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2 Brownwood Bulletin
Tuesday, May 20, 2014
Funerals today
James Franklin Keeney, 1 p.m. at the Pavilion at
Coleman City Cemetery. Allcorn Funeral Home of Cole-
man.
Nathan Henson
A memorial service for Nathan Henson, 37, of Bangs,
will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday, May 24, 2014 in the Heart-
land Funeral Home Chapel.
Mr. Henson died Friday, May 16, 2014 in Coleman
County.
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Armando Navejar Jr.
Funeral services for Armando Navejar Jr., 55, of Brown-
wood will be held at 10 a.m. Thursday, May 22, 2014 at
Blaylock Funeral Home Chapel. Interment will follow at
Greenleaf Cemetery. Arrangements are under the direc-
tion of Blaylock Funeral Home. Visitation will be from 6 to
8 p.m. Wednesday at the funeral home.
He died Sunday, May 18, 2014 in San Angelo.
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Nancy Sue Adams
COMANCHE Graveside funeral services for Nancy
Sue Adams, 77, of Lubbock will be held at 10 a.m. on
Friday, May 23, at Indian Creek Cemetery with Bro. Greg
Hardin officiating. Comanche Funeral Home is in charge
of arrangements. Family will receive friends at the funeral
home from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Thursday.
She died on Friday, May 16, 2014, in Lubbock.
She was bom on Nov. 13, 1936 in Comanche, to the late
Herbert Lee and Alma (Wilson) Williams.
She is survived by her sister, Dorothy Heath; daughter,
Angela Sanders; son, Tim Adams; grandson, Michael
Sanders and wife, Kara; and great-grandson, Kaden Sand-
ers, all of Lubbock; aunt and uncle, Dr. and Mrs. Brent
Rauhut of Austin; aunt, Dorothy Wilson of Hurst; and
numerous cousins.
She was preceded in death by her former husband, Don
Adams.
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Jane Grace
A graveside funeral service for Jane Grace, 70, of May,
will be held at 2 p.m. Thursday, May 22, 2014 in the
Bangs Cemetery. Netherton Luneral Home is in charge of
arrangements. Visitation will be held at the funeral home
from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Wednesday.
Ms. Grace died Monday, May 19, 2014 at her home.
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Vernon Gator Wayne
Gaines
COMANCHE A memorial service for Vernon Gator
Wayne Gaines, 43, will be held at 2 p.m. Thursday, May
22, 2014, at Comanche Luneral Home Chapel with Pastor
Victor Pena officiating.
He died Tuesday, May 6, 2014, in Llowood, Miss.
He was born Jan. 2, 1971, in Dublin to Victor Wayne and
Martha Ann (Taylor) Gaines.
He is survived by two sons, Kolby Gaines, and Ty
Vaughn and wife Brenda; daughters, Kori Gaines, and
Nicole Spivey and husband Adam; two grandchildren;
sisters, Vickie Sanders and husband Donald, Janella Har-
ris, Rae Nail, Krisi Joiner and husband Steven; brother,
Richard Gaines; and many loving nieces and nephews.
He was preceded in death by his parents and a niece,
Tammy Lyn Weaver.
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Kenneth Ronald House
Luneral services for Kenneth Ronald House, 80, of
Odessa, are pending with Leatherwood Memorial Chapels
of Brady.
He died Saturday, May 17, 2014 in Brady.
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Shirley Fay Hilley Steinman Lewis
Luneral services for Shirley Lay Hilley Steinman Lewis will
be held at 11 a.m. Wednesday, May 21, 2014 in the Heart-
land Luneral Chapel in Early. Interment will follow at Priddy
Cemetery in Priddy. Visitation will be from 6 to 8 p.m. today
at Heartland Luneral Home.
Mrs. Lewis passed away Saturday in Decatur, Texas. She
was bom Nov. 7,1920 in Comanche County at Sidney,
Texas to John and Eula Chambers Hilley. Shirley was a
member of the Jehovah s Witness and a longtime member
of the Brownwood congregation. After moving to Decatur
she became a member of the Decatur congregation.
She loved her family dearly, enjoying taking care of oth-
ers, family gatherings, quilting, picking up pecans in her
yard, and going to garage sales Most of all she loved shar-
ing God s message.
Shirley was married to Louis Pete Steinman July 8,1938
in Comanche County. He passed away Leb. 14, 1984. She
later married Wilford Lewis Jan. 16,1993. He passed away
Jan. 16, 2007.
She is survived by a brother James Marion J.M. Hilley;
son-in-law Walter Schlee; daughter-in-law Wanda Steinman;
stepsons Ray Lewis, Steve Lewis, and Nathan Lewis; and
a stepdaughter Ellen Tieking. She is also survived by her
grandchildren Donna and
husband Jerry Shipman, Mark
and wife Helen Schlee, Warren
Schlee, Rebecca Ellen Har-
ris, Roger and wife Deanann
Steinman, Paulette-Steinman-
Gish, and Louis Steinman; 10
great-grandchildren; three
great-great-grandchildren;
her cherished brothers and
sisters-in-law in the Stein-
man family; many nieces
and nephews; and a host of
friends.
Shirley is preceded in death
by her parents; daughter
Lavoy Ann Schlee; son Alton Glenn Steinman; her first hus-
band Louis Pete Steinman; her second husband Wilford;
Lewis; four brothers; and two sisters.
Heartland Luneral Home in Early is in charge of arrange-
ments.
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Bobby Bob
AUSTIN — Bobby “Bob” Ray Reagan passed away in Aus-
tin on Sunday, May 18, 2014, after a lengthy illness.
Luneral services will be held at 1:30 p.m. Thursday in
Mount Olivet Chapel, with interment to follow in Mount
Olivet Cemetery. Visitation will be held from 6 to 8 p.m.
Wednesday at Mount Olivet.
Bob was bom on June 20,1929, in Brownwood, to Claude
D. and Bess E. (Beesley) Reagan. He graduated in 1947 from
Brownwood High School and attended Daniel Baker College
before serving in the U.S. Air Lorce for four years. Upon
returning from the service, he entered Abilene Christian
College (ACC) where he earned a Bachelor s of Science in
Agriculture in 1959. While attending ACC, Bob met his
future wife, Mary Lou Norman.
Bob and Mary were married Dec. 21, 1956, in Lort Worth.
Until his retirement, Bob worked for the USDA, Soil Conser-
vation Service in Austin and Georgetown.
Bob was preceded in death by his parents; one brother,
Stewart Reagan of Belton: sisters, Billie Jo (Reagan) Johnson
of Lubbock and Helen Janet (Reagan) Stolz of Prosper.
Survivors include his brother, Gene Allen Reagan and
wife, Joyce, of Austin; brother-in-law, Lowell Johnson of
Ray Reagan
Lubbock; his wife, Mary of
Austin; their three children,
Ann Poehl and husband, Ken-
ny, Randall R. Reagan, Robert
N. Reagan and wife, Jan; his
four beloved grandchildren,
Amy (Poehl) Stanaland and
husband, Clayton, Heather
Poehl, Erika Reagan, Branson
Reagan; two beautiful great-
granddaughters, Abigail and
Avery Stanaland; many more
beloved nieces, nephews, fam-
ily, and a host of friends.
Bob loved his Lord and
Savior Jesus Christ. His union
in the Spirit with Christ produced the fmits of the Spirit
love, joy, peace, long suffering, gentleness, goodness, faith,
meekness and temperance (Gal. 5:22-23). He had a servants’
heart and was always ready to help someone in need.
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Commissioner Joel Kelton said
he d like to see how it goes with
Allegiance before granting a contract
extension, and Commissioner Wayne
Shaw agreed, saying he had nothing
against the proposal but we’re stew-
ards of the county s money.
County Judge Ray West suggested a
compromise: a three-year extension,
with the county looking at a bid if it
chooses to at the end of that period.
Commissioners approved West’s pro-
posal by a 3-2 count, with West and
commissioners Gary Worley and Larry
Traweek voting in favor.
County Auditor Nina Cox asked if
there was a problem with assigning
the contract without taking bids. In
the past, we’ve taken bids for ambu-
lance services, Cox said.
West said local government code ex-
empts the county from a bid require-
ment for EMS.
Earlier in the commissioners court
meeting, Phillips told commissioners
that Texas businessman Red Mc-
Combs has invested $240 million in
Allegiance including a $100 million
line of credit.
West, speaking in favor of assigning
the contract and granting an exten-
sion, noted that there is $240 million
backing this thing up.
In other business Monday, commis-
sioners:
• Approved the oath and bond for
Precinct 3 Constable C.T. Ham, who
will learn in next Tuesday s runoff
election whether he will remain in
office or relinquish his office to chal-
lenger Roy Parrack.
• Approved a request from the City
of Early to install a line on County
Road 344.
• Agreed to reappoint Dr. James
Hays as the local health authority for
Brown County.
• Agreed to an expenditure of
$1,500 a month to Indigent Health-
care Solutions for upgraded software
for the county s indigent health care.
The upgraded software is neces-
sary because the current software
the county uses is obsolete and out
of compliance with state standards,
commissioners were told.
• Agreed to designate a room in the
courthouse as a recipient office for
courthouse mail that does not have a
room or suite number as part of the
address. West said he learned that the
post office recently sent courthouse
mail back to the senders when the
mail lacked office or suite numbers.
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or eight years.
We found how to make
it work and that s what we
began to specialize in, he
added.
We started out with
two ambulances in College
Station, Bradley said, and
we ve grown into a giant.
While Guardian was
flourishing in the indus-
try, Bradley acknowledged
there were weaknesses, like
in every company. After
carefully considering Al-
legiance s initial offer, the
management team saw the
potential for each to help
the other.
(Allegiance s) strengths
were in areas of our weak-
nesses, said Bradley, and
our strengths were in where
their weaknesses were.
Bradley cited several
immediate improvements,
including employee benefits
and upgraded equipment
such as powered stretch-
ers. He said the advanced
equipment now available
will become standard on
their trucks, because of the
increased financial support.
In October, Phillips an-
nounced Allegiance Am-
bulance had entered into
a financial partnership
with Texas financier Billy
Joe Red McCombs. The
announcement included
statements from Phillips
and McCombs.
With Mr. McCombs
financial backing, his large
Texas presence, and the
operational guidance his
organization provides,” Phil-
lips said, Allegiance will be
expanding its market and
broadening its service lines
in out-of-hospital health
care while maintaining its
high quality of service.
McCombs acknowledged
his recognition of Alle-
giance’s “top tier” ambu-
lance service as incentive to
make his investment.
“But, they also have a vi-
sion for where health care is
going, said McCombs, and
in that light have already
started to provide commu-
nity care, post-acute care,
and related services.
With the new backing
from McCombs, and just
days after the announce-
ment, Allegiance began
its acquisitions with Lone
Star Ambulance, based in
Garland. Within the month,
Allegiance also announced
a new contract to provide
emergency ambulance
services to the University of
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plans to also assume the
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ambulance services. At the
time, Guardian was oper-
ating in 27 Texas coun-
ties, including Brown. The
service area extended west,
but only as far as Jones and
Taylor counties. Bradley
said the new venture will
allow him to now work on
expansion in the western
part of the state.
Guardian did not have
access to the capital neces-
sary for much growth or to
expand or improve, Phillips
said.
He added that Guardian
has very good operators.
Now, we can provide the
organizational structure,
Phillips said, and allow the
ambulance operators to run
the service.
Phillips spoke briefly
about the dramatic changes
in health care delivery, as
well as reimbursements
from insurance providers
and government-based pro-
grams such as Medicaid and
Medicare, and how those
changes will affect smaller
health care providers.
The money is shifting
in relation to alternative
health care, Phillips said,
Managed care systems are
sending funds to the larger
firms.”
Phillips explained that, be-
cause the requirements for
obtaining reimbursements
have become more com-
plex, with extensive docu-
mentation, smaller services
will struggle to survive.
It will take a company
with deep pockets and a
wide foundation, he said.
McCombs’ financial back-
ing allows for Allegiance to
establish both.
We re pleased about the
opportunity in the Brown-
wood area, said Phillips,
We ve had our eye on it for
a long time and we are con-
fident this is a step forward
for the citizens to have a
stable and reliable system
in place.
A part of the vision
mentioned by McCombs,
Allegiance launched a Con-
cierge Paramedic Program
in January. The program
provides on-site paramedics
to nursing homes, retire-
ment facilities, doctors
offices, and other locations,
funded by private contract
and through insurers.
In addition to the Brown
County operation, Alle-
giance has agreements in
place to acquire the assets
and operations of Guard-
ian s Portland, Corpus
Christi, and Abilene facili-
ties.
Allegiance projects it
will be the largest Texas-
based private ambulance
company by the end of the
year, operating close to 100
ambulance services within
the state. Bradley said Mc-
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the largest in the nation.
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