Obituary

Ramsey, Cy

Graveside services for Cy Ramsey, 89, were at 2 p.m. Saturday in Plainview Cemetery with the Rev. Horace Abbott, pastor of Trinity United Methodist Church, officiating.

Arrangements were by Lemons Funeral Home.

Mr. Ramsey died at 8:40 p.m. Wednesday, April 2, 2003, at Prairie House Living Center.

He was born Nov. 24, 1913, in Quitaque, and grew up in Plainview. He graduated from Plainview High School in 1931.

He married Margaret Thomas on May 26, 1945, in Plainview.

Mr. Ramsey served in the U.S. Army Air Corps for five years during World War II. Following military service he returned to Plainview and became a painting contractor until his retirement in 1994.

He played for the Plainview Ponies.

Mr. Ramsey was a charter member of Trinity United Methodist Church, president of the Friendship Sunday School Class and superintendent of the Sunday School Department.

Survivors include his wife; four daughters and sons-in-law, Ramona and Jerald Protzel of Foster City, Calif., Rebecca and George Fruits of San Francisco, Calif., Marlene and Larry Cross of Gadsden, Ala., and Paula Longanecker and Dr. Jeff Baures of Fort Worth; one brother, Frank Ramsey of Plainview; four grandchildren, Angela Myers, Melody Melders, Paul Ramsey and Landria Shoemaker; and two great-grandchildren, Vincent Ramsey and Sierra Melders.

Plainview Daily Herald ? April 6, 2003