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COLEMAN COUNTY CHRONICLE
Coleman, Texas, June 21, 1984
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DAUGHTER, RETHANY
Flowers for Any Occasion
TUMC Has
New Minister
Rev. Tim Thomas, from
the Detroit, Michigan area,
is the new minister for
Trinity United Methodist
Church. He began his du-
ties the past Sunday, re-
placing Rev. Sam Partee
who recently moved to
Graham.
Rev. Thomas and hjs
wife, Sue are graduates of
Michigan State Univer-
sity, in East Lansing, Mich-
igan. While in Michigan, he
was involved with social
work and operated homes
for the mentally retarded.
Mrs. Thomas is a home
"Wal, I reckon the County Commissioner has
done put his ad over the 'Weak Bridge' sign."
Don't let rood conditions keep you from doing your banking!
First Coleman National Bank has a handy BANK-BY-MAIL service
for your convenience! Stop by and ask about it soon. We want to
make banking easier for you!
Special Events;
Voss News Items
Written by Mrs. Otis Throgmorton
economist and has had five
years experience with the
Michigan Cooperative Ex-
tension Service. She was
also a manager for a fabric
store in Fort Worth re-
cently.
Rev. Thomas is a stu-
dent at Brite Divinity
School at Texas Christian
University in Fort Worth.
He hopes to graduate in
the fall of 1986. He was the
youth minister at Davis
United Methodist Church
in Fort Worth.
Rev. Thomas extends a
cordial invitation to attend
services: Sunday School,
9:30 a.m.; worship, 10:55
a.m.; and Sunday evening,
7 p.m.
California, visiting his sis-
ter, Vbncile Thomason and
Mabel Blanton at the home
place. Also with Voncile
were her daughters, Char-
lotte Dawson and Todd,
and Charlene Soderbery,
and husband, Dean. Tenille
Thomason, grand-
daughter, whose family
has moved into their home
at Fisk, was (with them.
Visiting with the family on
Monday was Bob Strick-
land, son of Austin Strick-
land.
Oliver, Betty and Rick
Jennings were in Castell
on Sunday for a Jennings
family reunion. This is
between Llano and Mason.
Around sixty family mem-
bers came from over Texas
and from Carlsbad, New
Mexico.
Dora Skelton's sisters
visited her and Bro. Jack
last week. Ruby and J. C.
Pepper came from Freer,
and Janie Pyburn from
Roby. They stayed several
days. Also visiting with
their company were Pete
and Wanda Skelton, Vickie
White and daughters, and
J. C.’s brother, Truman
and wife Myrtle from
Valera.
Grady and Syble Turner
from San Angelo visited
the Roy Bennetts Sunday
morning. Roy’s daughter,
Madge Bell, of Fort Worth,
visited them Saturday and
Sunday, and also with her . p ,,
brother. Bill and Laverne I/T8K6 F ftlfflly
in Coleman. Roy Bennett
had .telephone calls from
several of his grand-
children on Father’s Day,
Charlie Delwaide and his
brother and families called
We had a number of
visitors for the preaching
service Sunday morning at
the Voss Baptist Church.
The pastor’s message was
from John 2:5, "Whatso-
ever He saith unto you, do
it.” Visiting were members
of the Voss 10th Grade
Class of 1927. They were:
Syble (Guthrie) Turner
and husband, Grady of San
Angelo, Curtis Van Dalsem
and wife, Arthyeta, of El
Indio, Lois (Stewart) Stan-
dridge and husband, Les-
ter, of Schertz, Ruth (Cal-
anan) Blake,' of Grand
Prairie, Jess Throgmor-
ton, and wife, Mae, of
Route 2, Brownwood, and
Carrie Howard of Coleman.
Two class members were
not at the service: Vina
Mae (Raymer) McAden,
and Ed Pate. All the class
met together Saturday at
the Coleman Bank Club
Room. We think they have
quite a record. All class
members were here tog-
gether after 57 years. Also
visiting us Sunday morn-
ing at church were Ora
Taylor of Coleman and
Leman Arnold of Paint
Rock. He attended Voss
School. ,
Following the church
service the class was invit-
ed to the Pate reunion
which was being held at
the Community Building.
Ed Pate was helping pre-
pare the barbecue for the
noon meal.
A large group of Pate
descendants were present
for the day. Two brothers
are still living, Isaac of
Voss and Ed of Roberts,
Idaho. All three sisters
were present, Bertie Pitts ^from Arlington. Monday
ha
Elizabeth and Seth
Moore of Abilene are
spending the week with
their grandparents, Mr.
and Mrs. Dick Hedden and
Cindy, while their mother
is in school. Sunday their
son, Gavaun and children,
Missy, Christy and Jodie,
and a friend, Debbie Bent-
ley, all of Clyde visited
them.
Dick and Addie Mae
Grossman from Goldth-
waite spent several hours
Saturday with Pauline
Ransbarger. They visited
overnight with Elmo and
Beulah Hudson. They re-
ported that it was dry
where they live.
Pauline Ransbarger and
Marie Britton were in Bal-
linger Sunday afternoon
visiting with Mrs. Johnnie
(Hanna) Barr.
Sunday afternoon Otis’
brother, Jess, and wife,
Mae spent awhile with us,
and Caroline Skelton came
down to visit and to wish
her daddy a happy
Father’s Day.
Saturday afternoon Otis
and I were in Coleman. We
visited with the Class of '27
at their meeting place,
with Otis' sister, Beta, and
her husband Charlie Jones,
with our sister-in-law, Mil-
dred Throgmorton, and
with cousins, Irene White
and Vera Leick. We were
glad to see Vera home from
the hospital.
Reunion At
Quail Creek
and Annie Ledford of Abi
lene, and Margaret Irby of
Ballinger. Tom Pate's
widow, Jennie (Pepper),
and her children and
grandchildren were pre-
sent. Also Wylie Pate’s
children and grandchildren
were here from San An-
gelo and Veribest. Neither
descendants of the families
of Will Pate or Wilson Pate
were present. Bertie Pitts’
daughter, Margaret
Moore, her husband and
son of Abilene, and her
son, Robert Lee Pitts and
family of Lampasas were
here. Two of Annie Led-
ford's five grandsons were
present, Ralph and Edwin
Whitehead and their
wives. Ed Pate’s wife,
Alice, and two grandsons,
Kirk and Shawn Pate came
with him from Idaho. Isaac
Pate's daughter, Eileen,
came from Dallas, and of
course, his daughter, Vir-
ginia Jamison, and her
family were all present, as
well as his son, Sammy,
and his family. Only David,
the son in Florida, was not
here.
The family of the late
Mr. and Mrs. A. B. Strick-
land gathered at the home
place on the weekend for a
reunion. The only living
member of the couple is
their daughter, Mrs. Dee
Moore of Coleman. Her
daughter. Nay Wilkerson,
brought her. Mabel and Ed
Blanton of Odessa are
spending the week at the
place. Their children and
grandchildren were all
here. Arch and Ruth
Strickland are here from
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granddaughter from
California called him.
Allen Turner’s family
celebrated his birthday at
their cabin on the lake
Saturday night. Since his
cousin, Sammy Pate, has a
birthday soon, they invited
he and Lou Ann. Also
The Drake reunion was
held at Quail Creek, Lake
Coleman the weekend of
June 16-17.
Descendants attending
from the J. A. (Dock) and
Elizabeth (Hudson) Drake
family were: Mrs. Thay
Averett of Breckenridge;
Mrs.’ Myrtle Frazier, also
of Breckenridge: Mrs. Sid
present were a number of (Bonnie) Bowers of Bqllas;
friends from Ballinger, and
of course, Allen's parents,
Fred and Shanna Turner.
Louis and Eugenia
Pittard and S. J. and Helen
Brevard from Coleman
were in Abilene Sunday
afternoon foe a musical
which was presented at the
Abilene Community
Theater. The Pittard's
daughter, Nancy, was a
member of the cast. *
The Pittards were
among the many who
enjoyed a fish fry at the
Joe Aycock Ranch on the
river Saturday night.
Wanell Thomas, her son,
Gary, his wife Donna, and
son, Garrett, visited her
sister, Marie Anderson
Saturday afternoon.
Mr. and Mrs. Haryey Ziebr
of Paducah; Mr. and Mrs. »
Joe Wilson, Kris and Kyle
of Abilene; and Mr. and
Mrs. Paul Gooden and
the elder Mrs. Gooden of
Bangs.
Others were Mrs. Mau-
reen Watson of Kermit;
Milton B. Drake of Odessa;
Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Burle-
son, Lance and Brian of‘
Clyde; Mr. and Mrs. David
Drake and Joey of Brooke-
smith; Mr, and Mrs. Rob-
bie Drake of Freeport;
Mrs. Ila Drake, Mr. and
Mrs. Mac McElrath and
Mr. and Mrs. Eurell Blair,
all of Santa Anna.
Descendants of A. T.
(Tom) and Martha Lou-
gena (Hudson) Drake,
brother and sister of T. A.
and Elizabeth, attend-
ing were: Mr. and Mrs. B.
E. (Shorty) Burnett of
Eufaula, Okla.and Mrs.
Edith (Drake) Conger of
Collinsville, Okla.
Friends attending in-
cluded Mrs. Minnie Aver-
ett and Mrs. Gladys Hard-
ing of San Angelo, Gary
Sjolander of Clyde; Eva
Mauldin and Jamie of
Odessa; Mr. and Mrs.
Steve Malaer and Bobby,
Mr. and Mrs. Dick Smith
and Dana, all of Santa
Anna.
Visiting, reminiscing,
swimming, good times and
fellowship were enjoyed by
all with a few minor inci-
dents of sunburn and
scraped toes - but well
worth it.
Thanks
I want to! thank
everyone for the flow-
ers, cards, visits while
in Brownwood hospit- ]
al for surgery and1
since my return home,
phone calls (local and
long distance) and es-
pecially your prayers.
A special thanks to
our daughters, son-in-
laws and grandsons.
Mavis
Stoup
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Coleman County Chronicle (Coleman, Tex.), Vol. recr, No. 31, Ed. 1 Thursday, June 21, 1984, newspaper, June 21, 1984; Coleman, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth731478/m1/2/: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Coleman Public Library.