The Baytown Sun (Baytown, Tex.), Vol. 66, No. 35, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 10, 1987 Page: 3 of 24
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Richard; 18 grandchildren, and 13 Scoll, both o/ Baytown, two
Services for Marvin A. “Buddie" great-grandchildren. nieces, Johnna Gray and Cindy Col-
Currie Jr., 67, of Crosby art set for 2 Burial will be at White Chapel ,ins; and ,wo nePbews, Robert Byer
p.m. Thursday at Westminster Cemetery in Highlands. and Robert Orendorff.
Presbyterian Church in Baytown with Pallbearers will be Kelvin J. Burial will be at Memory Gardens,
the Rev. Randy Branson officiating. Singleton, Sammy Singleton. Frank Pallbearers will be Robert Byer.
Currie died.Tuesday at a Houston "j.C." Singleton, Phillip Pretty Jr., Bill Starr, Albert Thomas Jr., Britt
hospital. ; S(even Wade Richard and Perry Talent, Richard Horton and Albert
Born Aug. 20, 1920, in Port Richard. Honorary pallbearers are ThomasSr.
Neches, Currie came to the Baytown Joseph Singleton, Lionel Barrett, Leo Services are under the direction of
area as a child and was a li/elong resi- Vjlts, Frank Singleton, Darryl Earthman Baytown Funeral Home. '
deni o/this area. Singleton, Byron Singleton, Phillip
He was a retired laboratory worker Pretty Sr. and Barry Carrier.
Services are under the direction of
Johnson and Frazier Funeral Home.
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Services will be held at 2 p.m. Fri-
day at Navarre’s Paul U. Lee Funeral
Home Chapel for Christine Kirby
Cody, 73, of Baytown with the Rev.
Donald Denny officiating.
She died Wednesday in a Baytown
hospital.
Born Jan. 14, 1914 in Opp, Ala.,
Mrs. Cody was a homemaker. She
had lived in Baytown since 1948.
Survivors include two brothers,
James Curtis Kirby of Lady Lake,
Fla. and John D. Kirby of Sacramen-
to, Cali/;; two sisters and a brother-
in-law, Lura Stephens of Lakeland,
Fla. and Burnis and Herman Rhodes
of Baytown; and a niece, Judy
Rhodes Denny of Alexandria, La.
Burial will be at Votaw Cemetery
in Votaw.,
Arrangements are under the direc-
tion of Navarre's Paul U. Let
Funeral Home.
from Exxon and a member of
Westminster Presbyterian Church.
He was on the board of directors for
Ronald McDonald House and
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belonged to the Crosby Kiwanis Club
and the American and Texas
Numismatics Club.
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Services for Albert Henry Merka,
76, of Baytown will be held at 10 a.m.
Friday at St. Joseph's Catholic
A 32nd degree Mason. Currie church wj(h ,he Rev. Douglas
belonged to Baytown Masonic Lodge Guthrie officiating.
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Houston and Baytown Shrine Club.
He served in the U.S. Marine Corps
during World War II.
He was preceded in death by a son,
Thomas Claude Currie, and a grand-
son, Adam Thomas Currie
Survivors include his wife, Martha
Currie of Crosby; a son and
daughter-in-law, Marvin and Dianne
Baytown hospital.
He was a retired pipefitter with Ex-
xon’s Baytown Re/inery.
Merka is survived by his wife,
Helen Merka of Baytown; a
daughter, Marilyn Jackson of
Baytown; and four sons, A.H. Merka
Jr. of Houston, Milton C. Merka of
Marble Falls, Taft J. Merka of
Currie of Baytown; a daughter. Ruth cleveland and Charles W. Merka of
Elizabeth Campbell of Angleton; a
brother, Carl C. "Bubba” Currie of
Baytown; a sister, Mary Lou Pruitt
of Austin; and three grandchildren,
Jon David Currie, James Albert Cur-
rie and Patricia Mae Currie,
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Also surviving art 14 grand-
children and nine great-
grandchildren.
A rosary wifi be held at 7 p.m.
Thursday at Earthman Baytown
Funeral Home chapel.
Burial is scheduled for 3 p.m. Fri-
day at Mount Calvary Cemetery in
Bryan.
Pallbearers will be Stephen
Wiasicek. \ Harold Gibbs, Mark
Merka, Michael Wayne Merka.
Milton Carrol Merka Jr., and Taft
Joe Merka Jr.
Services are under the direction of
Earthman Baytown Funeral Home.
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Nieces and nephews also survive.
Burial will be at Cedarcresi
Cemetery.
Pallbearers will be Jon, James,
Carl and Breni Currie, Wallace
Heaner and Chris Pruitt
Donations may be made to the
Ronald McDonald House or to
Westminster Presbyterian Church.
Arrangements are under ihe direc-
tion of Navarre's Paul U. Let
Funeral Home.
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SCOTT
SINGLETON
CENTER — Services for former
Baytoman Paul Singleton, 76. of
Center will be held at LI a.m. Satur-
day at Antioch Baptist Church in
* McNair withlhe Retf. Sherman Giay
Jr. o//iciatmg.
A wake will be held from 7 to 9
p.m. Friday at Johnson and Frazier
Funeral Home in McNair.
..Services for Alma Scott, 46, of
Baytown are scheduled for 10 a.m.
Friday in the Earthman Baytown
Funeral Home chapel with the Rev.
William Walker officiating. >
Mrs. Scott died Monday in
Chicago, III
She had lived in the Baytown area
for li years •
Mrs. Scott is survived by her hus-
band. Marvin Scott of Baytown; son.
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A resident of Center for 56 years.
Singleton died (here Saturday He
retired from Rohm and Haas and Tony Let Scott of Baytown; daughter
was a member of the Pentecostal
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and son-in-law, Terry and Larry
Powers of Highlands; stepmother,
Margaret* Orendorff of
Westminster, Calif.; mother-in-law.
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church.
He is survived by three sons,
Joseph R - Singleton and Lionel
Bareli of Baytown and Leo Vila of Esther B. Scott of Baytown; two
Houston; daughter-in-law.
Catherine Singleton of Baytown; five Irma Bullts of California; two
daughters, Mary Louise Escamilla of brothers, William Orendorff and
> Henderson. N.C., Pauline Singleton Robert Orendorff, both of Garden
of Bar reft Station. Geraldine Liggms Grove. Calif.; and two grand-
o] Baytown, Jackie Let Muse of children, Lowell Edward Powers and
NavaSOta and Cora Hadnoi of Cassie Powers, both o/Highlands.
Center, a brother. Frank Singleton,
two sisters, Eunice Fretty and Viola brothers-in-law. Marlin. Scott and
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Brown, Leon. The Baytown Sun (Baytown, Tex.), Vol. 66, No. 35, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 10, 1987, newspaper, December 10, 1987; Baytown, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1153075/m1/3/?q=Homecoming+queen+1966+North+Texas+State+University: accessed June 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Sterling Municipal Library.