Archives for March 2004

Funeral services for Kenneth Dale Booth, age 61, were held at 2:00 p.m. on Tuesday, March 2, 2004, in Robertson Chapel of Memories with Rev. Calvin Burrow, Pastor of Jesus Name Apostolic Church in Clarendon, officiating.  Burial was held in Citizens Cemetery in Clarendon under the direction of Robertson Funeral Directors, Inc., of Clarendon.

Mr. Booth died Sunday, February 29, 2004, in Amarillo.  He was born March 5, 1942, in Lesley, Hall County, Texas, and had been a Clarendon resident most of his life.  He married Shirley Marie Holman on February 6, 1959, in Clarendon.  He was a mechanic at Chamberlain Motor Company for 32 years and had been employed in the Maintenance Department at Clarendon College since 1994.  He attended the Clarendon Church of the Nazarene.

He was preceded in death by his wife, Shirley, on October 19, 2002; a son, Bobby Dale Booth, on May 14, 1994; his father, B.B. Booth; and two infant sons, Dale Ray Booth and Terry Booth.

Survivors include one daughter, Sheryl Carter of Erick, Oklahoma; his mother, Eula Booth of Memphis; four brothers: Don Booth of Childress, Bobby Booth and Jimmy Booth, both of Memphis; and Alan Booth of Amarillo; one sister, Mary Middleton; a special friend, Tina Johnson; grandchildren, Tony and Randi Carter, Kim and Gary Carter, Kyle Carter, Mary and Kenny Booth, and Josh Allred; and great grandchildren, Caleb Carter, Emberlyn Carter, and Dylan Booth.

Funeral services for Freddie Garland Reck, age 65, were held at 3:30 p.m. on Wednesday, March, 3, 2004, in the First United Methodist Church in Claude with Rev. Janet Edwards, Pastor, and Dr. Roger A. Hubbard, Pastor of Lake Tanglewood Community Church, officiating.  Burial was held in Claude Cemetery under the direction of Robertson Funeral Directors, Inc., of Clarendon.

Mr. Reck died Monday, March 1, 2004, in Amarillo.  He was born July 25, 1938, in Claude and had lived in Armstrong County much of his life.  He graduated from Clarendon High School and attended Sul Ross University.  He married Colleen Mathus DeVore on June 30, 2000, at Tucumcari, New Mexico.  He was employed in various positions with Southwestern Bell Telephone Company throughout his 32 year career.  He was based out of Pampa and then Amarillo before his retirement.  Throughout his career, he maintained his involvement in the family farming and cattle ranching business in Armstrong County.  After his retirement, he continued full time in the family farming and ranching business as a third generation owner of land in Armstrong County, holding land that was homesteaded and has always been owned only by the Reck family.

He was preceded in death by his father, John P. Reck.

Survivors include his wife, Colleen Reck of Claude; his mother, Frances Chauveaux Reck of Claude; two daughters, Cheri Reck Mann and husband Gary of Lake Tanglewood and D’Lene Reck Sandleback and husband Brian of Coppell; three grandchildren, Preston Mann of Lake Tanglewood, and Beau Sandleback and Cody Sandleback, both of Coppell; and numerous aunts, uncles, cousins, and friends.

Funeral services for Alfred Eugene Bowling of Fort Worth were held at 11:30 a.m. on Thursday, February 26, 2004, at Shannon North Funeral Chapel in Fort Worth.  Graveside services were held at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday, February 28, 2004, at Citizen Cemetery in Clarendon.  Arrangements were under the direction of Shannon North Funeral Chapel in Fort Worth.

Mr. Bowling died Monday, February 23, 2004.  He was born September 15, 1920, in Hedley. He was raised in the Windy Valley community in Donley County. Alfred was a veteran of World War II. He moved to Fort Worth in 1950 to work at Convair. He retired from Westronics in 1984.

He was preceded in death by his daughter, Sandra Jean Bowling. 

Survivors include one son, Gary L. Bowling of Granbury; one daughter, Vicki Taylor of Amarillo; grandchildren, Byron Taylor of Edgewood, Crystal Cosby, Becky Brown of Godley, Douglas Taylor and Torra Wood all of Amarillo, and Gary L. Bowling II of Granbury; and 16 great-grandchildren.

Sam P. Braswell of Kerrville, passed away Sunday, February 8, 2004, at his residence.

Mr. Braswell was born March 17, 1910, in Dallas.  He moved to Clarendon during World War I where his father, Sam M. Braswell, published a newspaper for many years.  After graduating from high school, he attended Clarendon College and the University of Texas.  At the University of Texas, he played collegiate baseball and tennis.  One of the most memorable baseball games was a scrimmage against Babe Ruth and the New York Yankees.

On August 10, 1930, Sam P. married Cecelia Atteberry.  Their son Sam Harben Braswell was born July 16, 1931, in Pampa.  In the fall of 1936, the Braswell family moved to Kerrville and joined the production staff at the Kerrville Mountain Sun, owned by Mrs. W.A. Salter.  Sam P. was employed in Kerrville until 1941.

In 1941, Sam and Cecelia moved to Winnsboro to operate the Winnsboro Weekly News in the absence of the publisher, who was called to serve our country during World War II.  In 1944, the Braswells had an opportunity to purchase the Coleman Democratic-Voice newspaper.  So they were on the move again.  In 1947, they converted the weekly paper to a daily newspaper.

Succumbing to the desire to return to the Hill Country in 1948, the Braswells purchased a co-ownership interest with G. Rankin Starkey in the Kerrville Times.  Three years later in March of 1951, the paper was converted from a weekly paper to a daily newspaper, going to the name it is known as today, The Kerrville Daily Times.  The Braswell interest in The Times was sold in 1955.

Sam P. Braswell became The Victoria Advocate’s (Texas’ second oldest newspaper) associate manager for the first five years.  During this time, his wife Cecelia served in the advertising department.

Returning to Kerrville in 1960, the family purchased the Fine Printing Co. from Haskell Fine and constructed a building on Junction Highway to house the expanding business.  The name was changed to Braswell Printing Company and now is known as ADCO Advertising and Printing owned by Sam H. and Betty Braswell.

In 1977, Sam enjoyed the next 12 years in Chas. Schreiner Bank in downtown Kerrville as their public relations representative while Cecelia was employed in the advertising department and helped with the Schreiner Ladies Club.

Sam enjoyed a minor role in politics when the late Texas Governor Allan Shivers appointed the elder Braswell to a seven-member task force to develop what is now known as the Texas Commission on Higher Education.  He was an associate to the former State Representative and Texas Railroad Commissioner Jim Nugent as well as a Kerr County consultant and a friend of President Lyndon Baines Johnson.

Survivors include his wife of 73 years, Cecelia Braswell; a son, Sam Harben Braswell and his wife Betty Jean of Kerrville; three grandchildren: Samuel Lynn Braswell and his wife Rebecca Ann of San Antonio/Kerrville; Carol Denise Bernhard and her husband Robert Carlton of Austin; and Robin Aileen Perrin and her husband John Eric of Birresdorf, Germany; a niece, Margaret Woods of Youngstown, Ohio; and six great grandchildren: Samuel Taylor Braswell, Andrew Phillip Braswell, Megan Leigh Brenhard, Ryan David Perrin, Ashton Elise Perrin, and Emma Renee Perrin.

Services were held at 2:00 p.m. on Thursday, February 12, 2004, at Grimes Funeral Chapels in Kerrville.

Funeral arrangements were entrusted to Grimes Funeral Chapels of Kerrville.