Obituary

Funeral services for Daniel "Dan" Gresham Jr., 82, will be at 2 p.m Monday at Lemons Funeral Home Chapel in Plainview with the Rev. Don Robertson and the Rev. Travis Shannon officiating. Military burial will follow at Plainview Cemetery by Lemons Funeral Home. Family visitation will be from 6:30-8 p.m. today at the funeral home. Mr. Gresham died Friday, Nov. 10, 2006, at his residence. He was born Sept. 24, 1924, to Daniel Gresham Sr. and Ruby Malaney Gresham in Winters. He served in the U.S. Army. He later moved to Plainview and worked as a mechanic with his brother, Darrel, and also for the Ballard and Hunt farms for about 18 years. He married Letha LaVayne Belyeu on July 26, 1974, in Plainview. He worked as a jailer for the Hale County Sheriff's Department before retiring in 1986. He was a very active member in the American Legion and the VFW. Survivors include his wife; four sons and two daughters-in-law, Danny Joe Gresham of Titusville, Fla., Terrell Gresham and wife Janette of Las Cruces, N.M., Ronald Trisler of Hale Center and Keith Roden and wife Karry of Plainview; three daughters and two sons-in-law, Brenda Kresham and husband Kent of Charlotte, N.C., Malinda Gresham of Plainview and Glenda Johnson and husband Dusty of Plainview; two sisters, Pressilla Hodge of Dallas and Sharon Reed of Cross Plains; two sisters-in-law, Rita Settle and husband Danny of Kress and Sandy Middleton of Oklahoma City; 10 grandchildren; and six great-grandchildren.