Obituary

Jefferson, Roy M.
HALE CENTER- Funeral services for Roy M. Jefferson, 77, will be at 2 p.m. Saturday in First Baptist Church with the Rev. Gene Meacham, pastor, officiating.
Burial will be in Plainview Memorial Park by Freeman-Abell Funeral Home.
Mr. Jefferson died Wednesday, Jan. 21, 1998, in Hi-plains Hospital.
He was born July 15, 1920, in Olustee, Okla. He graduated from Kress High School. He served with the U.S. Army from 1945-1946 and also the Korean War. He farmed until retiring.
He was a member of the Veterans of Foreign Wars and First Baptist Church.
He married Inez Lee on Dec. 24, 1938, in Plainview.
Survivors include his wife; one daughter and her husband, Billie Ruth and Morris Bowen of Waco; a son and his wife, Royce and Judy Jefferson of Grapevine; a brother, Frank Jefferson of Elgin; two sisters, Recia Kelly of San Antonio and Ruby Marsh of Prague, Okla.; nine grandchildren, Ricky Bowen, Greg and Philicia Bowen, Rodney Bowen, Debbie and David Bush, Melissa Schaefer, Lisa and Trevor Kuiken; and 10 great-grandchildren.
Pallbearers will be Dennis Mooney, Dick Lemond, Melvin Ritchey, Herman Cozart, D.W. Harkins and C.D. Ashmore.
The family suggests memorials to Family Hospice of the Plains, 4416 Olton Road, Plainview, TX 79072, or to the Hale Center Senior Citizens Association, P.O. Box 205, Hale Center, TX 79041
Plainview Daily Herald?Jan. 22, 1998