Church Services for Irene Sis Stephens, 86, will be held at 10:00 a.m. Friday July 5, 2013, at the First Baptist Church in Matador, TX with Anthony Knowles officiating. Interment will follow at East Mound Cemetery in Matado, TX under the direction of Zapata Funeral Home of Matador, TX. Sis passed away July 1, 2013 in Childress, TX.
Sis was born January 3, 1927, in Hayes, Kansas to Jack and Rose Rumsey. She graduated from Elmdale High School in 1945. Working part time and having 5 children at home she started college at Phillips University in Enid, Oklahoma in 1963. She transferred to West Texas State University in Canyon and graduated with a Bachelor of Science Degree in May 1973. Sis married William Morris Stephens on May 21, 1972, at the +S Ranch in Whiteflat, Texas. She began her teaching career at Matador Elementary in August 1973. Sis continued her teaching career at Motley County Intermediate School, Crosbyton Junior High School, Childress Prison System and finally at Valley School before retirement.
She was preceded in death by eldest daughter Merry Gaye Lyons 1950, eldest grandson Jack Leon Lyons May 1994, husband William Morris Stephens November 2000, eldest son Had Franklin Lyons October 2007, granddaughter Jessica LeaNora Lyons July 2005, daughter in law Cherri Fallis Lyons March 2012.
She is survived by her children Sherry Faye White of Waynoka, OK, Matt Eugene Lyons of Woodward, OK, Luke Lynnwood Lyons of Cherokee, OK, and Shonda Kaye Martin of Clarendon, TX. She had 12 grandchildren and 19 great grandchildren. She is also survived by her siblings Bob Rumsey, Jim Rumsey, Bill Rumsey, Patty Kaul, Annie Black, Eddie Walcott, and Larry Walcott.
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