Summers was a member of First Baptist Church of Burleson, a devout Christian who taught Sunday school his entire life, and never stopped spreading God's Word.
He was preceded in death by his parents, one brother, one sister, and his wife of 54 years, Mary McGhee Summers on Feb. 6, 2000.
Survivors were sons, Charles Summers and wife, Billye of Ovilla, James Summers and wife, Tina of Hamilton, Glen Summers and wife, Dana of Burleson; grandchildren, Charlie, Matthew, Jason, Joseph, and Steven Summers, Shelly Lengefeld, Staci Pollard, Stephanie Cranford.
Mountain Valley Funeral Home
Ertis Ethel Kulla
Ertis Ethel Kulla, 81 of the Ireland Community died peacefully at a Waco nursing home on Tuesday, May 6, 2008. Graveside services will be 2 p.m. Friday in the Ireland Cemetery. Visitation will be from 6 to 8 p.m. on Thursday at Gatesville Funeral Home.
She was born on March 7, 1927 in Borden County to the late Marshall and Mollie (Mathews) Davis. She grew up and went to school in Murphy and had resided in the Ireland community since 1950. Mrs. Kulla was a Christian and a member of the Purmela Baptist Church.
Survivors include; sons, Marshall Dobson and wife Barbara of Grand Prairie and Michael Neyland and wife Deana of Ireland; daughter, Annette McClary of Hewitt; six grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren; brothers, Carl Davis and wife Mary of Clinton, Okla. and Marvin Davis and wife Betty of Brownsboro.
Pallbearers were Marshall Ray Dobson, Troy Dobson, Lance Holden, Mike Nolan, Keith Lowrey and Jimmy Paul.
Memorials can be made to the Carleen Bright Arboretum 9001 Bosque Blvd. Woodway, TX 76712.
Gatesville Funeral Home
Horace Jones (Peefee) Fowler
Horace Jones Fowler, formerly of Hamilton, died in Dallas on Friday, May 9, 2008. Funeral services were held at the Sparkman-Crane Funeral Chapel on May 16, 2008. Burial followed at the National Military Cemetery on Patriot Parkway overlooking Mountain Creek Lake.
Known to Hamilton friends and family as “Peefee,” Mr. Fowler was born in Hamilton in 1928. His father, Horace Fowler was called Big Peefee and thus Horace Jones was called Little Peefee. His dad was a long time employee of the Hamilton Post Office as a rural mail carrier for the Blue Ridge, Ohio, Liberty and Aleman communities. His mother was Margaret Maloney Miller Fowler (Lonie to family and friends). She was descended from the pioneer Miller family (one of the five first families to settle in Hamilton County in 1856). She was a sister to the late R. B. Miller, long-time business man and former Gulf Oil consignee in the county. Horace Jones was first cousin to Virginia Miller McLemore of Odessa; the late Bob Miller, owner and publisher of the Hamilton Herald-News and the late Elizabeth Miller Gunn, owner of the Miller-Gunn Firestone Store.
He graduated from Hamilton High School in 1945. He was a member of the Hamilton High Bulldog football team. Upon graduation, he went directly into the U. S. Navy and served until discharged. He attended the University of Texas in Austin and became a life long strong supporter of the Longhorns.
Mr. Fowler then began a long career as a salesman and manufacturers representative for various companies. In 1950 he married Dixie Boatright of Hamilton and they lived most of their married life in Dallas. Dixie preceded Horace in death in 2006. Horace is survived by 3 daughters, Vickie Deadman of Terrell; Michelle Fowler of Dallas; and Stacy Biggs of Fort Worth, Texas; and a number of grandchildren.
Sparkman-Crane Funeral Home