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Joann Murr Stapp passed on to begin her journey to everlasting life with the Lord on March 24, 2007, after a long struggle with cancer. She is now completely healed.
Joann Murr Stapp was born in Kimble County on January 22, 1936, to parents, Roy and Ena Hunger Murr. Joann grew up in the Murr Community and attended school in Junction. Her parents moved to Arkansas just before her senior year in high school and she graduated there with her new friends. She remained close to the Junction classmates that she grew up with and was invited to participate in the Junction High School graduation ceremonies.
Joann was married to Phil Stapp after high school. She worked at Schreiner Department Store; then moved to North Carolina when Phil joined the service. They moved back to Junction to raise their family. Joann worked for Davis and Eula Murr at their flower shop, then at Texas A&M and later Texas Tech when it changed over. After that she started working for Farm Bureau part-time and sold Avon on the side until Farm Bureau became full time. She enjoyed working with people and doing her best to help them. After retirement she would fill in from time to time at Farm Bureau to help out. She also worked at a couple of the local motels in town checking people in and out. Joann found great pleasure in meeting and joking around with everyone who crossed her path.
Joann’s belief in God, the faith in her heart, her positive attitude and her sense of humor are an example for all of us to live by as she did. She let God put her illness aside, and she made the best of what she was given to deal with. Joann will always be remembered for her smile. In spite of her serious illness, she could always cheer someone else up and make their problems seem minimal. She lived each day to the fullest.
Joann was preceded in death by her brother, Ralph Murr. She is survived by brothers, Julius Murr and wife, Florence Ellen Sheppard Murr, Clayton Murr and wife, Dorothy Carriger Murr, all of Junction and sister-in-law, Winona Dutton Murr of Arkansas. She is also survived by two sons, Shane Stapp and Kody Stapp, both from Junction and daughter, Lesa Stapp Ranton and husband, Rusty, of Mountain Home. She had four grandchildren, Shanna, of Grape Creek, Cheyenne, of Junction, Laramie, of Kyle, Kristopher, of Junction and two step-grandchildren, Michael of Marble Falls and Byron of Stephenville. She also had five great-grandchildren, Stephannye, Kody, Weston, Moah, Shelby and step-great-grandchild, Logan. Joann is also survived by nieces and nephews who were very special to her. She also leaves behind some very special close friends. We will all miss her very much and are thankful she was a big part of our lives.
A celebration of Joann’s life was held on Tuesday, March 27, 2007, at Gentry Fife Funeral Home with burial following in the Junction Cemetery where she was laid to rest with her parents, her sister, Lena, and brother, Carlton, who passed on before she was born. Pallbearers were Shane Stapp, Kody Stapp, Cheyenne Stapp, Kristopher Bankston, Milton Tuckness and Jerry Don Chenault.
Memorials may be made to Susan G. Komen for the Cure, Vista Care Hospice, American Cancer Society, Northside Church of Christ, or charity of your choice. The family also asks that you encourage a loved one to be screened for cancer.
Mrs. Bernadine Lucille Eadie, 86, of Kerrville, died on Friday, March 30, 2007, at a Kerrville nursing center. Mrs. Eadie, a prior resident of Junction, was born on June 13, 1920, in Illinois, to Wilbur Lee Sweitzer and Grace Elizabeth Smith Sweitzer.
She married Cletus LaVaughn Eadie on April 11, 1948, in Lanack, Illinois. He preceded her in death on August 2, 1988. Mrs. Eadie was a retired civil service bookkeeper.
Survivors include her sister-in-law, Charlotte Miller of Hanover, Illinois; niece, Joan Brady of Iowa City, Iowa; nephew, Robert Miller of Bettendorf, Iowa; cousin, Ronald P. Smith of Thomson, Illinois; special friend Laura Mercer, The Presbyterian Women; caregiver, Patsy Raney, and friends, Dwight and Barbara Davis, Emily Bierschwale, Edith Allen and Wanda Blackburn, all of Junction, and the nurses of Kimble Hospital and the Hill Country Care Center.
Funeral services were held at 10:30 a. m., on Monday, April 2, in the First Presbyterian Church of Junction with Pastor Jim Barker, officiating. Interment followed at the Oak Hill Cemetery in Mt. Carroll, Illinois.
Memorial remembrances honoring Mrs. Eadie may be made to the First Presbyterian Church, the American Cancer Society, Meals on Wheels or charity of your choice.
The family invites you to send condolences at www. grimesfuneralchapels.com by selecting the "Send Condo-lences" link.
Funeral arrangements were entrusted to Grimes Funeral Chapels of Kerrville.
Merydith Deam Turner, Sr., recently of Junction, died Monday, April 2, at the age of 91 years old. “M.D.”, “Deam”, or “Merydith” was born in Lipscomb and grew up in the Texas Panhandle. He took to heart the words of Will Rogers, who said “I never met a man (or woman) I didn’t like”, which described our Dad’s personality perfectly.
Throughout his long, full life he reached out in friendship and in service. As a young man, he served honorably as a Yeoman in the United States Navy, a “Sea Bee” (construction battalion), during WWII.
After the war, he continued his business career as a loan and insurance agent in the lower Rio Grande Valley city of San Benito. There he served his chosen community in many ways. He was a volunteer fire fighter for 13 years, and chairman of the San Benito Housing Authority serving 17 years. He was a commissioner for the Boy Scouts for four years, chairman of the San Benito Planning and Zoning Board serving 14 years, and treasurer of the San Benito Chamber of Commerce for two years. Deam was the San Benito Lions Club president for two terms and Drive Chairman for the Salvation Army for three years. He was also the father of four children and was involved in supporting many activities such as band, science projects, and coaching Little League teams.
M.D. had his own hobbies as well, the favorite being the study and collection of Native American artifacts. He was able to more fully pursue this pastime after settling in Junction upon retirement in 1979, and thrived on the camaraderie of fellow enthusiasts and in sharing his knowledge. In his typical generous spirit, he has allowed the Museum of the Plains of Perryton to exhibit his collection so that the public can also enjoy it. We will miss his wit and gentle manner.
Merydith was preceded in death by his wife of 57 years, Doris Eloise Montgomery Turner. He is survived by his sister, Jacquita Turner, of Higgins; son, Merydith Deam Turner, Jr., and his wife, Harriet, of Austin; daughters, Judy Turner, and partner, Fran, of Bastrop, Marcia Turner Brehmer, and her husband, Carl, of Chino Valley, Arizona, and Valerie Turner, of Austin; four grandchildren, Daniel Turner, Kathryn Turner, Anson Brehmer, and Jessica Brehmer, and one great-granddaughter, Danielle.
The viewing was held in Junction on Tuesday and Wednesday, April 3 and 4, at the Graham Funeral Home. Hughes Funeral Home of Canadian will assist with additional arrangements. Memorial services will be held in the Lipscomb Union Church on Friday, April 6, at 10 a.m., with burial at the Lipscomb Community Cemetery.
The family deeply appreciates the many friendships and acts of kindness given to our father, especially in his later years. Thank you.
Memorials may be made to the Museum of the Plains, 1200 N. Main, Perryton, Texas 79070.
Bill Gary, 80, of Goldsboro, passed away Saturday evening in Ballinger.
Survivors include his wife, Marlene Gary of Goldsboro; his sons, Bill Gary of Midlothian, Odis Gary and wife, Julie, of Ballinger, and Jason Gary and wife, Beth, of Ft. Worth; two daughters, Jacqueline Gary and Charlie Turner of Noodle and Kaylene and Jim Lavene of Rockwall.
Graveside services will be held at 2 p.m. Wednesday, April 4, at the Atoka Cemetery.
Arrangements are entrusted to Heritage Family Funeral Home in Ballinger.
Roger Dale Byrd, 55, went to be with his Lord and Saviour on Friday, March 23, 2007.
Roger was saved on his birthday February 3, 2004, at Victory Christian Church.
Memorial services were at Victory Christian Church in San Angelo.
Survivors include his daughter, Chandra Brown and husband, Shawn; mother, Ruth Hight and husband, Charles; one sister, Nita Jameson and husband, Glynn, and three brothers, Randy Byrd and wife, Karla, J.B. Maples and wife, Gloria, and his aunt and uncle, L.D. and Myrna Gephart and Aunt Neoma Holstein.
Lester Robert Lawler was born October 16, 1929, to Claude and Ida Lawler on the Lawler Homestead in Roosevelt, Texas. He lived his whole life in Kimble County.
Lester retired from the Junction Natural Gas Company and was an avid fisherman and hunter. He raised two families, and his greatest joy was his children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren.
He lost his battle with cancer on Tuesday, March 27, 2007, but Lester will be remembered as “Just an ol’ country boy,” honest and hardworking.
A memorial service was held at 2 p.m. Friday, March 30, at the Hill Country Baptist Church, with arrangements under the direction of Graham Funeral Home.
Survivors include his wife, Jo Ann; a son, Larry and his wife, Cheryl, of Menard; a daughter, Dianne Vanacker of San Angelo; five stepdaughters; 11 grandchildren; and 11 great-grandchildren.
“Daddy”
You advice would fall on deaf ears when we were young,
Your love would be ignored when we were small,
Your patience would wear thin and be stretched long,
Your love never wavered at all,
Your wisdom became clear as we grew,
Your devotion and know how,
Your time has come and now you are through,
You’re our Daddy and you can rest, because
You have finished raising us now.
Larry and Dianne