MARIE ASKEW EVANS

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KENNETH BAUCUM

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REBA BEAVERS WATLINGTON

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HARLEY BURRIS

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SYBIL ANN DEWITT ANDREWS

JUNE 29, 1929   ---  JANUARY 22, 1997

Spouse:  Ferris Andrews.  Children: Ronnie, Bonnie & Chris:   5 Grandchildren: Sybil owned H&R Block Franchise for several years.

B. D. "SPUD" FAUSETT

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DECEMBER 29, 1928   ---   DECEMBER 1, 1995

B. D. "Spud" Fausett died in the Veteran's Hospital in Shreveport, Louisiana.  His younger brother Lewis Lynn died March 25, 1997.  His other brother Jimmy Glen lives in Center and his sister Shirley Willingham lives in San Jose, California.  Spud, as his friends called him, went to elementary school at Lamar which was located on the upper Arcadia Road.  He attended Center High School.  He joined the U.S. Air Force at the age of 17 and was stationed in Guam after World War II.  Following his tour in the service he was married to Dorothy Gilchrist. Children:  Beverly, Wayne and Brenda: 7 grandchildren.  He worked as a carpenter, truck driver and the manager of the Center Locker Plant, and as a union construction worker until his heart attack and stroke in 1978.  He then restored to a more relaxed lifestyle.  He enjoyed selling produce on the WalMart parking lot.    Maybe you saw him there selling sweet potatoes.  He was a very active member of the New Hope C congregational Methodist Church.  He could be found in late May mowing the church lawn getting ready for the annual homecoming and dinner on the ground that is the first Sunday in June.  He was also a member of Sam Samford Lodge #149 where he served as an officer for many years.   Whether it was at the church homecoming, a lodge meeting or at the WalMart parking lot, he enjoyed visiting and talking with people.  He was always teasing someone about something.  Make people laugh delighted him  and he loved to laugh too.  He was a very dedicated father and husband who loved life and his family very much.

NADINE GREEN

DRUE HOGUE

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MAY 27 1930   ---   APRIL 10, 1962

Married: Betty Lou Walker, Center, Texas.  Children: Teresa Ann:  3 grandchildren, 6 great-grandchildren.  Drue was born and raised in Center, Texas.  His parents were Samuel Fulton Hogue, Sr. and Lona Bell Harvey Hogue.  He attended Center schools and graduated from Center High School.  Upon graduation he and Tommy Joe Walker enlisted in the U.S. Army in June 1948.  They spent most of their 2-year tour duly in Panama and were honorably discharged in May, 1950.    Drue then went to work as a painter at Dow Chemical in Freeport, Texas.   In 1951 he married Betty Lou Walker from Center, Texas and they resided in Clute, Texas.   They had one daughter Teresa Ann.   Divorced  in 1959.   Drue continued to live in Clute and work for Dow Chemical.  On April 1, 1962, Drue was involved in an auto accident in Galveston and died April 10, 1962 from injuries sustained in the accident.  He is buried at New Hope Methodist Cemetery, Center, Texas.

JOANN HOWARD

BILLY RAY HUGHES

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GEORGE RAYMOND JOHNSON

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OCTOBER 17, 1928  ---   APRIL 26, 1978

Spouse: Joy Windham.  Children: Donald Raymond, Ronald Reagan, Pamela Kay & Kathryn Paulette, Sheila Jan, Cherie Lynn.  11 grandchildren, 4 great grandchildren.   Raymond was a painter by trade, he also hung paper and finished furniture.  His life was short, but good. 

DRUE KENNON

OCTOBER 3, 1929   ---   JANUARY 19, 1984

Spouse: Edna Gay Sigler. Children: Drew, Jr., Richard, Eugene, Robert  & Deborah.  6 grandchildren.  After graduation he enlisted in the U.S. Navy.   He served aboard the ship, U.S.S.Prairie, based in San Diego, California and was honorably discharged in February 1953.  Drue worked a number of years at E. L. Bruce Plywood Flooring, where he worked both in the office and out in the plant.  In later years, since he loved to be out working with people and he liked driving a truck, he worked at Jones Mobile Homes and Boles L.P. Gas driving driver/salesman.  Several years before his death, Drue was ordained a minister of the gospel of Jesus Christ at Clever Creek Baptist Church.  He served as pastor for North Jericho Baptist Church and was pastor of Old Salem Baptist Church at the time of his death.

J. B. LOVELL

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JANUARY 16, 1929   ---   DECEMBER 2, 1978

Spouse: Nettie Chase.  Children: Vickie, Lisa & Susan.  3 grandchildren.  He attended Center High School  then went into the U.S. Air Force.  J. B. drove a truck after his service was over and had many friends and worked very hard.  J.B. contacted cancer in 1978 which resulted in his death. 

JACK LUCAS

JANUARY 8, 1931   ---   JANUARY 15, 1991

Spouse:  Jackie Gary. Children: Ronald & Donna Kay.    4 grandchildren.  Jack made a baptist preacher in 1952 and a school teacher in 1960.

MYRTLE MINYARD

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PEGGY ANN NEAL FORSE

SEPTEMBER 5, 1930   ---   JUNE 19, 1987

Spouse:  Divorced.  Children: John Neal, Mary Cecile, James Douglas. 4 grandchildren.  1 great grandchildren.  Peggy Ann was an elementary school teacher.   She retired after 25 years of service.  She received her BA degree from East Texas Baptist College, Marshall, Texas, and later earned her Master of Education degree from Stephen F. Austin, Nacogdoches, Texas.  She taught in Longview, Lufkin and Dayton Schools.  Her dedication and caring were rewarded by the Dayton Rotary Club when she was named Outstanding Teacher of the Year for 1974-75.  Peggy taught her pupils the value of a good education, as well as the value of self-worth.  She enjoyed working with the children with learning difficulties.    She was thrilled when she received a phone call  from one of her former second grade students.  He was a challenge in the classroom.  He called to thank her for caring and making a difference in his life.  He had just graduated from college.   Peggy also tutored children in her home after the school day was done.  Peggy died in her home after a long illness.  She is buried next to her mother and father, whom she lost when she was four years old, in the Pleasant Grove Cemetery.  She will be greatly missed by many people.

J. L. PARKER

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MYRTLE PRICE KENNON

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JOE NEAL SAMFORD

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WAYMON YARBROUGH

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