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Hood County News from Granbury, Texas • Page 5

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Hood County NewsThursday. June 28, 2001 5A Volunteer Network Obituaries Local organizations Martins 817-37700 Honoring departed friends and I. Hospice HAmerican Hospice needs volunteers to assist patients and their families in the Granbury area. Training will be provided. For additional information, call Doug Pierce at (817) 551-0945 or 1 (866) 430-CARE.

BVITAS Hospice Care is looking for compassionate volunteers to give some of their time to helping terminally ill patients and their families. Training is provided. For more information or to attend the class, call Kathy Campbell at (817) 870-7117 or 1-800-953-5855. BHearts, hands and talents to good purpose. Visiting, homemaking, caregiver break, music, spiritual care, vigil, pet visits, crafts and more.

Provide practical support and good cheer to hospice patients and families. Training at your convenience. Call Debbie Afzali, Lion Hospice, at metro (817) 268-1972, ext. 229 or metro (817) 267-7589. HAmerican Hospice is offering training for caring volunteers in and near Hood County who want to assist in providing support to families affected by life-limiting illness.

Contact Bill Cox at (817) 318-7100 or 1-800-689-1024. BCommunity Hospice of Texas is looking for volunteers to go into patients' homes and assist with various tasks. Pick up an application at 3002 Hwy 377 East. For more information, call (817)579-5434. HI.H.S.

Hospice is seeking volunteers for its homebound patients in the Granbury area. For more information, call Shelton Bratcher at (817) 469-1240. Granbury Care Center BNeeds volunteers to give manicures andor help with bingo games; also need a man to visit with the men's talking club. For more information, call Sue Cooper at (817) 573-3726. Victim Assistance Program Mission Granbury needs volunteers for its 24-hour hotline and victim assistance program.

Training begins in April. Volunteers serve a minimum of four hours a week. For additional information, call the Resource Center at (817) 579-6866. Habitat for Humanity Habitat for Humanity needs volunteers to help build homes Wednesdays and Saturdays from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.

For more information, call (817) 573-8480. Ombudsmen The North Central Texas Area Agency on Aging is seeking potential ombudsmenspecially trained volunteer nursing facility advocates for Hood and surrounding counties. For more information, call 1-800-272-3921. Valley View Health and Rehab Valley View Health and Rehab needs volunteers to assist and clean resident's closets. For more information, call Linda Kimbrell or Vicki Black at 573-3773.

Camp Fire Boys and Girls Volunteers needed as adult mentors for youngsters 5 to 18 years old. For more information, call 1-800-282-2595 Girl Scouts Female volunteers needed for their Get REAL program to help girls develop social skills. Serve as a role model for these youngsters. For more information, call Diane Davis at (817) 737-7272. Granbury Volunteer Fire Department Need volunteers.

Meetings held second and fourth Thursdays at 7:30 p.m. at Station One, 1701 W. Pearl. Visitors and volunteers welcome. For additional information, call (817) 578-5136.

Tolar High School Athletic Annex Volunteers needed to help make the ball fields in Tolar a reality. Help and donations are needed. For more information, call (254) 835-4111 or (817) 279-6725. Hood County Committee on Aging Needs volunteers to deliver Meals-On-Wheels to the homebound Monday through Friday for one to two hours. Drivers must have valid driver's license, auto insurance and be less than 75 years old.

For more information, call Nelda or Marsha at (817) 573-5533. of Granbury. Services were Monday, June 25, 2001 in the Colonial Hills Baptist Church with Rev. Robert Carter officiating. Burial was in Ebenzer Cemetery.

Thomas Herben Terry Thomas Herben Terry of Fort Worth, a retired stockmanfarmer, died Sunday, June 24, 2001 in Fort Worth. He was 75. Mr. Terry was the son of Marion Monley and Erna Camilla Terry. He married Betty Jean Wiley June 5, 1954 in Fort Worth.

He was a member of the Acton Baptist Church and served in the U.S. Army during the Korean War. He spent over 60 years caring for his family and friends and watched over the family estate after his father died when Mr. Terry was 14. He is survived by his wife, Betty Terry of Fort Worth; two daughters, Claudia Gilkerson and husband John of Fort Worth, and Linda Williams and husband David of Dallas; two brothers, Hulon Terry of Alaska, and Thurman Terry and wife Lou of Livingston; two sisters, Clair Bradford and husband Bill of Flower Mound, and Enola Fuqua and husband Glen of Keller; one half-sister, Marcia Newlin and husband L.K.

of San Saba; one brother-in-law Cleat Goates of Mt. Pleasant; one sister-in-law Ingeborg Hughes and husband Raymond of Houston; four grandchildren; two great-granddaughters; and a number of nieces, nephews, great-nieces and great-nephews. Services were Wednesday, June 27, 2001 in Wiley Funeral Home Chapel. Burial was in Greenwood Cemetery in Fort Worth. Wiley Funeral Home was in charge of ar-; rangements.

The family suggests memorials be made to VITAS Hospice in Fort Worth, Cancer Care Services in Fort Worth or the American Cancer Society. Alfred 'Boots' Finley Alfred "Boots" Finley of Fort Worth, a retired building engineer and farmer and rancher, died Sunday, June 24, 2001 in Fort Worth. He was 91. WILEY FUNERAL HOME "Home owned and operated" GRANBURY 817-573-3000 was 89. Mr.

Wise was born Oct. 1, 1911 in Minden, La. He married Dorothy Wallace June 20, 1926 in Leakey. He lived in Big Spring 35 years and was a member of the Staked Plains Lodge 598 A.F., Big Spring Chapter 178 A.M., Big Spring Council 1 17 R. and S.M., and the Big Spring Commandery 3 1 Knights Templar.

He was a Baptist. His survived by his wife Dorothy Wise of Granbury, seven daughters. Margie Ross of Granbury, Edith Adams of Junction, Georgia Moose of Odessa, Ginger Rowan of Anchorage, Alaska, Beth Karras of Prospect Park, Patricia Roten of Kyle and Barbara Myers of one son, W.L. Wise Jr. of Austin; one brother, Johnny Wise of Greenwood; one sister.

Jewel Fisher of Austin; 16 grandchildren; and 20 great-grandchildren. Services were Tuesday, June 26, 2001 in the Nalley-Pickle and Welch Rosewood Funeral Chapel with Rev. Charles Ross officiating. Burial was in Mt. Olive Memorial Park.

Masonic rites were conducted by Staked Plains Lodge 598 A.F. and A.M. The family suggests memorials be made to VITAS Healthcare 2501 Parkview Suite 600 Fort Worth 76102. Jeanette C. Wolf Jeanette C.

Wolf of Granbury, a retired office clerk, died Sunday, June 24, 2001 in Granbury. She was 90. Mrs. Wolf was born June 12, 1911 in Manitowoc, Wis. She married Victor C.

Wolf Sept. 14, 1935. She is survived by one daughter, Sharon Alloy and husband Donald of Granbury; one sister, Eleanor Dassey of Two Rivers, four grandchildren; and five great-grandchildren. Services were Wednesday, June 27, 2001 in Our Savior Lutheran Church in Granbury. Wiley Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements.

The family suggests in lieu of flowers, memorials be made Our Savior Lutheran Church Building Fund or the Carrolton Farmers Branch Educational Foundation, Courtney Campbell, P.O. Box 115186, Carrolton 75011-5186. Jean Everett Sadler Jean Everett Sadler of Tyler, a retired concrete manager, died Saturday, June 23, 2001 in Tyler. He was 74. Mr.

Sadler was the father of Gail Jean Koening of Granbury, grandfather of Kimberly Grimes and Kevin Grimes of Granbury, and great-grandfather of Taylor Grimes needing volunteers Heart Attacks Strokes Seizures High Blood Pressure Mary Katherine Holmes Mary Katherine Holmes of Granbury, a retired columnist, died Sunday, June 24, 2001 in Granbury. She was 86. Mrs. Holmes was born July 3, 1914 in Campbell to Ximenes and Jessie Claytor Carson. She married Francis M.

Holmes April 30, 1938 in Mineral Wells. She was the society columnist for the Mineral Wells Index and a former member of the Fort Worth Lady Elks and the deCordova Bend Bridge Club. She was a member of Acton United Methodist Church. She was preceded in death by her husband of 62 years, Francis "Hank" Holmes and one sister, Mildred Senter. Services will be today (Thursday, June 28, 2001) at 10 a.m.

at Wiley Funeral Home with Rev. Jim Olney officiating. Burial will be in Hillcresl Cemetery in Dallas. The family suggests memorials be made to Acton United Methodist Church, 3433 Fall Creek Hwy, 76049. William Everett Cox William Everett Cox of Waco, a Baptist minister, died Friday, June 22, 2001 in Glen Rose.

He was the father of Walter Cox of Granbury. Services will be Friday, June 29, 2001 at Waco Memorial Park Mausoleum Chapel with the Revs. Ivan Kerr and James Adams officiating. Benny Leonard Benny Leonard of Waco, a retired Air Force Staff died Monday, June 25, 2001 in Waco. He was 47.

He was the son of Dovie Leonard and the brother of Robert Leonard, both of Granbury. Military graveside services will be today (Thursday, June 28, 2001) at Dallas Fort Worth National Cemetery. Willard L. Wise Willard L. Wise of Granbury, a credit and warehouse manager for Saunders Plumbing Co.

died Saturday, June 23, 2001 in Granbury. He The Law loved ones Mr. Finley was the father of Jack Finley of Lipan and Mary Nelle Stroud of Tolar. Services are today (Thursday, June 28, 2001) at 1:30 p.m. at Greenwood Chapel in Fort Worth.

Burial will be in Benbrook Cemetery in Benbrook. Billy M. Roberts Billy M. Roberts of Fort Worth, a hairdresser, died Monday, June 25, 2001 in Fort Worth. He was 53.

Mr. Roberts was the brother of Lana Masterson of Lipan. Graveside sen ices were Wednesday, June 27, 2001 in Emerald Hills Memorial Park in Fort Worth. The family suggests memorials be made to Vitas Hospice of Fort Worth, Arlington Cancer Center, or the Oncology Ward of Arlington Memorial Hospital. Bobby N.

Wiggins Bobby N. Wiggins of Morgan, retired from the Arlington Police Department, died Sunday, June 24, 2001 in Morgan. He was 73. Mr. Wiggins was the father of Gloria Jean Martin of Granbury.

Services were Tuesday, June 26, 2001 at Lawson Funeral Home Chapel. Burial was in Kimbell Cemetery near Kopperl. The family suggests memorials be made to Kopperl First Methodist Church, Kopperl, 76652. Jay S. Parsons Jay S.

Parsons of Granbury died Saturday, June 23, 2001 in Granbury. He was 50. Mr. Parsons was born April 28, 1951 in Fort Worth. He served in the U.S.

Army and was a member of the Granbury Church of Christ. He was preceded in death by one sister, Dawn Henry in November 2000. He is survived by his mother, Wanda Parsons of Granbury; one daughter, Charissa Parsons of Dallas; and one sister, Frances Cutts of Granbury. Private services will be held at a later date. Burial wuTfee in Laurel Land Memorial Park in 'Fort Worth.

Martin's Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements. Plantation Inn on the lake Granbury 817-573-8846 Toll Free 1-800-422-2402 1451 E. Pearl St. Granbury Press Organizations needing volunteers may call Stan Weinberg at the Hood County News at (817) 573-7066 for placement of volunteer requests. Garden, Relax, Play, Entertain while Robomower does the work! It mows.

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