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Mrs. Tempie Boone McLendon Reynolds, age 92, of Junction, passed away Friday, March 5, 2004, at Kimble Hospital following a lengthy illness.
Tempie was born in Kimble County on November 26, 1911, to J.W. and Mary Boone. She was raised on the banks of the South Llano River along with her five brothers and three sisters. She attended Junction schools where she played basketball, being selected team captain for her junior and senior years. Tempie was selected the first May Queen for Kimble County, a tradition that lasted for many years.
Following graduation, she attended Texas Tech University in Lubbock for a time before marrying Mitchell McLendon on May 25, 1932, in Junction at the Fannie Dupuay Church. Three years later they began their family, with first Edgar Mitchell, Jr., then Monna and then Marsha being born to their union.
Tempie and Mitchell ranched on the Flying “M”, and she also helped her husband operate The Junction Eagle, which they owned. She was active with her children, participating in the PTA and other school activities. She was a charter member of the Cactus Study Club.
On September 3, 1961, Tempie’s husband Mitchell died from a sudden illness. She went back to school at the University of Texas for a time, and was a substitute teacher.
In December 1965, Tempie married Fred Reynolds. Together they ranched on their land and on property they leased, raising Charolais cattle. In 1992, Tempie lost Fred to cancer, and she lived her remaining years in their house on the river.
Tempie loved to fish and hunt, and she spent virtually all of her life in Kimble County and on the river doing just that, passing her knowledge and skill on to her children, grandchildren, nieces and nephews.
A wake was held Saturday, March 6, from 7 to 9 p.m. and funeral services were held at 3 p.m. Sunday, March 7, at Graham Funeral Home with Rev. Mr. Tim Graham and Neel Etheredge officiating. Burial followed in Junction Cemetery. Pallbearers were Rob Marion, Trey McLendon, Jarrett Stroud, Bubba Boone, Jerry Kirby and John Graham.
Mrs. Reynolds was preceded in death by two husbands; five brothers, Jack, Llano, Dick, Debs and Billy Boone; and by a sister, Gussie Boone Watson.
Survivors include one son, Edgar Mitchell McLendon, Jr. and wife, Pat, of Houston; two daughters, Monna Etheredge and husband, Neel, of Canyon Lake and Marsha McLendon of Austin; two sisters, Flossie McLendon of Mannford, Oklahoma, and Maude Graham and husband, Callan, of Junction; nine grandchildren, Mary Beth Curry of Corpus Christi, Mike McLendon of San Antonio, Tempe Soell of Angleton, Kelly Couey of Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, Kirby Couey of Hollywood, Florida, Trey McLendon and Rob Marion of Junction, Heather Reiner of Buda, and Kelly Ann McLendon of Dallas; and six great-grandchildren, Robby Todd Marion of Austin, Jarrett Stroud and Kaitlyn Soell of Angleton, and Emily Reiner, Courtney Reiner and Michael Reiner, all of Buda.
Joe “Mac” McGowan passed away peacefully at home on Tuesday, March 2, 2004, at the age of 77.
Joe was born in Dallas, on May 20, 1926, to Joe McGowan Sr. and Hazel Woolsey McGowan. He married Mozelle “Moe” Leifeste McGowan on October 29, 1949, and they were together for 36 blessed years until her death on December 2, 1985.
Joe worked 34 years in the steel fabricating business; 14 in road construction machinery, and 20 in metal building fabrication. When he and Moe moved to Pontotoc in 1980, Joe became an active rancher and cattleman and was secretary of the Pontotoc Volunteer Fire Department at the time of his death.
He was also a 32nd Degree Mason and a member of Hella Temple Shrine.
Unconditional love, hard work, sacrifice, dedication to God and family, and personal freedom coupled with the responsibilities that make freedom possible: these were Joe’s values and how he lived his life.
Joe and Jane Stubblefield McGowan were married on February 29, 1997. Their time together at the “Hideaway” was the happiest of his life. The rugged beauty of the hill country was a constant joy to him. Its open vistas were the freedom he cherished.
Joe is survived by his wife, Jane; two sons, Chris McGowan, and wife, Mary, of Plano and Monte McGowan and wife, Rosemary, of Richardson; four stepsons, Butch Stubblefield of Arlington, Bobby Stubblefield and wife, Jeanie, of Abilene, Layne Stubblefield and wife, Patty, of San Angelo, and Terry Stubblefield of Hurst, and one sister, Juanita Cannon of Dallas. He is also survived by two grandchildren, Cason and Shelby McGowan of Dallas; ten step-grandchildren and ten great-step-grandchildren.
Special thanks go to step-daughter, Tanya Spiller, sister-in-law Penny Nichols, and step-daughter-in-law, Patty Stubblefield, for their around-the-clock care of Joe in his last weeks.
Funeral services were held Friday, March 5, at Mason Funeral Home with Rev. Lewis Groce officiating. Interment followed in the Gooch Cemetery.
Serving as pallbearers were Cason McGowan, Lee Stubblefield, Dusty Stubblefield, Miki Stubblefield, Bobby D. Stubblefield, and Champ Thompson.
Honorary pallbearers of the Pontotoc Volunteer Fire Department were A.J. Baker, T.J. Webster, Hubert Morgan, Jim Bob Armes, David Blevins, Kenneth Polk, Charlie McLeod, James Scott, John Herron, Ruben Ake, Gerald Davis, Jody Webster, Rusty Capps, Kenneth Bode, Chase Stiles, and Frosty Miller.
Lunch was provided by the Ladies of the First United Methodist Church of Mason.
A scholarship memorial has been established at Junction National Bank, 701 Main, Junction, Texas, 76849. Donations benefiting a Junction High School student attending Texas A&M should be sent to the attention of Mr. Rob Roy Spiller at Junction National Bank.
Funeral services were under the direction of Mason Funeral Home.
Johnnie Rachel Johnson Sweeten, 94, of Rocksprings, passed away March 5, 2004, at the Alpine Nursing Home in Kerrville. She was born October 8, 1909, in Vanderpool to James Lee Johnson and Lucy Rachel Jernagin Johnson.
Johnnie married Brook Sweeten April 27, 1940, in Austin. In 1942 they moved back to Rocksprings. In the late 40’s she helped her father, Edwards County Judge James Lee Johnson, at the courthouse during an extended illness, and upon his death she was sworn in an interim county judge to complete her father’s term.
She taught public elementary school for 40 years, beginning in Columbus and finishing her career at Rocksprings in 1979.
Johnnie was active in the Presbyterian Church of Rocksprings.
She was preceded in death by her husband, in 2000; one son, James Sweeten in 1999; two brothers, Forrest and Roy Johnson and two sisters, Mabel Storey and Hazel Brown.
She is survived by one daughter, Phyllis Rhodes, of Austin; one son, John Sweeten, of Amarillo; eight grandchildren; five great-grandchildren and a sister, Julia Mae Franks, of Warsaw, Missouri.
Pallbearers were Brooks Schultze, Patrick Sweeten, Eddie Sweeten, James Epperson, Allen Moody and Jack Sweeten.
Services were held at 2 p.m. on Monday, March 8, in the Presbyterian Church in Rocksprings, and interment followed in the Rocksprings Cemetery. The Rev. Lewis Allen officiated.
Arrangements were by Nelson Funeral Home.