Obituary

Funeral services for Dorothy Marie Milstead, 76, will be at 11 a.m. Wednesday in Seth Ward Baptist Church with the Rev. Jim Ritter, pastor, officiating. Burial will be in Parklawn Memorial Gardens by Kornerstone Funeral Directors. Mrs. Milstead died at 12:40 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 10, 2004, at her residence. She was born Sept. 21, 1928, in Lawton, Okla. She moved to Plainview with her parents and taught at High Plains Training Center and the 2- and 3-year-old children's Sunday dchool for many years. She was secretary-treasurer of Milstead Hardware until retiring in 1999. She was a member of Seth Ward Baptist Church. On Aug. 23, 1945, she married Eldon A. Milstead in Edmonson. He died March 16, 1997. Survivors include three daughters and two sons-in-law, Diane McAninch of Conroe, Cathy and Johnny Chandler of Amarillo and Virginia and Jack Young of Willow Park; two sons and daughters-in-law, Richard and Joni Milstead of Branson, Mo., and David and Annette Milstead of Plainview; one sister, Jolene Givens of Olton; a sister-in-law, Clara Lou Jones of Muleshoe; 11 grandchildren; 18 great-grandchildren; and special friends, Barbara Holtzinger of Wichita, Kan., and Dorothy Farmer of Hale Center. The family will receive family and friends at Seth Ward Baptist Church today from 6-8 p.m. Memorials are suggested to Seth Ward Baptist Church, P.O. Box 1675, Plainview, TX 79072; the Plainview Christian Academy, 310 S. Ennis, Plainview, TX 79072; or Plainview Gideon Camp, c/o Memorial Bible Chairman, P.O. Box 771, Plainview, TX 79073-0771.