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Obits
Melody Curry Jan. 26, 1963 ~ April 26, 2013Melody Curry, 50, of Austin, passed away April 26, 2013 at Southwood Care Center. Services are scheduled for 2 p.m. Wednesday May 1st at The Chapel at the Assumption Cemetery in Austin, with Randy Curry officiating, under the direction of Piersall Benton Funeral Directors, Abilene.Melody Ann Herridge Curry was born Jan. 26, 1963 in Houston and adopted at an early age by William C. (Johnny) and Wynelle Herridge. The family lived in Houston until Melody was 9 and then moved to Marble Falls, where they raised horses and cows on a small plot of land. She graduated from high school in Marble Falls in 1981. |
Annie Randle Ward Oct. 28 1919 ~ April 26, 2013Annie Randle Ward, 93 died Friday, April 26, 2013 in Austin. She was born Oct. 28, 1919, to William and Mary Fountain. Annie earned a bachelor’s degree from Mississippi State Women’s College and a master’s degree from Louisiana State University. She taught school for a few years prior to raising her children. |
Billy Joe “Bill” Gibson Jan. 15, 1931 ~ April 26, 2013Billy Joe "Bill” Gibson, 82, died at his home in Marble Falls on April 26, 2013. He was born Jan. 15, 1931, at his family’s home on the Coca Cola Ranch, known today as Horseshoe Bay. He was preceded in death by his parents and by five sisters and three brothers: Bernice Bruns, Marie Crownover, Esterrea Crownover, Annie Moore, Modena Gibson, B.M. (Hoot) Gibson, I.V. Gibson and Ray Gibson.Bill served in the Navy on Nov. 30, 1948, and was honorably discharged Nov. 21, 1952. He met the love of his life, Marie Kolb on a blind date, one month prior to leaving the Navy. It was leap year so Marie asked him to marry her. He smiled and raised her question with "how about we go to Texas”. So they did and were together for 60 years. |
Dianne Mahan July 14, 1944 ~ April 24, 2013Dianne Mahan, 68, of Kingsland died Wednesday, April 24, 2013. She was born on July 14, 1944 in Baton Rouge, Louisiana to Geneva (McDowell) Harris and Leslie Harris. Dianne was married to Milton (Jimmy) Mahan II on September 4, 2001 in Tomball, Texas. She enjoyed playing bingo and cards and loved her five dogs.Survivors include her husband Milton (Jimmy) Mahan II of Kingsland; daughters Brenda Reichert and husband Chris of Conroe, and Charmagne Acevedo of Porter; son Teddy Doyle Whitaker of Tomball; sisters Judy Bruetting of Baton Rouge, La., Polly Arnold, Donna Havis, Virginia Butler and Bonnie Palmer all of Georgia; brothers Carl Plitt and Alvin Plitt of Denham Springs, La.; nine grandchildren, two great-grandchildren, and numerous nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her father Leslie (Tamper) Harris, mother Geneva McDowell Plitt and son-in-law Hector Acevedo. |
Betty Slaughter May 18, 1927 ~ April 25, 2013Betty Slaughter, 85, died April 25, 2013 at home in Spicewood with her family beside her. She was born in Wausau, Wis., on May 18, 1927, to Bill and Lila (Geier) Tatroe. Her parents and their siblings were in vaudeville and traveled until she was 4. She has lived in Coffeyville, Kansas and Harlingen where she met and married Charles Slaughter. She also lived in Austin and Ozona before settling in Spicewood.She graduated from Harlingen High School in 1945 and attended Trinity University in San Antonio. She was a Red Cross volunteer in the 1950s and 1960s and worked the Mississippi floods. Betty served as the Red Cross Disaster Chairman for Cameron County, taught Red Cross first aid and was a water safety instructor for many years in Harlingen. |
Eloy Ramirez May 5, 1962 ~ April 23, 2013Eloy Ramirez, 50, of Houston and formally of Marble Falls died April 23, 2013 in Houston, Texas. He was born to Louis and Clarita Rachael (Rocha) Ramirez on May5, 1962 in Robstown, Texas.Ramirez enjoyed riding motorcycles and was a hard worker. He spent several years in the concrete business as a laborer in the Texas Hill Country. He was employed in the landscape business at the time of his death. Eloy is survived by his wife Laurie of Houston, daughter Nancy Ramirez of Houston and a son Eloy Jr. also of Houston. Also surviving are grandsons Isaac, Isaiah, Izekiel and Ilias De La Cruz and sisters Linda and her husband Donald Heath of Priddy, Sophie Ramirez of Priddy, Olicia Ojeda of Priddy, Rachael Ojeda of Priddy, Carol and her husband Ramon Anaya of Houston, and Mary Alice and her husband Thomas Lopez of Lockhart. Other survivors are his brothers Richard and his wife Olga Ramirez of Comanche, and Pablo and his wife Melissa Ojeda of Granite Shoals. He is also survived by many nieces and nephews. |
Douglas G. Van der Pool July 25, 1918 ~ April 30, 2013Douglas G. Van der Pool, 94, of Horseshoe Bay died April 30, 2013. He was born to Orville and Emily [Fennimore] Van der Pool on July 25, 1918 in Bronxville, N.Y.Douglas served his country during three wars in the United States Air Force. He and Joy Laune were married in 2003 in Marble Falls, Texas. He was a member of the Church at Horseshoe Bay, V.F.W., Horseshoe Bay Club, Military Officers Club. In his spare time he enjoyed golf, poker and fishing. He is survived by his wife, Joy Van der Pool of Horseshoe Bay, son Douglas K. and his wife Linda Van der Pool of Northumberland, Penn., grandchildren Megan E. Van der Pool of Northumberland, Penn., Gregory J. and his wife Heidi Van der Pool of Ft. Stewart, Ga., sister Virginia Newell of Cape Coral, Fla. |
Roger Dale Holt June 30, 1942 ~ April 30, 2013Roger Dale Holt, 70, of Buchanan Dam died April 30, 2013. He was born to James J. and Ruth Kathryn Fair Holt Jr. on June 30, 1942 in Rockford, Ill.Holt served his country in the United States Air Force, serving during the Vietnam War, retiring in 1981. He was married to Anita Svenddal in 1984. He was a member of the V.F.W., and enjoyed fishing and hunting. |
Jack Randall “Jay” Price Dec. 6, 1960 ~ April 30, 2013Jack Randall "Jay” Price, 52, of Tow died April 30, 2013. He was born to Carl and Sandra (Woner) Price on Dec. 6, 1960 in Lincoln Park, Mich.Price was a concrete pump operator and his passion in life was working. He was married to Melissa Sullivan on August 17, 1985. |
J. E. ‘Johnny’ Hale April 15, 1923 ~ April 26, 2013J. E. (Johnny) Hale, 90, of Buchanan Dam died Friday, April 26, 2013 of natural causes.He was the born to the late Cora and John Hale April 15, 1923 in Wise, Va. He was preceded in death by his third wife Bobbie Hale and his second wife Vivian Huffines Hale. One of nine children, Johnny was also preceded in death by four sisters and three brothers. Johnny was a mechanic, a body repairman, bar owner (he referred to his bar as a community center), a handyman, a pilot, a motorcyclist, a fighter, a Merchant Marine, a stuntman, an adventurer, and in the end - a Christian. As a Merchant Marine, he flew supplies to fighting troops in WWII, often under heavy fire. As a stuntman in the Circus of Death traveling stunt show in the 50’s, he performed many death-defying feats including being strapped to the hood of a car as it jumped off a ramp and through a wall of fire. He would also drive a car on two wheels on its side, and ride an Indian motorcycle in the famed Cage of Death. Asked how he would practice such stunts, he just shrugged and said, "You just had to get out there and do it.” He once said, "If I had known I was going to live this long, I would have taken better care of myself.” |
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