Obituary

Funeral services for Paul E. Qualls Sr., 75, will be at 2 p.m. Monday at Seth Ward Baptist Church with the Rev. Jim Ritter and the Rev. Don Robertson officiating. Burial will follow at Plainview Cemetery under the direction of Lemons Funeral Home. Visitation will be from 3-5 p.m. today at the funeral home. Mr. Qualls died Tuesday, April 20, 2010, in Colorado Springs, Colo. He was born Aug. 22, 1934, to Guy and Gwendolyn Qualls in O'Brien, Texas. He was in the U.S. Air Force from 1953-57 and was honorably discharged as an airman first class. He fought in the Korean War and also was stationed in Japan. He married Raylene Qualls on April 23, 1960, in Lovington, N.M. She died July 27, 1998. He was a resident of Plainview from 1982-2007. He retired from Wal-Mart in 1996. After retiring, he delivered newspapers for the Plainview Daily Herald and did yard work. Survivors include three sons and daughter-in-laws, Paul Jr. and Nannet Qualls of Colorado Springs, Jamey and Deborah Qualls of Plainview and Guy and Peggy Qualls of Oswego, Ill.; one brother, Jackie N. Qualls of Stanford, Texas; and five grandchildren. His wife and one brother, Jerry D. Qualls, are deceased.