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Beth Stewart of Hamilton died Feb. 26 at Hamilton Gen-eral Hospital.
She was born on November 19, 1941 in Melrose Mass. eld-est of three children and the daughter of Ruth Townsend Jones.
She was married to Charles Summerfield Stewart on March 31, 1959 in Rhode Island.
She was well known for her volunteer work and her charity work, her personal favorite being Huts for Mutts.
Mrs. Stewart was preceded in death by her mother Ruth Jones, a brother Dale Rowland and a daughter, Heather Ann.
Survivors include her hus-band and best friend of 50 years Charles Summerfield of Hamil-ton, two sons, Charles A. and James R. of Ladson S.C. and three daughters Jennifer R. Hair of Amarillo, Wendy Allen of Hamilton and Beverlee Strict-land of Brownwood; 14 grand-children and three great- grand-children.
Memorials may be made to Huts for Mutts.
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William (Bill) Leslie Hamilton
William (Bill) Leslie Hamil-ton died March 5, 2008. Grave-side services were held March 8.
He was born on Oct. 1, 1944, the son of James Leslie and Willie Ola (Bynum) Hamil-ton of Hamilton. He grew up with his three sisters, attended school in Hamilton and gradu-ated from Hamilton High School in 1963.
While in high school, Mr. Hamilton worked as a janitor and mail clerk at Hamilton Na-tional Bank. After graduating from high school, he went to work at the bank as a book-keeper and eventually worked his way up to teller and then served as assistant vice presi-dent, vice president, and even-tually as the executive vice president of the bank. He then went to work as the executive vice president of Peoples Na-tional Bank in Lampasas.
Throughout his working car-rier he also served on the Ham-ilton Volunteer Fire Depart-ment as a fireman for more then 20 years. During his years as a fireman, he served in every office of the fire department including two terms as fire chief.
In addition to his service on the fire department, the list of civic organizations in which Bill served is extensive. He was a member of the Hamilton Goodfellows; the Hamilton Chamber of Commerce in which he served on the Board of Directors; the Perry Country Club Board of Directors; the City of Hamilton Housing Au-thority; the Hamilton Jaycees in which he served as director; the Hamilton County March of Dimes in which he served as both chairman and treasurer; the American Cancer Society in which he served as memorial chairman and treasurer; and the Hamilton Lions Club, in which he served over the years as di-rector, vice president, president, and zone chairman.
Mr. Hamilton also served as the fire marshal for both the City of Hamilton and Hamilton County for almost twenty years. When he went to work in Lampasas, his volunteer work continued.
He was an active member of the Lampasas Lions Club; served on the Lampasas Cham-ber of Commerce; and he served on the Lampasas EMS advisory board. He loved the community in which he lived and worked.
When Mr. Hamilton was 28 years old, he attended confir-mation instruction at St. John Lutheran Church in Hamilton, where on March 25, 1973 he was confirmed and was a member of the congregation for the rest of his life.
Mr. Hamilton met Betty Hardin thirty years ago and the two became inseparable for the remainder of his life. Since he had no children of his own, Mrs. Hardin’s family became his family. He spoke often of how proud he was of her chil-dren. When the grandchildren came to visit, Mr. Hamilton was overjoyed to be grandfa-ther to them. He was affection-ately call “Bobo” by the grand-children, a name he bore with great pride.
When Mr. Hamilton was di-agnosed with cancer a few years ago, he found his rela-tionship with Betty grew deeper and more meaningful than ever before. She was there with him every step of the way as he endured various treatments and the medications which were so difficult to take. When life be-came extremely difficult, he moved to Hamilton Health Care and made the decision to termi-nate treatments and go on Hos-pice. Day by day as he grew weaker, family and friends would visit and brighten his day. Through his time of illness Mr. Hamilton demonstrated a solid faith which gave him great peace and he prepared for the day the Lord would call him home.
Mr. Hamilton was preceded in death by his parents, James Leslie Hamilton and Willie Ola Hamilton and one sister, Betty Horner, who preceded him.
Survivors include Betty Har-din, his companion for many years; two sisters, Sharon War-lick and husband, George, of Hamilton and Sue Beard and husband, Jeff, of Groesbeck; Betty’s children, Danny Hardin and wife, Angelia, Ronda Hall and husband Callaway, Becky Lux and husband, Mike as well as numerous nieces and neph-ews.
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Beulah May Comer
Beulah Comer, 90, of Evant died on March 8, 2008 in
a care center in Hurst. Funeral services were held March 11, at Scott's Funeral Home Chapel with burial following at Smith Cemetery in Purmela.
She was born on August 30, 1917 in Purmela, the daughter of Charles Dudley and Deanie May Wise Morgan. She was married to Ed Comer on
Feb. 4, 1939 and they lived in Purmela. After Mr. Comer re-tired they moved to Evant.
Mrs. Comer was a home-maker in every sense of the
word. She spent her life de-voted to her husband, children,
grandchildren and great-grandchildren. She spent many happy hours cooking for her family, friends and neighbors. She was an excellent seam-stress, making clothing for her children over the years. She
also enjoyed quilting with the ladies from Purmela.
She was preceded in death by her husband; a daughter, Jo Anne Graham; grandson, Chris Comer; brothers, Harold "Pill" Morgan, L.O. "Rusty" Morgan, Garnett Morgan, C.A. Morgan; sisters, Christine Dryer, Opal Davis and an infant sister.
Survivors include her chil-dren, Joyce Bundrant and hus-band Don of Irving, Patsy Garza and husband Jesse of Hurst, Paul Comer and
companion Wanda Smith of Glen Rose; brothers, Bob Mor-gan, A.D. "Red" Morgan; six grandchildren and 14 great grandchildren.
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Darryl Dean McDonald
Darryl Dean McDonald, 39, of Gustine, died March 5, 2008 in the Scott and White Hospital in Temple. A family graveside service was held March 8 at twilight in the Shiloh Cemetery near Comanche with Clay Hargrove officiating.
Mr. McDonald was born Oct. 29, 1969, the son of Billy Lee and Jeannette Rose Bow-man McDonald. He worked as a welder at C &F Steel.
He was preceded in death by his father: Billy Lee McDonald
Survivors include his mother, Jeannette McDonald of Gustine; two brothers and one sister.
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Emery Paul Haynes
Emery Paul Haynes, 80, of Snyder died Feb. 27, 2008 in Midland Memorial Hospital after a lengthy illness. Funeral services were held March 1 in the Bell-Cypert-Seale Funeral Home Chapel with burial in the Snyder Cemetery.
He was born in Hamilton on Jan. 7, 1928, the son of G.P. and Rosellan (Pierce) Haynes.
He was married to Lois Pinkerton on Nov. 4, 1976 in Snyder. He worked in mainte-nance for Scurry County and was a member of the Union Baptist Church.
Mr. Haynes is preceded in death by his parents and a brother, Norman “Doc” Haynes.
Survivors include his wife, Lois Haynes of Snyder; three sons, Chris Haynes, Toby Haynes and Jeremy Haynes, all of Snyder; four sisters, Cora Marcum of Lebanon, MO., Rose Whitaker of Wills Point, Lucille Dodson of Clifton and Alice Ault of Hamilton; four brothers, Clarence Haynes and Don Haynes of Wills Point, Alvin Haynes and Joe Haynes of Hamilton; his mother-in-law, Margie Pinkerton of Snyder; six grandsons and numerous nieces and nephews.
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Marilynn (Torrence) Lund
Marilynn (Torrence) Lund, 86, of Anacortes, died March 9, 2008 at Rosario Assisted Liv-ing in Anacortes, from compli-cations of congestive heart fail-ure. A funeral service was set for 11 a.m., March 12, 2008 at Anacortes Lutheran Church with Pastors Debra Benson and Jerry Bongard officiating and burial to follow at Grand View Cemetery in Anacortes.
Mrs. Lund was born on No-vember 19, 1921 in Clifton, the daughter of L.T. and Iva (Pool) Torrence. She graduated from Clifton High School in 1939 and then attended Clifton Lu-theran College. She started working as a dental assistant in Clifton before moving to Fort Worth, to work for Dr. Oscar Koberg. She was a dental assis-tant, lab technician, and became a registered dental hygienist.
She was married to Kenneth A. Lund on March 1, 1952 in the family home in Clifton with Pastor Robert Nerger officiat-ing.
The couple enjoyed boating in the San Juan Islands and the Canadian islands. She was a member of the Puget Sound Chinooks Boating Club.
Survivors include her hus-band; their children, Kris and Chris Lund of Kodiak, Ark., Karen and James Lee of La Conner, WA; grandchildren, Meredith Lund and Mike Click of Stanwood, WA, Bryce Lund of El Cajon, CA, Elizabeth Hjelm of Stanwood, WA; great-grandson, Christopher Click of Stanwood, WA; and sister, Elizabeth Torrence of Clifton.
Memorials may be made to the Anacortes Lutheran Church, 2100 O Avenue, Anacortes, WA 98221 or to a charity of one’s choice.
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Maurine Wilkerson
Maurine Wilkerson, 94, of Hamilton died March 6, 2008 in the Dove Hill Care Center in Hamilton. A memorial service was held March 8 in the First Presbyterian Church of Hamil-ton with Tim Moody officiat-ing. Private Burial was held before the services in the I.O.O.F cemetery under the direction of Riley Funeral Home.
Mrs. Wilkerson was born Feb. 12, 1914 in Shive, the daughter of John “Shade” and Betty Bullington Register.
She was married to Danforth “Dan” Wilkerson in Hamilton on Nov. 10, 1935. She was owner and operator of the HTW Lumber Company in Hamilton for many years. She was also co-founder of the Pe-can Creek Inn Restaurant all at the age of 85.
Survivors include her three children, Joan Cook of Plaser-ville Calif., Dan Wilkerson of Bryan, Barry Wilkerson of Col-lege Station, a sister, Sue Fuqua of Hamilton, six grandchildren, Carol Vaughn and her husband Richard, Jill Cook and her hus-band Peter, Danny Wilkerson, Danielle Haymore and her hus-band D.J., James Cook, and Scott Wilkerson, three great-grandchildren, one sister-in-law, Lou Register of Tyler,
She was preceded in death by, her parents, her husband, and two brothers Archie Joe “Cash” Register, and Jack Reg-ister.
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Ben E. Cowling
Ben E. Cowling Jr. died in the company of his family Sun-day, March 9, 2008. A memo-rial service will be held to cele-brate his life at Saint Michael and All Angels Episcopal Church, 8011 Douglas, Dallas, Texas 75225 on Friday, March 14 at 11 a.m. Private interment will take place in Vernon, Texas
He was born in Hamilton County, on Jan. 26, 1920, the son of pioneer ranchers Alice Dunlop and Ben E. Cowling, Sr. He attended Hamilton High School where he excelled in sports and academics. He was active in Boy Scouts and re-ceived his Eagle Scout award in Waco.
After graduation Mr. Cowl-ing attended John Tarleton Col-lege in Stephenville until the onset of World War II. He went to Officer Candidate School and served as a first lieutenant in the Air Force, which he served honorably. Upon separa-tion from the Air Force, Mr. Cowling attended Texas Tech University and obtained his Bachelors of Business Admini-stration degree.
In June, 1946, he was mar-ried to Doris Patricia Lovelace in Kermit. They moved to Kermit in 1953 where they be-gan an automobile dealership. At his retirement in 1986, he was the Buick, Cadillac, Pontiac and GMC truck dealer in Kermit.
Mr. Cowling was very ac-tive in the First United Method-ist Church of Kermit where he served as district lay leader, Sunday school teacher and a member of both the building committee and the Board of Stewards. Ben served as presi-dent both of the Kermit Cham-ber of Commerce and Kermit’s Downtown Lions Club.
He was very active during his adult life with the Boy Scouts. He served for years as Scoutmaster of Troop 466 in Kermit. He served on the advi-sory board of the Buffalo Trail Council of the Boy Scouts of America and in other volunteer positions. In 1967 the Buffalo Trail Council honored him by awarding him the Silver Beaver award, among the highest lev-els of volunteer recognition from the Boy Scouts.
The couple moved to Dallas in 1998. Mr. Cowling was a member of the Preston Hollow United Methodist Church. He served for years as a volunteer at Presbyterian Hospital – Dal-las, a volunteer position that provided much of his greatest enjoyment and fulfillment.
He was preceded in death by his parents and his sister, Bessie Neie, of Fort Worth.
Survivors include his wife of Dallas; his son, David Cowling (married to Amy Youngquist) in Dallas, daughter Rebecca Cowling in Ramsey, NJ and grandchildren, Kathryn Cowl-ing, Allison Pressly, Margaret Cowling, and Blake Pressly and numerous nieces and nephews.
In lieu of flowers, the family requests any memorials be do-nated to the Buffalo Trail Council of the Boy Scouts of America, 1101 West Texas Avenue, Midland, 79701, St. Philips School and Community Center, 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, Dallas, Texas 75215, or to Christ Church, 105 Cot-tage Place, Ridgewood, New Jersey 07450 for restoration of the church's stained glass.
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