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2 Brownwood Bulletin
Saturday, February 23, 2013
FUNERALS AND OBITUARIES
Funerals today
Nelson Wheat, at 1 p.m. at Blaylock Funeral Home
Chapel. Private burial will be held at a later date.
Codie Eugene “Gene” Smith, at 10 a.m. at Heartland
Funeral Home Chapel. Burial in Greenleaf Cemetery.
COLEMAN — Sammy Dela Rosa, at 10 a.m. at Sacred
Heart Catholic Church. Burial in the Coleman City
Cemetery. Stevens Funeral Home.
BRADY — Oleta Margaret Custer, at 1 p.m. at the
Leatherwood Memorial Chapels. Burial in Live Oak
Cemetery.
immie Beatrice Butler
COMANCHE — Funeral services for Jimmie Beatrice
Butler, 87, will be held at 2 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 24, at
Comanche Funeral Home Chapel, with the Rev. Richard
Lows officiating. Burial will follow in Sardis Cemetery in
Comanche County. Visitation will be held from 6-8 p.m.
today at the funeral home.
She died Thursday, Feb. 21, 2013, in Dublin.
She was bom Sept. 10,1925, in New Ark, to James and
Beatrice (Looper) Evans. On June 1,1967, she was married
to Bryan Clinton Butler in Comanche. She was a cook and
for many years was employed at Golden Arrow Restau-
rant in Comanche.
Survivors include her four sons, Rickie Dale Kennedy
and wife Linda of Dublin, Tommy Osbom and wife Ina
of Splendora, Marshall Butler and wife Paula of Coman-
che, and Nathan Butler and wife Juanita of Belton; two
daughters, Cathy Ripley and husband Dennis of Walnut
Springs, and Vicki Hall and husband Dale of Fort Worth;
21 grandchildren; 29 great-grandchildren; seven-great-
great-grandchildren; and brother, Carl Noah of Azle.
She was preceded in death by her husband; daughter,
Linda Nadine Baugh; and a grandson.
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William P. ‘Bill’ Rahl
GOLDTHWAITE — Graveside services for William P.
“Bill” Rahl, 81, of Goldthwaite will be held at 10:30 a.m.
Monday, Feb. 25, in Goldthwaite Memorial Cemetery, with
Dayton House officiating. Visitation will be held from
9-10 a.m. prior to the services at Stacy-Wilkins Funeral
Home.
He died Thursday, Feb. 21, 2013, in Temple.
He was born Nov. 11, 1931, in Goldthwaite, to Sam
Henry Rahl and Leila (Pribble) Rahl. He was married to
Marlene Denman in 1963 in Mills County. He was a Chris-
tian and worked as a wool and mohair grader.
Survivors include his wife, Marlene Rahl of Goldthwaite;
four sisters, Patricia Hewett of Goldthwaite, Mary Sue
Rahl of Goldthwaite, Sammy Rusk of Garland and Leila
Clark of Hewitt; and numerous nieces and nephews.
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Lillian ‘Inez’ Bratton
BRADY — Funeral services for Lillian “Inez” Bratton, 98,
of Voca are pending with Leatherwood Memorial Chapels.
She died Thursday, Feb. 21, 2013, in Brady.
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Rector ‘Roger’ Chalmers
Services for Rector “Roger” Chalmers, 93, of Brenham
are pending with Netherton Funeral Home and Crema-
tions.
He died Thursday, Feb. 21, 2013, at a nursing facility in
Brenham.
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BLAYLOCK
FUNERAL HOME
is proud to
announce that
Jacky
Caudill
has received
his Provisional
Embalmer and
Funeral Directors
License. In his first semester, Jacky earned
a 4.0 GPA.
BLAYLOCK
FUNERAL HOME
325-203-4027
Proud to be Locally
Owned & Operated
Coleita Helen Smith Morris
A memorial service for Coleita Helen Smith Morris will
be held at 2 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 24, 2013, at the First United
Methodist Church of Brownwood, with Dr. Don Scroggs
officiating. Visitation will be from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. today
at Davis-Morris Funeral Home, 800 Center Ave. in Brown-
wood.
Colieta was the daughter of Will C. and Floy Jane (Green-
street) Smith, bom March 15, 1925, in Brownwood. She
was a 1942 graduate of Brownwood High School and was
chosen “Coming Home Queen” in 1992. She attended Dan-
iel Baker College as a voice student of Miss Mavis Douglas.
Coleita was married to Wendell Phillip Morris on June 10,
1946, and two daughters were born to this marriage.
She worked for the U.S. Government for 35 years at the
Draft Board and Soil Conservation Service. She also worked
as the secretary for the Brownwood District, United Meth-
odist Church and secretary to the Pecan Bayou Soil and
Water Conservation District for 20 years. Her life was one
of service to others.
Coleita had been a member of the Woman’s Club of
Brownwood, the Rotary Anns Club, the United Method-
ist Women of First United Methodist Church and served
on the board of directors of the Brownwood Community
Cultural Affairs Commission. She was a member of the
First United Methodist Church of Brownwood her entire
life working with children’s departments, youth programs
and greeting people in the foyer of the church. She was
a founding member of the
Brewer Sunday school class
and later in life, a member of
the Peggy Boone Bible class.
She is survived by her
daughter, Jane Elizabeth
and husband Rynn Tmett of
Idalou; and daughter, Mariann
and husband Rex Tackett of
Brownwood; two grandsons,
Blake Tmett, and Kent Tmett
and fiance Cheryl Faneca of
Lubbock; one step-grand-
daughter, Teresa Zimmerman
and her two sons, Chase and
Jacob of Round Rock; and one
step-grandson, Jimmy Tackett, of San Antonio.
Coleita was preceded in death by her husband of 59
years, Wendell P. Morris; her parents; and her brothers,
Paul Smith of Brownwood and Robert Glenn Smith, who
was killed in 1943 during World War II.
Memorial gifts may be made to First United Method-
ist Church, 2500 11th Street, Brownwood, Texas, 76801.
Condolences for the family maybe left at www.davismor-
risfuneralhome.com.
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Randolph Crosby
Funeral services for Randolph Crosby, 61, of Brown-
wood are pending with Brownwood Funeral Home and
Cremations.
He died Friday, Feb. 22, 2013, in his home.
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Gene Smith
Funeral services for Gene Smith, 72, of Brownwood
will be held at 10 a.m. today at Heartland Funeral Home
Chapel. Burial will follow in Greenleaf Cemetery.
He died Tuesday, Feb. 19, 2013, at his home.
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Ribbon cutting for new owners of Brownwood Fitness
The Brownwood Area Chamber
of Commerce held a ribbon
cutting on Thursday, Feb. 14
at Brownwood Fitness Center
to recognize new owners Jody
and Shane Easley. For more
information about Brownwood
Fitness, contact them at (325)
641 -3488 or visit their location at
104 Center Avenue in downtown
Brownwood. Pictured are the
Easleys cutting the ribbon with
Brownwood Area Chamber of
Commerce ambassadors and
Brownwood Fitness Center staff.
CONTRIBUTED PHOTO
AFRICAN-AMERICAN HERO
Mae Jemison
EDITOR’S NOTE: As has
been the tradition for the
Brownwood Bulletin, a se-
ries of profiles of African-
American heroes will be
published during February,
which is observed as Black
History Month.
SYNOPSIS
Physician Mae C. Jemison
was bom Oct. 17,1956, in
Decatur, Ala. On June 4,
1987, she became the first
African-American woman
ever admitted into the
astronaut training program.
On Sept. 12,1992, Jemison
finally flew into space with
six other astronauts aboard
the Endeavour on mission
STS47. In recognition of her
accomplishments, Jemison
received several awards and
honorary doctorates.
EARLY LIFE
Mae Jemison was born
the youngest child of
Charlie Jemison, a roofer
and carpenter, and Dorothy
(Green) Jemison, an elemen-
tary school teacher. Her
sister, Ada Jemison Bullock,
became a child psychiatrist,
and her brother, Charles
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Jemison, is a real estate
broker. The family moved to
Chicago, 111., when Jemison
was 3 years old to take
advantage of better educa-
tional opportunities there,
and it is that city that she
calls her hometown.
Throughout her early
school years, her par-
ents were supportive and
encouraging of her talents
and abilities, and Jemison
spent considerable time in
her school library reading
about all aspects of science,
especially astronomy. Dur-
ing her time at Morgan Park
High School, she became
convinced she wanted to
pursue a career in biomedi-
cal engineering, and when
she graduated in 1973 as a
consistent honor student,
she entered Stanford Univer-
sity on a National Achieve-
ment Scholarship.
INITIAL CAREER CHOICE
At Stanford, Jemison
received a B.S. in chemical
engineering in 1977. As she
had been in high school,
Jemison was very involved
in extracurricular activities
including dance and theater
productions, and served as
head of the Black Student
Union. Upon graduation, she
entered Cornell University
Medical College to work
toward a medical degree.
During her years there, she
found time to expand her
horizons by visiting and
studying in Cuba and Kenya
and working at a Cambodian
refugee camp in Thailand.
When she obtained her M.D.
in 1981, she interned at Los
Angeles County/University
of Southern California Medi-
cal Center and later worked
as a general practitioner.
For the next two and a half
years, she was the area
Peace Corps medical officer
for Sierra Leone and Liberia
where she also taught and
did medical research. Fol-
lowing her return to the
United States in 1985, she
made a career change and
decided to follow a dream
she had nurtured for a long
time. In October of that year
she applied for admission to
NASA’s astronaut training
program. The Challenger
disaster of January 1986 de-
layed the selection process,
but when she reapplied a
year later, Jemison was one
of the 15 candidates chosen
from a field of about 2,000.
FIRST
AFRICAN-AMERICAN
FEMALE ASTRONAUT
When Jemison was chosen
on June 4,1987, she became
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the first African Ameri-
can woman ever admitted
into the astronaut training
program. After more than a
year of training, she became
an astronaut with the title of
science mission specialist, a
job which would make her
responsible for conduct-
ing crew related scientific
experiments on the space
shuttle. On Sept. 12,1992,
Jemison finally flew into
space with six other astro-
nauts aboard the Endeavour
on mission STS47. During
her eight days in space, she
conducted experiments on
weightlessness and motion
sickness on the crew and
herself.
Altogether, she spent
slightly over 190 hours in
space before returning to
Earth on Sept. 20. Following
her historic flight, Jemison
noted that society7 should
recognize how much both
women and members of
other minority groups can
contribute if given the op-
portunity.
HONORS AND
RECOGNITION
In recognition of her ac-
complishments, Jemison
received several honorary
doctorates, the 1988 Es-
sence Science and Tech-
nology Award, the Ebony
Black Achievement Award
in 1992 and a Montgomery
Fellowship from Dartmouth
College in 1993, and was
named Gamma Sigma
Gamma Woman of the Year
in 1990. Also in 1992, an
alternative public school in
Detroit, Michigan —the Mae
C. Jemison Academy — was
named after her. Jemison is
a member of the American
Medical Association, the
American Chemical Society,
the American Association
for the Advancement of
Science, and served on the
Board of Directors of the
World Sickle Cell Foundation
from 1990 to 1992. She is
also an advisory committee
member of the American Ex-
press Geography Competi-
tion and an honorary board
member of the Center for
the Prevention of Childhood
Malnutrition.
After leaving the astro-
naut corps in March 1993,
Jemison accepted a teaching
fellowship at Dartmouth.
She also established the
Jemison Group, a company
that seeks to research, de-
velop, and market advanced
technologies.
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