Obituary

ABERNATHY -- Funeral services for C.H. McCluskey, 82, will be held at 10 a.m. Saturday in First Baptist Church with the Rev. John Lowrie, pastor, officiating.

Burial will be in Center Plains Cemetery in Cotton Center by Abell Funeral Home.

Mr. McCluskey died Wednesday, Aug. 24, 2005, in Hendricks Hospital in Abilene.

He was born June 3, 1923, in Coahoma to Herbert and Nadine Schultz McCluskey. After graduating from Forsan High School, he served in the U.S. Army Air Corps during World War II, serving with the 27th Fighter Group for 3 1/2 years in Africa, Sicily, Italy, France and Germany. He was decorated with five Bronze Stars, Distinguished Unit, two Oak Leaf Clusters and a Good Conduct Medal.

Mr. McCluskey married Emma Frances Sagesar on April 6, 1947, in Cotton Center. He worked in the oil field at Forsan until they moved to Cotton Center to begin farming. He later managed cotton gins at North Spade, Aiken and Friona.

He was a member of First Baptist Church.

Survivors include a daughter and son-in-law, Charlotte and Jim McCright of Stamford; a granddaughter and her husband, Jamie and Jim Bob Mote of Happy; two grandsons, Kevin McCright and his wife Jaime of Stamford and Bobby Joe Beach of Tahoka; two sisters and one brother-in-law, Ruby and Curtis Wood of Zephyr and Blanche Becker of Big Spring; and a brother, Neal McCluskey of Zephyr.

His wife died June 28, 2005, and a daughter, Emma Joe Cook, died March 23, 2000. Two sisters, Jessie Minter and Faye Coonce, also are deceased.

Visitation will be from 7-8 tonight in Abell Funeral Home.

Plainview Daily Herald -- Aug. 26, 2005